100 Notable alumni of
Seoul National University
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Seoul National University is 180th in the world, 32nd in Asia, and 4th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Seoul 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 Tae-hee
- Occupations
- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Kim Tae-hee is a South Korean actress. Considered one of South Korea's most beautiful actresses, she is best known for her roles in television series such as Stairway to Heaven (2003–2004), Love Story in Harvard (2004–2005), Iris (2009), My Princess (2011), Yong-pal (2015), and Hi Bye, Mama! (2020).
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Yoon Suk Yeol
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- prosecutorlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Yoon Suk Yeol is a South Korean politician and attorney who served as the 13th president of South Korea from 2022 until his removal from office in 2025. A member of the People Power Party during his presidency, he was the shortest-serving directly elected president in the country's democratic history since 1987. Yoon previously served as the prosecutor general of South Korea from 2019 to 2021.
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Ban Ki-moon
- Occupations
- diplomatwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean minister of foreign affairs and trade between 2004 and 2006. Ban was initially considered to be a long shot for the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations; he began to campaign for the office in February 2006. As the foreign minister of South Korea, he was able to travel to all the countries on the United Nations Security Council, a manoeuvre that subsequently turned him into the campaign's front-runner.
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Lee Sang-yoon
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Studied physics
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Lee Sang-yoon is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his starring roles in Seoyoung, My Daughter (2012), Angel Eyes (2014), Liar Game (2014), On the Way to the Airport (2016), Whisper (2017), About Time (2018), VIP (2019), and One the Woman (2021).
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Lee Ha-nee
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- modelbeauty pageant contestantactorfilm actor
- Biography
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Lee Hanee, also known as Honey Lee, is a South Korean actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Korea 2006 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2007. She is known for starring in the films Deranged (2012), The Bros (2017), Extreme Job (2019), and Black Money (2019). In television, she gained recognition for her roles in The Rebel (2017), The Fiery Priest (2019–2024), One the Woman (2021), and Knight Flower (2024). For her performance in the latter, Lee won the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress.
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Bang Si-hyuk
- Occupations
- record producerexecutive producercomposer
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Bang Si-hyuk, also known as "Hitman" Bang, is a South Korean music executive, record producer and songwriter who is the founder of record label Big Hit Music and the chairman of HYBE Corporation. One of the 50 wealthiest people in South Korea according to Forbes Asia, Bang is the only billionaire in the South Korean entertainment industry. By July 2021, his reported net worth was an estimated $3.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Kim Young-sam
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- politician
- Biography
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Kim Young-sam, also known by his initials YS, was a South Korean politician who served as the seventh president of South Korea from 1993 to 1998.
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Hwang Dong-hyeok
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- screenwriterfilm directortelevision directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Hwang Dong-hyuk is a South Korean filmmaker known for writing and directing the crime drama film Silenced (2011) and creating the Netflix survival drama television series Squid Game (2021–2025).
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Lee Soo-man
- Occupations
- composerentrepreneursingerrecord producer
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Lee Soo-man is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational entertainment company based in Seoul. He has also been referred to as the "president of culture", as one of the pioneers of the Korean Wave. Lee debuted as a singer in 1971 while he was a student at Seoul National University. In 1989, he founded SM Entertainment, which has since become one of the largest entertainment companies in the country.
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Kim Keon Hee
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Studied in 2012
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Kim Keon Hee is a South Korean businesswoman who served as the first lady of South Korea from 2022 to 2025, as the wife of Yoon Suk Yeol, the 13th president of South Korea. From 2009 to 2022, she was the chief executive officer and president of the art exhibition company Covana Contents that closed down shortly after her husband took office.
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Han Duck-soo
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Han Duck-soo is a South Korean diplomat, economist, and politician who served as the acting president of South Korea in December 2024 and from March to May 2025 and as the prime minister of South Korea from 2007 to 2008 and from 2022 to 2025.
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Lee Soon-jae
- Occupations
- stage actorpoliticiantelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Lee Soon-jae was a South Korean actor. He had a prolific career on the small and big screen spanning over six decades, and was given a second-class Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit for his work as an actor. Lee made his debut on television in 1961 with KBS's first drama Should I become a human too.
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Kim Jeong-hoon
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- actorsingertelevision actor
- Biography
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Kim Jeong-hoon, also known by his stage name John Hoon, is a South Korean singer and actor. He initially rose to fame as a member of South Korean duo UN debuting with the single Voice Mail in 2000. After the duo disbanded in 2005, his fame increased as an actor starring in Princess Hours, a drama based on a manhwa.
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Kim Hye-eun
- Occupations
- television actorannounceractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Kim Hye-eun is a South Korean actress. Kim began working as an announcer for the MBC network in 1997, first at a local affiliate in Cheongju, then later as a weathercaster of the main news desk in Seoul. After eight years, she resigned from MBC in 2004. Kim pursued acting in earnest in 2007, and has since starred in films and television series, notably Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012), Secret Love Affair (2014), and Encounter (2018–19), and Family by Choice (2024).
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Kim Eui-sung
- Occupations
- film actor
- Biography
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Kim Eui-sung is a South Korean actor. He is a first-generation film actor who started as a stage actor in the 1980s and 1990s. He is known for his roles in the films The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996), Office (2015), The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo (2015), and Train to Busan (2016), as well as the television dramas W (2016) and Taxi Driver (2021-present).
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Ahn Cheol-soo
- Occupations
- university teacherentrepreneurcomputer scientistphysiologistphysician
- Biography
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Ahn Cheol-soo is a South Korean politician, medical doctor, businessperson, and software entrepreneur. He is a member of the National Assembly as part of the conservative People Power Party. Prior to his career in politics, Ahn founded AhnLab, Inc., an antivirus software company, in 1995. He was chairman of the board and Chief Learning Officer of AhnLab until September 2012, and remains the company's largest stakeholder. Prior to entering politics, Ahn served as dean of the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University until September 2012. Ahn was considered a left-wing politician when he entered politics in 2012, then considered a centrist politician by his 2017 presidential bid, and is now considered a right-wing politician.
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Rhyu Si-min
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- economistwriteruniversity teachercivil servantpolitician
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Rhyu Si-min is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007 under the Roh Moo-hyun administration.
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Sumi Jo
- Occupations
- classical singermusicianopera singer
- Biography
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Sumi Jo, OSI is a South Korean lyric coloratura soprano known for her Grammy Award-winning interpretations of the bel canto repertoire.
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Lee Nack-yon
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- politicianreporter
- Biography
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Lee Nak-yon is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2017 to 2020. A member of the New Future Democratic Party, Lee previously served as the governor of South Jeolla Province from 2014 to 2017. Before serving as governor, he worked as a journalist for over 20 years and served as a member of the National Assembly for four terms.
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Na Kyung-won
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- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Na Kyung-won is a South Korean judge and politician. She is a member of the conservative People Power Party. She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2004. From December 2018 to December 2019 she was the parliamentary leader of the Liberty Korea Party, the first woman to hold the position.
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Kim Jong-pil
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Kim Jong-pil, also known colloquially as JP, was a South Korean politician who was the founder and first director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He served as the prime minister twice, from 1971 to 1975 during the presidency of Park Chung Hee and from 1998 to 2000 during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung. He was a nine-term National Assembly member.
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Ha-Joon Chang
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean economist and academic. Chang specialises in institutional economics and development, and lectured in economics at the University of Cambridge from 1990–2021 before becoming professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 2022. Chang is the author of several bestselling books on economics and development policy, most notably Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002). In 2013, Prospect magazine ranked Chang as one of the top 20 World Thinkers.
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Hwang Woo-suk
- Occupations
- geneticist
- Biography
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Hwang Woo-suk is a South Korean veterinarian and researcher. He was a professor of theriogenology and biotechnology at Seoul National University until he was dismissed on March 20, 2006. He was considered a pioneering expert in stem cell research and even called the "Pride of Korea". However, he became infamous around November 2005 for fabricating a series of stem cell experiments that were published in high-profile journals in a case known as the Hwang affair.
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You Hee-Yeol
- Occupations
- singersongwriterpianistrecord producertelevision presenter
- Biography
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You Hee-yeol is a South Korean singer-songwriter, radio disk jockey, and the host of You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook. He is the founder of the record label Antenna Music and the sole member of the project band Toy.
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Ok Ja-yeon
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Studied aesthetics
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Ok Ja-yeon is a South Korean actress.
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Kim Chang-wan
- Occupations
- singertelevision actorcomposerfilm actorsongwriter
- Biography
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Kim Chang Wan is a South Korean singer, actor, and writer.
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Jeong Jin-yeong
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actorstage actor
- Biography
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Jung Jin-young is a South Korean actor. He has starred in numerous films, including Hi! Dharma! (2001), Bunt (2007), and The Case of Itaewon Homicide (2009). Jung is best known for his frequent collaborations with director Lee Joon-ik in Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (2003) and its sequel Battlefield Heroes (2011), The Happy Life (2007), Sunny (2008), and particularly for his role as King Yeonsan in the hugely successful King and the Clown (2005).
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Kim So-hyun
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- actor
- Biography
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Kim So-hyun is a South Korean musical theatre actress. A classically-trained former opera singer, she switched to musical theater and debuted in 2001 as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. She immediately rose to musical theatre stardom and has since starred in South Korean stage productions of Jekyll & Hyde, My Fair Lady, The Three Musketeers, Elisabeth, and Marie Antoinette.
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Choi Sang-mok
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- 1982-1986 graduated with bachelor's degree
- 1986-1988 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- bureaucratpolitician
- Biography
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Choi Sang-mok is a South Korean politician who served as the acting president and acting prime minister of South Korea from December 2024 to March 2025, following the impeachment of Han Duck-soo, which was subsequently overturned by the Constitutional Court.
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Chang Ki-ha
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- singersongwritertelevision actorwriteractor
- Biography
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Chang Kiha is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, essay writer and radio host. He is best known as the lead singer of the indie rock band Kiha & The Faces.
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Kam Woo-sung
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Kam Woo-sung is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his portrayal of a court jester serving a despotic king in the hit period film The King and the Clown.
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Beenzino
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- songwriterrappersingerrecord producer
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Lim Sung-bin, better known by the stage name Beenzino (빈지노), is a South Korean rapper. Beenzino first gained popularity through the duo Jazzyfact, which he formed with Shimmy Twice in 2008. And he made his first official public appearance at Dok2's Hustle Real Hard Concert on June 5, 2011, and has since released three solo albums, as well as other works in collaboration with hip hop producers Primary and Shimmy Twice, and as the duo Hot Clip with South Korean rapper Beatbox DG. He is noted for his melodic style of rapping.
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Chung Doo-un
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Chung Doo-un was a South Korean politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2004 to 2016.
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Lee Si-won
- Occupations
- film actoractorstage actor
- Biography
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Lee See-won is a South Korean actress.
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Cho Yoon-sun
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Studied in 1984-1988
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Cho Yoon-sun is a South Korean lawyer, writer and politician. She formerly served as the South Korean Minister of Gender Equality and Family and later as its Minister of Culture. However, she was later jailed after being convicted of abuse of power and coercion.
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Chung Mong-joon
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- archerbusinesspersonpoliticianassociation football player
- Biography
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Chung Mong-joon is a South Korean businessman and politician. He is the sixth son of Chung Ju-yung, founder of Hyundai, the second-largest South Korean chaebol before its breakup in 2003. He remains the controlling shareholder of a Hyundai offshoot, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, parent of the world's largest shipbuilding company. He is also the chairman of the board of the University of Ulsan and Ulsan College in Ulsan, South Korea. He is the founder and the honorary chairman of The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, and the honorary chairman of The Asan Nanum Foundation. He was vicepresident of FIFA and president of the South Korean football association.
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June Huh
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- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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June E Huh is an American mathematician who is currently a professor at Princeton University. Previously, he was a professor at Stanford University. He was awarded the Fields Medal and a MacArthur Fellowship in 2022. He has been noted for the linkages that he has found between algebraic geometry and combinatorics.
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Hwang Seok-jeong
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Korean traditional music
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Hwang Seok-jeong is a South Korean actress. She has mostly played supporting roles in films and television series, notably Secret Love (2013), Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014) and She Was Pretty (2015).
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Kim Sung-min
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- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Kim Sung-min was a South Korean actor.
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Jo Young-nam
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- paintersinger
- Biography
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Jo Young-nam, also known as Cho Youngnam, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, painter, writer, and television personality. He started his singing career in 1968.
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Shin Won-ho
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- television directortelevision producer
- Biography
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Shin Won-ho is a South Korean director and television producer. He directed the 2004 sitcom Old Miss Diary, variety shows Star Golden Bell and Qualifications of Men. After moving to CJ E&M in 2011, he directed tvN's anthology series Reply, Prison Playbook, and Hospital Playlist.
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Jeon Hyun-heui
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Doctor of Dental Surgery (bachelor's degree)
- Occupations
- lawyerdentistpolitician
- Biography
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Jeon Hyun-hee is a South Korean dentist-turned lawyer and politician currently who served as the Chairperson of Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission under President Moon Jae-in from June 2020 until June 2023. She also previously served as a two-term parliamentarian.
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Sim Sang-jung
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Sim Sang-jung is a South Korean labor rights activist and former politician. She was one of the five major presidential candidates in the 2017 South Korean presidential election, running as the Justice Party's nominee. She again ran as the Justice Party's nominee in the 2022 presidential election, finishing in 3rd place.
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Won Hee-ryong
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Won Hee-ryong is a South Korean politician who was the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport from May 2022 to December 2023, when he resigned to run for a parliamentary seat in Incheon, held by Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung. He was a member of the 16th, 17th, and 18th National Assembly, and a Supreme Council Member of the conservative Grand National Party. He was governor of Jeju Province until his resignation on 11 August 2021.
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Lee Hae Chan
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Lee Hae-chan was a South Korean activist and politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2004 to 2006 and as the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea from 2018 to 2020.
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Yoo Da-in
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Yoo Da-in, birth name Ma Young-seon, is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her performance in the indie film Re-encounter, her first leading role. In 2016, she played a supporting role in South Korean television series The Doctors.
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Yoo Seong-min
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yoo Seong-min, also known as Yoo Seung-min, is a South Korean economist and politician. Yoo is a former member of the National Assembly and was the Bareun Party's presidential nominee in the 2017 South Korean presidential election. He is the son of late Daegu court chief, attorney and Member of Parliament, Yoo Soo-ho for Junggu of Daegu.
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Lee Juck
- Occupations
- pianistsingersongwriter
- Biography
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Lee Juck is a South Korean singer, lyricist, composer and arranger.
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Lee Hye-sung
- Occupations
- announcertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Lee Hye-sung is a South Korean television personality. She was formerly an announcer under KBS from October 2016 to May 2020.
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Cho Kuk
- Occupations
- writerlegal scholaractivistpolitician
- Biography
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Cho Kuk is a South Korean politician who is the founder and leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party. He previously held office as the senior secretary to the president for civil affairs from 2017 to 2019, as the minister of justice from September to October 2019, and as a member of the National Assembly of South Korea from May to December 2024.
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Kim Sin-rock
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in geography
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Kim Shin-rok is a South Korean actress. She gained recognition for her supporting roles in 2021 television series Beyond Evil, Hellbound, One Ordinary Day, and Reborn Rich.
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Lee Hoi-chang
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Lee Hoi-chang is a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1993 to 1994. A political independent, he was a candidate in the 1997, 2002, and 2007 South Korean presidential elections. Prior to his presidential campaigns, Lee served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Korea.
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Yi Kwang-su
- Occupations
- autobiographerpoetjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Yi Kwangsu was a Korean writer, Korean independence activist, and later collaborator with Imperial Japan. Yi is best known for his novel Mujŏng (The Heartless), which is often described as the first modern Korean novel.
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Kim Jung-ju
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in computer science
- Occupations
- businesspersoninvestor
- Biography
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Kim Jung-ju, also known as Jay Kim, was a South Korean businessman, investor, and founder of Korea's largest gaming company, Nexon. He was the chairman and CEO of NXC Corporation, the holding company of Nexon, and a partner at Collaborative Fund, a New York-based venture capital firm.
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Jeong Eun-kyeong
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Jeong Eun-kyeong is a South Korean infectious disease and public health expert who has served as the minister of health and welfare since 2025. She previously held office as the first commissioner of KDCA, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, from 2020 to 2022. Jeong was previously the first woman to lead its preceding agency, KCDC, which history dates back to 1981.
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Moon Hee-sang
- Occupations
- booksellerpolitician
- Biography
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Moon Hee-sang is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in law from Seoul National University. He is a member of the National Assembly, and was the interim leader of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy from 2014 to 2015.
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Goh Kun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Goh Kun is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2003 to 2004. He was the acting president of South Korea at the time of Roh Moo-hyun's suspension in 2004 and the mayor of Seoul from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1998 to 2002.
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Chin Jung-kwon
- Occupations
- literary criticpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Chin Jung-kwon is a South Korean aesthetician, critic, and professor.
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Kolleen Park
- Occupations
- conductorsingeractormusic director
- Biography
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Kolleen Park is an American-born South Korean-Lithuanian musical director, conductor, and actress, and is also a judge on the Korean talent show Korea's Got Talent.
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Kim Beom-soo
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Kim Beom-soo, also known as Brian Kim, is a South Korean billionaire businessman who is the founder and chairman of Kakao, a South Korean internet company. He is among the richest people in South Korea. In December 2024, Forbes estimated his net wealth as US$3.2 billion and ranked him 6th richest in the country.
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Kang Yong-suk
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kang Yong-suk is a South Korean lawyer and a current right-wing media personality. He is known for his criticism of politicians such as Ahn Cheol-soo. He has been subject to a number of controversies.
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Lee Hui-ho
- Occupations
- peace activistpolitician
- Biography
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Lee Hee-ho, sometimes spelled as Lee Hui-ho,, was a South Korean women's rights activist, peace advocate and former First Lady of South Korea during the presidency of her husband Kim Dae-jung from 1998 to 2003.
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Lee Jong-wook
- Occupations
- diplomatphysicianpolitician
- Biography
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Lee Jong-wook was a South Korean physician. He was the director-general of the World Health Organization for three years. Lee joined the WHO in 1983, working on a variety of projects including the Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunizations and Stop Tuberculosis. He began his term as director-general in 2004, and was the first figure from Korea to lead an international agency.
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Kang Bu-ja
- Occupations
- stage actorpoliticiantelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Kang Boo-ja is a South Korean actress. Kang was studying Korean Language and Literature at Chungnam National University when she dropped out to pursue acting. She made her acting debut in 1962 and has been active on Korean stage, television and film for more than five decades.
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Han Dong-hoon
- Occupations
- prosecutorcivil servantlawyer
- Biography
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Han Dong-hoon is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who served as the leader of the People Power Party from July to December 2024 and as the 69th minister of justice from May 2022 to December 2023 under the cabinet of Yoon Suk Yeol.
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Ko Un
- Occupations
- opinion journalistuniversity teacherwritertranslatorpoet
- Biography
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Ko Un is a South Korean poet whose works have been translated and published in more than fifteen countries. He had been imprisoned many times due to his role in the campaign for Korean democracy and was later mentioned in Korea as one of the front runners for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Lee In-je
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Lee In-je is a South Korean politician and a former judge.
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Chung Dong-young
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Chung Dong-young is a South Korean politician who has served as the minister of unification since late July 2025.
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Kim Taek-jin
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Kim Taek-jin is a South Korean businessman and software engineer. He is co-chairman of video game developer NCSoft, the second largest video game company in the country.
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Sohn Hak-kyu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sohn Hak-kyu is a South Korean politician and former governor of Gyeonggi Province, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of the Grand National Party and governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party. Sohn announced he was running in the 2022 presidential election as an independent candidate, but subsequently withdrew his candidacy.
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Kim Moon-soo
- Occupations
- taxi driverpoliticiantailortrade unionist
- Biography
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Kim Moon-soo is a South Korean politician and former labor activist who served as the minister of employment and labor from 2024 to 2025. A member of the People Power Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2025 presidential election, losing by nearly 8.5 points to DPK nominee Lee Jae Myung.
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Lee Jung-hee
- Occupations
- autobiographerhuman rights defenderlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Lee Jung-hee is a South Korean politician, lawyer and activist. She was a member of the 18th National Assembly of South Korea. She was one of the candidates for the 2012 presidential election.
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Ji Sang-ryeol
- Occupations
- singertelevision actorcomedianactorfilm actor
- Biography
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Ji Sang-ryeol is a South Korean actor, comedian, and host. Ji has made numerous appearances in dramas and TV Shows. He is well known for his blunt yet humorous personality in TV Shows such as X-Man and being of the main MCs of top Korean variety show 2 Days & 1 Night until a sudden withdrawal and replaced by Kim C. In 2010 Ji was one of the main MCs of Family Outing 2 along with female comedian Shin Bong-sun.
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Chun In-bum
- Occupations
- army officer
- Biography
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Chun In-bum is a retired South Korean Army Lieutenant general and authority on Korean politics and military relations.
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Chung Eui-yong
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 80)
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in diplomacy
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Chung Eui-yong is a South Korean diplomat and a politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2022. Chung was previously President Moon Jae-in's first Director of National Security from 2017 to 2020.
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Kim Gi-hyeon
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kim Gi-hyeon is a South Korean lawyer and politician who served as the Mayor of Ulsan from 2014 to 2018. He was the acting President of the People Power Party from 30 April to 11 June 2021.
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Lee Jong-kul
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Lee Jong-kul is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in law from Seoul National University. He is currently a member of the National Assembly and was the floor leader of The Minjoo Party of Korea. His grandfather was Lee Hoe-yeong.
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Kim Jin-pyo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kim Jin-pyo is a South Korean politician who previously served as a government minister under two liberal Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and has represented Suwon at the National Assembly since 2004. He has dedicated his career in public service as a public servant for 30 years and then as government minister and a parliamentarian. He belongs to the more conservative wing of the liberal Democratic Party.
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Oh Keo-don
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Oh Keo-don is a South Korean public servant and politician who served as mayor of Busan from 2018 until 2020.
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Park Wan-suh
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Park Wan-suh was a South Korean writer.
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Kim Jin-ai
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- 1971-1975 graduated with bachelor's degree
- In 1978 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- urban plannerengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Kim Jinai, also known as Kim Jin-ae, is a South Korean urban engineer and politician.
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Kim Chi-ha
- Occupations
- poetplaywright
- Biography
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Kim Jiha or Kim Chi-ha was a South Korean poet and playwright.
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Benjamin Whisoh Lee
- Occupations
- physicisttheoretical physicist
- Biography
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Benjamin Whisoh Lee, or Ben Lee, was a South Korean and American theoretical physicist. His work in theoretical particle physics exerted great influence on the development of the Standard Model in the late 20th century, especially on the renormalization of the electro-weak model and gauge theory.
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Cho Bae-sook
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Cho Bae-sook is a South Korean politician and legislator, serving as the Chairwoman of the liberal Party for Democracy and Peace, a party that split from the People's Party following Ahn Cheol-soo's decision to merge with the Bareun Party to form the Bareunmirae Party. Cho is one of three women leading prominent South Korean liberal parties, along with Choo Mi-ae of the Minjoo Party and Lee Jeong-mi of the Justice Party.
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Lee O-young
- Occupations
- literary criticuniversity teacherwriterjournalistminister of culture
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Lee O-young was a South Korean critic and novelist.
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Kang Kum-sil
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kang Kum-Sil is a South Korean politician and a lawyer, and also served as the minister of justice from February 2003 to July 2004. She was the ruling Uri Party mayoral candidate for Seoul (lost to Oh Se-hoon of Grand National Party), and is a graduate of Seoul National University with a degree in Law.
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Chun Jung-bae
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Chun Jung-bae is a South Korean politician who was the joint chairman of the People's Party, alongside Ahn Cheol-soo. He is a member of the National Assembly for Seo District, Gwangju since 2015, having previously represented Ansan from 1996 to 2012. He served as Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2006 under President Roh Moo-hyun.
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Hong Jin-ki
- Years
- 1917-1986 (aged 69)
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Hong Jin-Ki was a South Korean media mogul, jurist and politician of Syngman Rhee's government who served as the 9th Minister of Justice from 1958 to 1960.
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Chung Un-chan
- Occupations
- economistbankeruniversity teacherpolitician
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Chung Un-chan is a South Korean academic and politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2009 to 2010. He was an economics professor at Seoul National University from 1978 to 2009, serving as president of the university from 2002 to 2006. Chung also served as the 22nd commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization from 2018 to 2020.
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Do Ho Suh
- Occupations
- installation artistsculptorprintmaker
- Biography
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Do Ho Suh is a South Korean artist who works primarily in sculpture, installation, and drawing. Suh is well known for re-creating architectural structures and objects using fabric in what the artist describes as an "act of memorialization." After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from Seoul National University in Korean painting, Suh began experimenting with sculpture and installation while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from RISD in 1994, and went on to Yale where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture in 1997. He practiced for over a decade in New York before moving to London in 2010. Suh regularly shows his work around the world, including Venice where he represented Korea at the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001. In 2017, Suh was the recipient of the Ho-Am Prize in the Arts. Suh currently lives and works in London.
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Jo Hee-de
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Cho Hee Dae is a South Korean judge who has served as the 17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea since his appointment by President Yoon Suk Yeol in December 2023. He was responsible for reading the controversial verdict on overturning of acquittal judgement of Lee Jae-myung regarding the violation of Public Official Election Act on 1 May 2025.
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Seo Kyung-seok
- Occupations
- comediansinger
- Biography
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Seo Kyung-seok, is a South Korean comedian and show host. He was a cast member of the variety show Real Men.
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Yoo Il-ho
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yoo Il-ho is a South Korean politician who served as the acting prime minister of South Korea from 11 May 2017 until 31 May 2017. Yoo had also served as the deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance.
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Lho Shin-yong
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Lho Shin-yong was a South Korean politician, diplomat and intelligence chief, who served as the prime minister, the Foreign Minister and the Director of the Agency of National Security Planning (ANSP, now National Intelligence Service) of the fifth South Korean republic.
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Han Min-goo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Han Min-goo, is a former South Korean Minister of Defense. He is a former South Korean army general who served as the 40th Chief of Staff of the South Korean army as well as the 36th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean military.
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Yun Byung-se
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Yun Byung-se was the Foreign Affairs Minister of South Korea. His term ended 31 May 2017. From 2006 to 2008, Yun served as senior presidential secretary for foreign, security and unification policy.
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Park Kyung-mee
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- mathematicianpolitician
- Biography
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Park Kyung-mee is a South Korean politician who served as the Spokesperson of President Moon Jae-in from 2021 to 2022. She was previously a professor of mathematics education at Hongik University and Chungbuk National University.
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Kim Geun-tae
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Kim Geun-tae was a South Korean democracy activist and politician.
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Hwang Woo-yea
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Hwang Woo-yea is a South Korean jurist, politician, and former chairman of the Saenuri Party. As of 2012 Hwang represents the electorate centred on Yeonsu District, Incheon in the National Assembly of South Korea.
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Suh Hoon
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 72)
- Biography
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Suh Hoon is a South Korean government official who served as the Director of National Security Office from 2020 to 2022 and previously as the director of the National Intelligence Service from 2017 to 2020.
