100 Notable alumni of
Seoul National University
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Seoul National University is 187th in the world, 34th 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
- actorfilm actormodel
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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 Korean dramas such as Stairway to Heaven (2003), Love Story in Harvard (2004), Iris (2009), My Princess (2011), Yong-pal (2015) and Hi Bye, Mama! (2020).
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Ban Ki-moon
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- writerpoliticianinternational forum participantdiplomat
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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 maneuver that subsequently turned him into the campaign's front runner.
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Yoon Suk Yeol
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- lawyerinternational forum participantprosecutorpolitician
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Yoon Suk Yeol is a South Korean politician who is the 13th (20th election) and current president of South Korea since 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as the prosecutor general of South Korea between 2019 and 2021.
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Lee Sang-yoon
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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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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- beauty pageant contestantmodelfilm actoractor
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Lee Hanee, also known as Honey Lee, is a South Korean actress, model, classical musician as well as beauty pageant titleholder where she represented her country at Miss Universe 2007. She has acted in several films and television series.
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Bang Si-hyuk
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- composerexecutive producerrecord producer
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Bang Si-hyuk, known professionally as "Hitman" Bang (stylized as "hitman" bang), is a South Korean songwriter, producer, and record executive. He is the founder of Big Hit Music (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) and Hybe Corporation, and chairman of the latter.
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Kim Young-sam
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- politician
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Kim Young-sam, often referred to by his initials YS, was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the 7th (14th election) president of South Korea from 1993 to 1998.
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Lee Soo-man
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- composerrecord producersingerentrepreneur
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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 South Korean 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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Hwang Dong-hyeok
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- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
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Hwang Dong-hyuk is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 2011 crime drama film Silenced, and for creating the 2021 Netflix survival drama series Squid Game. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
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Kim Jeong-hoon
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- singeractortelevision actor
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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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Lee Soon-jae
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- television actorpoliticianstage actorfilm actoractor
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Lee Soon-jae is a South Korean actor. He has 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 the TV screen in 1961 with the first drama of KBS's opening, 'Should I become a human too'.
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Ahn Cheol-soo
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- computer scientistentrepreneuruniversity teacherphysicianphysiologist
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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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Kim Hye-eun
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- film actoractor
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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) and Secret Love Affair (2014).
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Rhyu Si-min
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- university teacherwritereconomistjournalistpolitician
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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. Before starting his political career since August 2002, he was a journalist of Dong-a Ilbo and The Hankyoreh, with having his continuous progressive and liberal attitudes. He was in the UNDP as an Assembly member (representative) for Deogyang A district, and is a graduate of Seoul National University with a degree in Economics, and master's from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Economics. He resigned on May 22, 2007. He declared his presidential candidacy on August 18, 2007.
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Kim Eui-sung
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- film actor
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Kim Eui-sung is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in 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); and television series W (2016), and Taxi Driver (2021).
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Sumi Jo
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- musicianopera singer
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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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Kim Keon-hee
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Executive Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
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Kim Keon-hee is a South Korean businesswoman, who is the First Lady of South Korea since 10 May 2022 as the wife of the 13th president of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol. She is the current chief executive officer and president of the art exhibition company, Covana Contents.
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Lee Nak-yon
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- reporterpolitician
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Lee Nak-yon, also known as Lee Nak-yeon, is a South Korean politician who served as the 41st Prime Minister of South Korea from 2017 to 2020. A member of the New Reform Party, he is the longest-serving prime minister since the Constitution of South Korea was last revised in 1987. Lee previously held the governorship of Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla) province from 2014 to 2017, a stronghold of his party. 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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- politicianjudgelawyer
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Na Kyung-won is a South Korean judge-turned-politician. She is a member of the conservative People Power Party, which is the main opposition party. She was a four-term member of the National Assembly and the first female floor leader of the Liberty Korea Party from December 2018 to December 2019.
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You Hee-Yeol
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- pianistsongwritersingertelevision presenterrecord producer
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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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Kim Jong-pil
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- politicianjournalist
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Kim Jong-pil, also known colloquially as JP, was a South Korean politician and the founder/first director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA, now the National Intelligence Service). He served as Prime Minister twice, from 1971 to 1975 during the presidency of Park Chung Hee (1961–1979) and from 1998 to 2000 during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003). He was a nine-term National Assembly member.
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Ha-Joon Chang
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- economist
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Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean economist and academic. Chang specialises in institutional economics and development, and has been lecturing 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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Kim Chang-wan
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- film actorcomposertelevision actorsingeractor
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Kim Chang Wan is a South Korean singer, composer, musician, actor, host, radio DJ and writer.
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Beenzino
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- master of ceremoniessinger-songwriterrapper
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Lim Sung-bin, better known by the stage name Beenzino (빈지노), is a South Korean rapper. His stage name is a play on that of Boston rapper Benzino, combined with "빈" (pronounced "been") from his birth name. 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
- politicianjournalist
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Chung Doo-un was a South Korean politician who was Vice-Mayor of Seoul from 2000 to 2003.
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Kim Boo-kyum
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- politician
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Kim Boo-kyum is a South Korean activist and politician, who served as the Prime Minister of South Korea from 2021 to 2022. He was the former Minister of Interior and Safety from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the Member of the National Assembly for Suseong 1st constituency from 2016 to 2020 and was previously MP for Gunpo from 2000 to 2012, first for the Grand National Party (GNP) and then, from 2003, the liberal Uri Party and its successors. In the 2016 parliamentary election in Daegu, Kim defeated his Saenuri opponent Kim Moon-soo in a 62.5 per cent landslide, marking the first time a member of a liberal party had been elected in that city since 1985. Kim had earlier stood for mayor of Daegu in the 2014 local elections, and received 40 per cent of the vote, a number seen at the time as unusually large in the conservative stronghold. He stated in 2014 that he hoped to "overcome the barrier of regionalism".
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Chang Ki-ha
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- writertelevision actorsongwritersingeractor
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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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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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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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Kim So-hyun
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- actor
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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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Cho Yoon-sun
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Studied in 1984-1988
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- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
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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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Jeong Jin-yeong
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- film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractorfilm director
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Jung Jin-young is a South Korean actor. He has starred in numerous films, including Hi! Dharma!, Bunt, and The Case of Itaewon Homicide. Jung is best known for his frequent collaborations with director Lee Joon-ik, as Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield and its sequel Battlefield Heroes, The Happy Life, Sunny, and particularly for his role as King Yeonsan in the hugely successful King and the Clown.
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Han Duck-soo
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- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
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Han Duck-soo is a South Korean diplomat, economist, and politician serving as the current prime minister of South Korea since May 2022. Han is the fifth person to hold the office twice, having previously served as the 34th Prime Minister under President Roh Moo-hyun from 2007 to 2008. He also held office as ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2012 and as Chairman of the Korea International Trade Association from 2012 to 2015.
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Jo Young-nam
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- singerpainter
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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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Chung Mong-joon
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- archerassociation football playerpoliticianbusinessperson
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Chung Mong-joon or 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. He was Honorary Vice-president of FIFA and president of the South Korean football association.
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Kim Sung-min
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Kim Sung-min was a South Korean actor.
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Sim Sang-jung
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- politiciantrade unionist
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Sim Sang-jung is a South Korean politician and labor rights activist. 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 South Korean presidential election, finishing in 3rd place.
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Yoo Da-in
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Yoo Da-in 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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Lee Hae Chan
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- politicianjournalist
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Lee Hae-chan is a South Korean politician who served as Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea from 2018 to 2020. He also served as Prime Minister of South Korea from 2004 to 2006.
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Lee Juck
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- singerpianistsongwriter
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Lee Juck is a South Korean singer, lyricist, composer and arranger.
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Won Hee-ryong
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- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Won Hee-ryong is a South Korean politician who is the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport since May 11, 2022. 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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Yoo Seong-min
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- politician
- Biography
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Yoo Seong-min, also known as Yoo Seung-min, is a South Korean economist and politician. Yoo is former a member of the Korean Parliament 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 Si-won
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- film actoractor
- Biography
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Lee See-won is a South Korean actress.
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Cho Kuk
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- legal scholarwriterpoliticianactivist
- Biography
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Cho Kuk is a South Korean jurist and politician. He was the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs from 2017 to 2019 in the Moon Jae-in Cabinet. On 9 September 2019, President Moon Jae-in appointed Cho as Minister of Justice, replacing the incumbent Park Sang-ki.
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Kang Yong-suk
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- politicianlawyer
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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 Hoi-chang
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Lee Hoi-chang is a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as the 26th Prime Minister of South Korea from 1993 to 1994. He was a presidential candidate in the 15th, 16th and 17th presidential elections of South Korea. Prior to his presidential campaigns, Lee served as Supreme Court Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea.
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Jeong Eun-kyeong
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- civil servant
- Biography
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Jeong Eun-kyeong or Jung Eun-kyeong is a South Korean infectious disease and public health expert served 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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June Huh
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- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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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 in 2022 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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Kim Jung-ju
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in computer science
- Occupations
- investorbusinessperson
- 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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Jeon Hyun-heui
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- Graduated with Doctor of Dental Surgery (bachelor's degree)
- Occupations
- politiciandentistlawyer
- 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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Chin Jung-kwon
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- journalistpoliticianliterary critic
- Biography
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Chin Jung-kwon is a South Korean aesthetician, critic, and professor.
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Lee Jong-wook
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- diplomatpoliticianphysician
- 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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Lee Hui-ho
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- politicianpeace activist
- 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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Goh Kun
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- 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 also the acting President of South Korea at the time of Roh Moo-hyun's suspension in 2004 and a former Mayor of Seoul.
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Lee In-je
- Occupations
- judgepolitician
- Biography
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Lee In-je, a former judge, is a South Korean politician.
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Sohn Hak-kyu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sohn Hak-kyu is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a 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 Beom-soo
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- 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.
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Kolleen Park
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- actormusic directorconductor
- 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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Lee Jung-hee
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- lawyerhuman rights activistautobiographerpolitician
- 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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Lee Jong-kul
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- 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. He is proud of his grandfather Lee Hoe-yeong as he devoted himself to fighting Japanese colonialists.
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Ko Un
- Occupations
- university teacheropinion journalistBhikkhuwritertranslator
- 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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Ji Sang-ryeol
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actorcomedianactor
- 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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Kang Bu-ja
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorpolitician
- 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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Chung Eui-yong
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in diplomacy
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
- 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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Chun In-bum
- Occupations
- military 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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Kim Gi-hyeon
- Occupations
- politician
- 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 conservative People Power Party (PPP) from 30 April to 11 June 2021.
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Chung Dong-young
- Occupations
- diplomatjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Chung Dong-young is a politician and was the United New Democratic Party nominee for President of South Korea in 2007.
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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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Kim Jin-ai
- Enrolled in Seoul National University
- 1971-1975 graduated with bachelor's degree
- In 1978 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- urban plannerpoliticianengineer
- 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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Benjamin Whisoh Lee
- Occupations
- theoretical physicistphysicist
- Biography
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Benjamin Whisoh Lee, or Ben Lee, was a Korean- 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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Lee O-young
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherliterary criticminister of culturejournalist
- Biography
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Lee O-young was a South Korean critic and novelist. Although the romanized spelling of the hangul name "이어령" might be Yi O-ryŏng or Lee Eo-ryeong, Lee O-young is the author's preferred romanization according to the Literature Translation Institute of Korea.
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Chung Un-chan
- Occupations
- economistpoliticianuniversity teacherbanker
- Biography
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Chung Un-chan is a South Korean politician who was the Prime Minister of South Korea (2009–2010). He was a professor of Seoul National University from 1978 to 2009, serving as the president of the university from July 2002 to July 2006 until he was designated to the Prime Minister. He is the current commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization.
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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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Park Wan-suh
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Park Wan-suh was a South Korean writer.
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Kim Chi-ha
- Occupations
- playwrightpoet
- Biography
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Kim Jiha or Kim Chi-ha was a South Korean poet and playwright.
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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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Yoo Il-ho
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yoo Il-ho is a South Korean politician. He was the acting Prime Minister of South Korea, following Hwang Kyo-ahn's resignation from 11 May 2017 until 31 May 2017. Yoo had also served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
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Yun Byung-se
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
- 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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Hong Jin-ki
- Years
- 1917-1986 (aged 69)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Hong Jin-Ki was an entrepreneurial journalist and South Korean high-ranking official of the Syngman Rhee government who served as the 9th Ministry of Justice from 1958 to 1960.
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Seo Kyung-seok
- Occupations
- comedian
- 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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Kang Kum-sil
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- 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 of Seoul Metropolitan City (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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Lho Shin-yong
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Lho Shin-yong was a South Korean politician, diplomat and intelligence chief, who served as the 18th Prime Minister, the 18th Foreign Minister and the 12th Director of the Agency of National Security Planning (ANSP, now National Intelligence Service) of the fifth South Korean republic.
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Do Ho Suh
- Occupations
- sculptorinstallation artistprintmaker
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Do Ho Suh is a 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 has studios in London, New York, and Seoul.
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Suh Hoon
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- 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.
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Yoo Myung-hee
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- international forum participantbureaucrat
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Yoo Myung-hee is a South Korean politician who served as the Minister for Trade of South Korea from 2019 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold the position. Over the past 25 years, she worked in various government agencies since she passed the Korean state civil servant exam in 1991. She is also noted as being the final two candidates in the 2020 World Trade Organization leadership race.
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Cho Bae-sook
- Occupations
- politician
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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 woman 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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Ohm Ki-young
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Ohm Ki-Young is a popular news anchor and the former CEO of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation in South Korea.
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Lee Jae-gyu
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- television directorfilm director
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Lee Jae-kyoo is a South Korean television and film director. Lee directed the television series, Damo (2003), Fashion 70's (2005), Beethoven Virus (2008), The King 2 Hearts (2012) and All of Us Are Dead (2022), as well as the films The Influence (2010), The Fatal Encounter (2014) and Intimate Strangers (2018).
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Gum Nanse
- Occupations
- conductor
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Gum Nanse is a South Korean conductor. In 1977, he was the first Korean to win the prize at the Herbert von Karajan Conductors' Competition in Berlin. He is currently general and artistic director of the Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also the founder and artistic director of New World Philharmonic Orchestra. He has served as the principal of Seoul Arts High School from 2013 to 2019. Gum Nanse Music Center (GMC), a concert hall dedicated to chamber music under his name, has opened in April, 2021 in Busan.
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Hwang Woo-yea
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Hwang Woo-yea is a 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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Philip Kim
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Philip Kim is a South Korean physicist. He is a condensed matter physicist known for study of quantum transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene, including observations of quantum Hall effects in graphene.
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Lee Han-dong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lee Han-dong was a South Korean politician. He served from May 2000 to July 2002 as the 30th prime minister of South Korea.
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Won Sei-hoon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Won Sei-hoon is a former South Korean public servant. Born in Yeongju, he obtained a Masters in Urban Administration from Hanyang University. In 2009, he was appointed the 10th Director of the National Intelligence Service. He was indicted in June 2013 for attempted interference in the 2012 South Korean presidential election by allegedly ordering an online misinformation campaign against opposition candidates. On January 22, 2014 he was found guilty for graft. He got a 2-year jail term and a fine of some 160 million won. In 2015, the Supreme Court returned to a lower court this ruling. On 30 August 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison by the Seoul High Court.
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Hoesung Lee
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- economistuniversity teacher
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Hoesung Lee is a South Korean economist who served as the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 2015 to 2023. He is professor in the economics of climate change, energy and sustainable development in the Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology at Korea University.
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Song Minsoon
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
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Song Min-soon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2006 until 2008.
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Sunhae Im
- Occupations
- performing artistopera singer
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Sunhae Im is a South Korean soprano. She has been described as a bright and versatile lyric soprano with lightness and coloratura. She first gained her reputation in the field of early music and now performs a wide range of classical and non-classical music.
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Kang Chang-il
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kang Chang-il is a South Korean politician who is member of the National Assembly since 2004. Kang served as South Korea's ambassador to Japan from January 2021 to 2022.
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Ko San
- Occupations
- astronaut
- Biography
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Ko San is CEO and founder of TIDE Institute and ATEAM Ventures.
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Kim Geun-tae
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Kim Geun-tae was a democracy activist and politician of the Republic of Korea.
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Kwon Young-ghil
- Occupations
- trade unionistpoliticianautobiographerhuman rights activistjournalist
- Biography
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Kwon Young-ghil is a South Korean politician, journalist, and trade unionist. He was a founding member of the People's Victory 21 and Democratic Labour Party.
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Kim Bong-han
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- physician
- Biography
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Kim Bong-han was a North Korean medical surgeon at Pyongyang Medical University and Kyung-Rak institute (KRI). He is primarily known for his research on a proposed mechanism for acupuncture that was not accepted by the mainstream medical community, the primo-vascular system. He received the People's Prize for his research. The primo-vascular system was claimed to be scientifically confirmed in 2002, but the matter remains controversial. In 1966, the Kyung-Rak institute was closed and Kim disappeared.
