20 Notable alumni of
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

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The Hankuk University of Foreign Studies is 829th in the world, 173rd in Asia, and 17th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Kim Ji-seok

    Kim Ji-seok
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Kim Ji-seok is a South Korean actor.

  2. Park Seong-ung

    Park Seong-ung
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Park Sung-woong is a South Korean actor. Following his acting debut in No. 3 in 1997, Park has starred in several movies and television series, notably as a gangster in New World (2013) and a serial killer in The Deal (2015).

  3. Kim Jun

    Kim Jun
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    television actormodelsingeractor
    Biography

    Kim Joon is a South Korean rapper and actor who rose to stardom with his portrayal of one of the famous F4 members in the 2009 hit drama Boys Over Flowers.

  4. Younha

    Younha
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    pianistsongwritersingerfilm actorjazz musician
    Biography

    Go Youn-ha, known mononymously as Younha, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer. She began her career in 2004 in Japan, where she was nicknamed the "Oricon Comet" for her success on the Japanese music chart. In 2006, she debuted in South Korea, where she is regarded as one of the country's best singer-songwriters.

  5. Park Ji-hyun

    Park Ji-hyun
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1994-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Park Ji-hyun is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her role in the television series Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung and in the films Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum and The Divine Fury.

  6. Kim Jong-in

    Kim Jong-in
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    politicianprofessoreconomist
    Biography

    Kim Chong-in is a South Korean economist and politician. He was the interim chairman of the Minjoo Party of Korea from January to August 2016 and a member-elect of the National Assembly on the party's proportional list since the April 2016 parliamentary election. He was previously a member of the Assembly from 1981 to 1988, 1992 to 1994, and 2004 to 2008, each time elected by party list. He served as Minister of Health and Social Affairs under President Roh Tae-woo from 1989 to 1990. From May 2020 until April 2021, he was the leader of the main opposition People Power Party.

  7. Ahn Sung-ki

    Ahn Sung-ki
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Ahn Sung-ki is a South Korean actor. One of the country's most respected actors, he has appeared in more than 130 films during his career of over 60 years. He received Bog-wan Order of Cultural Merit in 2005 Culture Day.

  8. Oh Se-hoon

    Oh Se-hoon
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Oh Se-hoon is a South Korean politician who is currently the serving as Mayor of Seoul since 8 April 2021. He also previously served as a member of the National Assembly from 2000 to 2004, and as Mayor of Seoul from 2006 to 2011. A member of the People Power Party (PPP), Oh is a lawyer by profession.

  9. Lee Hyeon-seo

    Lee Hyeon-seo
    Born in
    North Korea Flag North Korea
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    human rights activistwritersingerpolitical activist
    Biography

    Lee Hyeon-seo, best known for her book, The Girl with Seven Names, is a North Korean defector and activist who lives in Seoul, South Korea, where she is a student. She escaped from North Korea and later guided her family out of North Korea through China and Laos.

  10. Um Hong-Gil

    Um Hong-Gil
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    mountaineer
    Biography

    Um Hong-gil is a South Korean mountaineer.

  11. Kim Jun-hyun

    Kim Jun-hyun
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    film actor
    Biography

    Kim Jun-hyun, is a South Korean comedian, signed under JDB Entertainment until 2021.

  12. Chung Bong-ju

    Chung Bong-ju
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Chung Bong-ju is a South Korean politician and the former Member of the National Assembly for Nowon 1st constituency from 2004 to 2008.

  13. Dana

    Dana
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    singerfilm actorrecording artist
    Biography

    Hong Sung-mi, known professionally as Dana, is a South Korean singer, musical actress and vocal coach. Dana first made her public appearance with acts on the boy group H.O.T's sci-fi movie Age of Peace in 2000. Dana later made her official debut as a solo singer, with released full-album DANA (2001) and Maybe (2003). Concurrently with her music career in 2002, Dana made her acting debut with cast in the third season of MBC sitcom Nonstop and also made her musical theatre debut with cast as Wendy in Peterpan.

  14. Lee Seung-hwan

    Lee Seung-hwan
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    recording artistsongwritercomposersinger
    Biography

    Lee Seung-hwan is a South Korean singer and record producer known as the country's "King of Live Performances" for his frequent solo concerts. Lee debuted in 1989 as a pop ballad singer and later incorporated rock elements into his music. He has released numerous hit songs and is the president and founder of South Korean entertainment agency Dream Factory.

  15. Kim Seong-hun

    Kim Seong-hun
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    actorfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Kim Seong-hun is a South Korean film and television director. He directed How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men (2006), A Hard Day (2014), the sexually-explicit One Summer Night (2016) and Kingdom (2019–).

  16. Song Seung-whan

    Song Seung-whan
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Song Seung-hwan is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in dramas such as My Kids Give Me a Headache, Racket Boys, All About My Mom, One Spring Night and Three Bold Siblings. He also appeared in movies The Memo Of A 21-Year-Old, A Peculiar Woman, The Box and The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream.

  17. Lee Kyoung-mi

    Lee Kyoung-mi
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Lee Kyoung-mi is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

  18. Park Sung-joon

    Park Sung-joon
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    Park Seong-jun is a South Korean politician from the Democratic Party. He represents Jung–Seongdong B district in the National Assembly since 2020.

  19. Yun Duk-min

    Yun Duk-min
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Yun Duk-min is a South Korean political scientist who is the current ambassador of South Korea to Japan. He was a former chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy.

  20. Choe Sang-hun

    Choe Sang-hun
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Choe Sang-Hun is a Pulitzer Prize-winning South Korean journalist and Seoul Bureau Chief for The New York Times.