63 Notable alumni of
Ewha Womans University
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Ewha Womans University is 366th in the world, 70th in Asia, and 9th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 63 notable alumni from Ewha Womans University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Claudia Kim
- Occupations
- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Kim Soo-hyun, better known by the stage name Claudia Kim (클로디아 킴), is a South Korean actress and model. She has appeared in Western films such as Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), The Dark Tower (2017), and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), as well as in Korean dramas such as Queen of the Game (2006–2007), Gyeongseong Creature (2023–2024), and The Atypical Family (2024).
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Yūko Fueki
- Occupations
- singeractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Yuko Fueki is a Japanese actress. She is most popular in South Korea, where she is known as Yoo Min.
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Lee Yu-bi
- Occupations
- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Lee So-yul, better known by the stage name Lee Yu-bi (이유비) is a South Korean actress.
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Kim Yeo-jin
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- film actoractorstage actor
- Biography
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Kim Yeo-jin is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the stage play What Do Women Live For in 1995, and has since remained active in film and television, drawing praise for her supporting roles in Im Sang-soo's Girls' Night Out (1998), Lee Chang-dong's Peppermint Candy (2000), and Im Kwon-taek's Chi-hwa-seon (2002). In 2021, she played Choi Myung-hee, a corrupt and manipulative lawyer in Vincenzo.
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Kim Hye-ja
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- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Kim Hye-ja is a South Korean actress and humanitarian. Best known to South Korean audiences as the archetypal mother figure in popular television series such as Country Diaries (1980–2002), What Is Love? (1991), My Mother's Sea (1993), and Roses and Beansprouts (1999). Kim drew international critical acclaim in the noir thriller Mother (2009), The Light in Your Eyes (2019), Our Blues (2022) and Heavenly Ever After (2025).
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Roh Yoon-seo
- Enrolled in Ewha Womans University
- Studied Western painting
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Roh Yoon-seo is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the television series Our Blues (2022) and Crash Course in Romance (2023), as well as the films 20th Century Girl (2022) and Hear Me: Our Summer (2024). Her roles in Crash Course in Romance and Hear Me: Our Summer earned her multiple Best New Actress awards, and following the latter's success, she have been given the monicker "Nation's First Love".
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Yu Gwansun
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- political activist
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Yu Gwan-sun was a Korean independence activist. She was particularly notable for her role in South Chungcheong during the March 1st Movement protests against Japanese colonial rule. She has since become one of the most famous Korean independence activists and a symbol for the movement.
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Chung Yoo-ra
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- dressage rider
- Biography
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Chung Yoo-ra, birth name Chung Yoo-yeon (정유연), is a South Korean equestrian. She competed in the 2014 Asian Games, where her team won a gold medal.
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JaeJae
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- YouTuber
- Biography
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Lee Eun-jae, known professionally as Jaejae, is a South Korean television producer, host, and television personality. She is best known as the host for MMTG.
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Lee Myung-hee
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Lee Myung-hee is a South Korean business magnate and the chairwoman of the Shinsegae Group. She is the youngest daughter of Lee Byung-chul, founder of the Samsung Group and the sister of the former late chairman Lee Kun-Hee. Lee became the company's chairwoman in 1997 following its separation from Samsung and is credited with growing it into the country's second-largest retailer. With an estimated net worth of $840 million she is one of the wealthiest people in South Korea and was ranked 20th on Forbes 2017 list of 50 Richest Koreans.
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Park So-hyun
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- film actoractordisc jockey
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Park So-hyun is a South Korean actress. She has a syndicated talk radio show Love Game, aired via the SBS Power FM since 1999. She also participated in variety show We Got Married.
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Yoo Eun-hae
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- politician
- Biography
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Yoo Eun-hae is a South Korean politician who served as the Minister of Education and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, along with Hong Nam-ki under President Moon Jae-in from October 2018 to 9 May 2022. She is the first woman to serve as a Deputy Prime Minister in South Korea.
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Ha Young
- Occupations
- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Ahn Ha-young, known mononymously as Ha Young, is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her role in the series The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (2025).
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Han Myeong-sook
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Han Myeong-sook is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2006 to 2007. A former member of the United New Democratic Party (UNDP), she was South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included).
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Kim Eun-hye
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kim Eun-hye is a South Korean journalist, broadcaster and politician. A member of the People Power Party (PPP), she served as the Member of the National Assembly for Bundang A constituency from 2020 to 2022.
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Yoon Mee-hyang
- Occupations
- human rights defenderessayistpolitician
- Biography
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Yoon Mee-hyang is a South Korean human rights activist, politician, and author. She was the former head of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, an organization dedicated to advocacy for former comfort women, who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II. She is the author of 25 Years of Wednesdays: The Story of the "Comfort Women" and the Wednesday Demonstrations.
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Park Hae-mi
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Park Hae-mi is a South Korean actress. She is best known as a musical theatre actress, starring in stage productions of Mamma Mia!, 42nd Street, and Really Really Like You. Park rose to mainstream popularity with her roles in the television drama Dear Heaven and the sitcom High Kick!.
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Ahn Gwi-ryeong
- Occupations
- announcer
- Biography
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Ahn Gwi-ryeong is a South Korean politician and former news anchor for the Korean broadcasting company YTN. She transitioned into politics and ran in the 2024 South Korean legislative election as the candidate for the Korean Democratic Party in the Dobong A constituency but was defeated. She is currently serving as the Deputy Spokesperson of the Democratic Party.
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Jun Hee-kyung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jun Hee-kyung is a South Korean conservative politician who is a member of the National Assembly from right-wing Liberty Korea Party (LKP) since 2016. Before joining the politics, she was the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics.
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Kim Yoon-ok
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- politician
- Biography
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Kim Yoon-ok is a South Korean academic administrator who served as the First Lady of the South Korea from 2008 to 2013 as the wife of president Lee Myung-bak.
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Seo Young-kyo
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- politician
- Biography
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Seo Young-kyo is a South Korean academic and politician in the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea. She has been a member of the National Assembly for Jungnang, Seoul, since 2012.
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Kim Kyung-ran
- Occupations
- television presenterannouncer
- Biography
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Kim Kyung-ran is a South Korean television personality and former announcer. She was a cast member in the reality show The Genius: Rules of the Game, and is a cast member in the reality show The Genius: Grand Final.
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Jeon Yeo-ok
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- writerjournalistannouncerpolitician
- Biography
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Jeon Yeo-ok is a conservative female South Korean politician who came from a journalist background. Of a pro-Lee Myung-bak background, she was known for expressing discontent against Park Geun-hye who regained control of the Saenuri Party (formally the Grand National Party). She was not nominated during the party nomination process for the 2012 legislative election as one of the close supporters of Lee Myung-bak. Until then, she was considered as the main rival of Park Geun-hye.
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Ryu Ho-jeong
- Enrolled in Ewha Womans University
- Studied in 2011-2016
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ryu Ho-jeong is a former South Korean politician. She was a member of the National Assembly representing the Justice Party. She was elected for the first time in the 2020 election via proportional representation in first position on her party's list, and was the youngest member of the National Assembly in the 2020–2024 term.
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Lilka
- Occupations
- online streamerYouTuberinterpreter
- Biography
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Lilka is a South Korean YouTuber and live streamer.
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Son Myung-soon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Son Myung-soon, also transliterated as Sohn Myung Soon, was the First Lady of South Korea from 1993 to 1998.
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Jang Da-ah
- Years
- 2001-.. (age 25)
- Occupations
- television actor
- Biography
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Jang Jin-young, known professionally as Jang Da-ah (Korean: 장다아; born May 5, 2001), is a South Korean actress and model under King Kong by Starship. She is best known for acting as Baek Ha-rin in Pyramid Game.
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Park Ji-hyun
- Enrolled in Ewha Womans University
- Studied in 2023
- Occupations
- activistinvestigative journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Park Ji-hyun is a South Korean political activist and former co-chair of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the main opposition party. In 2019, she helped to expose one of the largest online sex-crime rings in South Korea, called the Nth Room. In March 2022, she was appointed interim co-chair of the Democratic Party at the age of 25, and resigned in June. Park was named to the Time100 Next, Time magazine's list of emerging leaders, as well as the 2022 BBC 100 Women and Bloomberg 50 lists, in recognition of her work in combating digital sex crimes and fighting for gender equality in politics.
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Hwangbo Seung-hee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hwangbo Seung-hee is a South Korean politician who served as the Youth Chief of the People Power Party (PPP) between 2020 and 2024. She is also the Member of the National Assembly for Central-Yeongdo since 2020. Prior to these, she was a member of the Yeongdo District Council and the Busan Metropolitan Council.
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Mirani
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- rapper
- Biography
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Kim Yoon-jin, known professionally as Mirani (Korean: 미란이), is a South Korean rapper and songwriter. She first garnered attention when she appeared on the rap competition TV show Show Me the Money 9 in 2020. She released the single "VVS" with rappers Munchman, Khundi Panda, and Mushvenom on the show which peaked at number 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart and won Hip-hop Track of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards.
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Baek Hee-na
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- illustratorchildren's writer
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Baek Hee-na is a South Korean author of picture books, an illustrator and animator. She writes picture books with characters that have distinct personalities and with charming storytelling based on various illustration production experiences. Her representative work, Magic Candies, was selected as a recommended work and included on the IBBY Honour List in 2018 and produced as a musical in South Korea. Baek is the first South Korean to win the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) in 2020. Her picture books have been translated and published in several languages, including English, German, Chinese, Japanese, Swedish and Norwegian.
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Grace Park
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- golfer
- Biography
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Grace Park, born Park Ji-eun (Korean: 박지은), is a South Korean retired professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She was a member of the LPGA Tour from 2000 until her retirement in 2012 and won six LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.
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In Jae-keun
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- politician
- Biography
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In Jae-keun is a South Korean politician and democracy activist. In 1985, her husband Kim Geun-tae was arrested and tortured by the government of Chun Doo-hwan for his pro-democracy activism. In 1987, In was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award along with her husband for her role in publicly exposing his detention and torture. After Kim's death, she was elected as member of national assembly for Dobong A, Seoul in 2012. Dobong A was Kim's constituency from 1996 to 2008.
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Lee Sun-young
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- journalistannouncer
- Biography
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Lee Sun Young is a Korean announcer for the Korean Broadcasting System. She is widely known for announcing sports in the program 'KBS Today Sports'. She specializes in sports and was a sportscaster for the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha but also appears in the hit program 'Vitamin'.
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Kwak Min-jeong
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Kwak Min-jeong is a South Korean former competitive figure skater. She is the 2011 South Korean bronze medalist, the 2010 South Korean silver medalist and the 2009 Junior national champion. Kwak was also a member of the South Korean Olympic Team at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 13th in the ladies' event.
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Kim Il-yeop
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- autobiographerpoetwriternunactivist
- Biography
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Kim Iryeop, also spelled Kim Iryŏp, was a South Korean writer, journalist, feminist activist, and Buddhist nun. Her given name was Kim Wonju (김원주; 金元周). Her courtesy and dharma name was Iryeop.
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Kim Sang-hee
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- politician
- Biography
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Kim Sang-hee is a South Korean four-term parliamentarian currently serving as one of Deputy Speakers of National Assembly. Kim is the first woman to join the leadership of the South Korean parliament and become its deputy speaker.
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Bae Suah
- Occupations
- translatorwriter
- Biography
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Bae Suah is a South Korean author and translator.
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Esther Park
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Esther Pak, born Kim Jeom-dong (Korean: 김점동; Hanja: 金點童; March 16, 1876 or 1877 – April 13, 1910), was a Korean physician; she was the first Korean woman to practice Western medicine in the country.
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Choi Hye-seon
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- modeltelevision personality
- Biography
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Choi Hye-seon is a South Korean model. She gained attention through her appearance in the series Single's Inferno Season 3 (2023–2024), including for the way she tearfully shared her joy and emotions, her high self-esteem and honest confidence, and being the most prominent name of her season, due to her social and likeable personality and skillful and intelligent behavior. Later retrospectives described her as a star who drove the program's box office. While on the show, her Instagram followers rose from 2,000 to 1,600,000, and she was the first of the cast to reach 1,000,000 followers. Following the attention she received as the show aired, she took a break from social media. As of November 2024, Choi still got along well with the other contestants, often kept in touch with Yun Ha-jeong, and later reunited with many others.
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Moh Yoon-sook
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- writerpoetjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Moh Youn-sook was a Korean female poet.
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Lee Mi-kyung
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- politician
- Biography
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Lee Mi-kyung is a South Korean politician and women's right activist who previously served as the head of KOICA, Korea International Cooperation Agency under President Moon Jae-in from 2017 to 2020. She is the first woman to lead the Agency as well as one of four women who served five or more terms in the National Assembly.
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Kim Myung-sun
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- autobiographerwriterjournalistfilm actorpoet
- Biography
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Kim Myeong-sun was a female Korean novelist and poet of the early 20th century. She wrote under the art names Tansil (탄실; 彈實) and Mangyangcho (망양초; 望洋草).
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Lee Ae-ran
- Enrolled in Ewha Womans University
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- social activist
- Biography
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Lee Ae-ran is an activist. After her grandparents defected to South Korea, she and her family were sent to a North Korean labor camp. She was imprisoned for eight years. In 1997, she ran away to South Korea after an American relative published a memoir stating that Lee's father was involved in anti-regime efforts.
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Chung Hyun Kyung
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- academic
- Biography
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Chung Hyun Kyung is a South Korean Christian theologian. She is a lay theologian of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, and is also an Associate Professor of Ecumenical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the United States.
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Cho Hae-jin
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Cho Hae-jin is a South Korean writer.
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Park Jeong-ja
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- film actoractorstage actor
- Biography
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Park Jeong-ja is a South Korean actress. She made her debut as a theater actor in 1962. She became the first actress to receive the Lee Hae-rang Theatre Award in 1997, a prominent Korean theater award. She is also the only actress to have won the Dong-A Theatre Award for Best Actress three times: for her lead role as Ondal's mother in Where and How Shall We Meet? (1971, 7th edition); and for supporting roles as the second wife in The Egg and the aunt in A Country as Far as the Sky (1986, 22nd edition), as well as Monique in Women in Crisis (1987, 23rd edition).
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Pak Un-jong
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- academic
- Biography
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Pak Un-jong or Park Un-jong is a South Korean bioethics expert previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first chairperson of Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. She is the sixth person and second woman to lead the Commission ever since it was created in 2008.
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Jin Eun-young
- Occupations
- poetphilosopherwriter
- Biography
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Jin Eun-young is a South Korean poet and philosopher. She has been praised by the poet Choi Seung-ja, who said "I've finally found a poet whom I can call my true successor."
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Suki Seokyeong Kang
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- paintermultimedia artist
- Biography
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Suki Seokyeong Kang was a Korean visual artist. Kang's practice traversed painting, sculpture, performance, video, and installation. Inspired by cultural traditions of Korea as well as contemporary artistic and literary discourses. Kang decoded rules and values that govern these disciplines, turning to artistic languages of the past to construct a contextual lens through which she explored the notion of individuality and freedom in the present moment.
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Sharon Har
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Sharon E. Har is an American politician. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for District 42 from January 16, 2013 to November 8, 2022 for the Democratic Party. She was succeeded by Diamond Garcia. Har served consecutively from January 2007 to January 2013 in the District 40 seat.
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Siren Eun Young Jung
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 52)
- Enrolled in Ewha Womans University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- multimedia artist
- Biography
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siren eun young jung is a South Korean contemporary artist working in video, performance, installation, and photography. The Seoul-based artist explores issues around gender and sexuality in relation to Korean history, politics, and culture through long-term research projects. Her work is often centered on figures or artistic practices effaced or excluded from conventional archives.
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YoungJu Choie
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 67)
- Enrolled in Ewha Womans University
- Studied in 1982
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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YoungJu Choie is a South Korean mathematician who works as a professor of mathematics at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH). Her research interests include number theory and modular forms.
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Choi Bo-in
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Choi Bo-in is a South Korean model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her country at Miss World 2008 in South Africa. She studied international studies at the Ewha Womans University.
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Kang Shin-jae
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Kang Shin-Jae was a female novelist, essayist and playwright of Korea. She graduated from Kyunggi Girls' High School. She entered Ewha Womans University, but dropped out of college after her second year.
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Whang Youn Dai
- Occupations
- physiciancommunity leader
- Biography
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Dr Whang Youn Dai is a Korean physician known for her work on the welfare of people with disabilities and her advocacy of sports for those with disabilities. The Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award is named in recognition of her contributions to Paralympic sport.
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Kim Hyeon-jung
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Kim Hyeon-jung, also transliterated Hyun-jung or Hyeon-jeong, is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2008 & 2009 South Korean silver medalist. She was born in Seoul.
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Mina Cheon
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Mina Cheon is a Korean American new media artist and scholar, producer and curator of cultural projects. Since 1997, she has lived between Baltimore, New York, and Seoul. MJ Standup Korean is the comedic stage name of Mina Cheon, a prominent Korean-American "Polipop" (Political Pop) artist, professor, and scholar based in New York.
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Ji-Seon Kim
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Ji-Seon Kim is a South Korean physicist. She is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Centre for Plastic Electronics at Imperial College London.
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Kim Hei-sook
- Years
- 1950s
- Occupations
- academicphilosopher
- Biography
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Kim Hei-sook is a South Korean academic and university administrator. She has been a professor of philosophy at Ewha Womans University since 1987, and was elected president of the university in 2017.
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Meehyun Chung
- Occupations
- professor
- Biography
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Meehyun Chung is a professor of the United Graduate School of Theology in Yonsei University and serving as the first female chaplain of Yonsei University. She was the editor of Korean Journal of Systematic Theology (ISSN 1226-3656).
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Kyunghwa Lee
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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KyungHwa Lee is a visual art and new media artist, architect, director, and writer exploring the experimental nature of contemporary art from the perspectives of architecture, fashion, and philosophy.
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Chung Il-mi
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Chung Il-mi, or Il-Mi Chung is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Busan and attended Ewha Womans University. She turned professional in 1995 and joined the LPGA of Korea Tour where she has eight wins. She qualified for the LPGA Tour via the 2003 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.
