[7] Amnesty International criticised his arrest and pointed out that although he was a socialist, he was not a supporter of North Korea.

[8] Park also criticised the National Security Act, calling it "an old-fashioned draconian law that mentions DEATH EIGHT TIMES".

[10] He is also a notable figure from the Korean punk scene, having run the label Bissantrophy[11] which was active from 2005 to 2014.

His photo studio in Chungmuro was also used as a live music venue for several years, known colloquially as Jarip HQ.

[13] In 2012, 10 music groups in South Korea created the punk performance piece "North Korean Punk Rocker Rhee Sung-wung, "telling the life story of a fictional North Korean punk, at Art Sonje Center, which was a thinly veiled criticism of South Korea's persecution of Park.