10 Notable alumni of
Kyungpook National University
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Kyungpook National University is 1428th in the world, 315th in Asia, and 28th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Kyungpook National 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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Kim Jae-gyu
- Occupations
- army officerpolitician
- Biography
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Kim Jae-gyu was a South Korean politician, army lieutenant general and the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He assassinated South Korean President Park Chung Hee—who had been one of his closest friends—on October 26, 1979, and was subsequently executed by hanging on May 24, 1980.
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Uhm Ji-won
- Enrolled in Kyungpook National University
- Studied geography
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Uhm Ji-won is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the films Tale of Cinema (2005), Hope (2013), The Silenced (2015), Missing (2016), and the television dramas Birthcare Center (2020), and Little Women (2022).
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Lee Chang-dong
- Occupations
- screenwriternovelistpoliticianfilm directorwriter
- Biography
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Lee Chang-dong is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and novelist. He has directed six feature films: Green Fish (1997), Peppermint Candy (1999), Oasis (2002), Secret Sunshine (2007), Poetry (2010), and Burning (2018). Burning became the first Korean film to make it to the 91st Academy Awards' final nine-film shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film. Burning also won the Fipresci International Critics' Prize at the 71st Cannes Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film in Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Best Foreign Language Film in Toronto Film Critics Association.
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Seo Min-woo
- Occupations
- modelfilm actorsinger
- Biography
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Seo Min-woo, also known mononymously as Minwoo, was a South Korean idol singer and actor. He was a member of the South Korean boy band 100% under the label of TOP Media, as the leader and vocalist.
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Jung Dong-ha
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Jung Dong-ha is a South Korean singer, musical actor, radio personality and a vocal major professor at Kyungpook National University. Jung joined as a vocalist of South Korean rock band Boohwal in 2005, after releasing three albums with Boohwal Jung left the band in 2014.
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Lee Jin-sook
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lee Jin-sook is a South Korean journalist and politician. She served as a reporter for Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, head of the news department, and CEO of Daejeon Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. She is currently the Chairwoman of the Korea Communications Commission.
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Kim Kyeong-ae
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Kim Kyeong-ae, nicknamed "Steak", is a South Korean curler. She currently plays third on Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they won a silver medal.
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Youngsook Park
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- futurist
- Biography
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Youngsook Park is a leading futurist from South Korea She serves as Chair of Millennium Project Korea Node. She also represents several global futures research organizations such as TechCastGlobal, and Davinci Institute. She has been Information Officer of the British Embassy Seoul and Director of Public Diplomacy of the Australian Embassy Seoul (2000–2010) where she was trained as a futurist by attending World Future Society conferences, and other futurists meetings. Park is known for bringing global futurists to Korea for the last 30 years, and is a co-organizer of Korea Future Forum along with News1, a Korean news agency, inviting famous futurists to Seoul to speak on futures.
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Jong Ho Lee
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Lee Jong-ho is a South Korean electronic engineer and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Seoul National University. He serves as Minister of Science and ICT in the Yoon Suk-yeol government from May 2022 to August 2024.
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Yong Seung Cho
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Yong Seung Cho is a South Korean educator and mathematician. He completed a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1987 at the University of Chicago. His research interests include geometric topology, Yang-Mills Theory, Seiberg-Witten Theory, Gromov-Witten Theory, and Quantum cohomology of symplectic manifolds. His teaching career includes Chungbuk National University, Kyungpook National University, Brandeis University, and Ewha Womans University. Currently he teaches at Sungkyunkwan University as Invited Professor. In 2003, he was elected as President of the Korean Mathematical Society (KMS), and at the position, he played a pivotal role in establishing the National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS) in South Korea, the first national mathematical research center directly funded by the South Korean government. In 2005, he was selected as the first President of NIMS, and immediately began to set-up fundamental foundation of the NIMS to be innovative hub of the mathematical researches contributing to South Korea's overall scientific and industrial competitiveness.
