20 Notable alumni of
Sogang University
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Sogang University is 959th in the world, 202nd in Asia, and 20th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Sogang 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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Park Geun-hye
- Enrolled in Sogang University
- In 1974 graduated with bachelor's degree in electronic engineering
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017. Park was the first woman to be elected president of South Korea, and also the first woman to be popularly elected as a head of state in East Asia. She is also the first South Korean president to be born after the founding of South Korea. Her father, Park Chung Hee, was president from 1963 to 1979, serving five consecutive terms after he seized power in 1961.
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Park Eun-bin
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorstage actortelevision actorchild actor
- Biography
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Park Eun-bin is a South Korean actress. She began her career as a child model in 1996, and made her small screen debut as a child actress in 1998's White Nights 3.98.
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Park Chan-wook
- Occupations
- politicianfilm directorfilm producerscreenwriterdirector
- Biography
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Park Chan-wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as 21st-century world cinema. His films, which often blend crime, mystery and thriller with other genres, have gained notoriety for their cinematography, framing, black humor and often brutal subject matters.
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Nam Ji-hyun
- Enrolled in Sogang University
- Studied psychology
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Nam Ji-hyun is a South Korean actress, who successfully transitioned from being one of the industry's premiere child artists to an acclaimed lead. She is well-known for her roles in Queen Seondeok (2009), Suspicious Partner (2017), 100 Days My Prince (2018), 365: Repeat the Year (2020), and Good Partner (2024).
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Shin Hae-chul
- Occupations
- recording artistartistcomposerrecord producersongwriter
- Biography
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Shin Hae-chul was a South Korean singer-songwriter and the frontman, vocalist of rock band N.EX.T. He was a record producer known for being a pioneer of Korean experimental rock music. He was referred to by fans as the "Demon Lord" or "The Devil" for his charismatic stage presence.
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Yoo Byung-jae
- Occupations
- television personalityscreenwritertelevision actorwritercomedian
- Biography
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Yoo Byung-jae is a South Korean television personality, actor and screenwriter.
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Sam Okyere
- Occupations
- entertainer
- Biography
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Samuel Nana Kwesi Okyere Jan Tuiniboa Coduia Dalco is a Ghanaian television personality active in South Korea and Ghana.
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Moon Sung-keun
- Occupations
- film actorpoliticiantelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Moon Sung-keun is a South Korean actor and politician. He has won three Blue Dragon Film Awards, two Baeksang Arts Awards, and two Chunsa Film Art Awards for Best Actor.
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Yang Hee-eun
- Occupations
- recording artistsingersongwriter
- Biography
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Yang Hee-eun is a South Korean singer and songwriter.
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Jeon Yeo-ok
- Occupations
- writerjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Jeon Yeo-ok is a conservative female South Korean politician who came from a journalist background. Of a pro-Lee Myung-bak background, she was known for expressing discontent against Park Geun-hye who regained control of the Saenuri Party (formally the Grand National Party). She was not nominated during the party nomination process for the 2012 legislative election as one of the close supporters of Lee Myung-bak. Until then, she was considered as the main rival of Park Geun-hye.
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Choi Dong-hun
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwriterfilm directoractor
- Biography
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Choi Dong-hoon is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He ranks as one of the most consistently successful directors working in contemporary Korean cinema, with all first five of his films becoming commercial hits -- The Big Swindle attracted 2.12 million viewers, Tazza: The High Rollers at 6.84 million, Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard at 6.13 million, The Thieves at 12.9 million, and Assassination at 12.7 million.
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Suh Byung-soo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Suh Byung-soo is a South Korean politician who served as the Mayor of Busan from 2014 to 2018. He previously served as the Member of the National Assembly for Haeundae-Gijang 1st constituency from 2002 to 2014 and the Mayor of Haeundae from 2000 to 2002.
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Kim Young-joo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kim Young-joo is a South Korean politician and former basketball player previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first Minister of Employment and Labor from 2017 to 2018. She is the first woman to lead the Labour Ministry since its foundation in 1981 and its preceding agency in 1948.
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Claudia Lee Hae-in
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 80)
- Occupations
- writeracademicpoetnun
- Biography
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Claudia Lee Hae-in is a South Korean Catholic nun, poet, and essayist. She has sold almost two million copies of her books of poetry and been regarded as "Korea's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature."
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Park Young-sun
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Park Young-sun is a South Korean journalist-turned politician previously served as the second Minister of SMEs and Startups under President Moon Jae-in from April 2019 to 2021 and the first woman to lead SME-specialised government entity since its creation in 1996. Park is also a four-term parliamentarian of Democratic Party.
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Lee Hae-sik
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Lee Hae-sik is a South Korean politician who has served as an elected official of Gangdong District of Seoul at various levels from 1995. Lee is currently representing Gangdong at the National Assembly with Jin Sun-mee.
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Oh Yeon-ho
- Occupations
- journalistbusinessperson
- Biography
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Oh Yeon-ho is the founder of "citizen journalism" in South Korea, and CEO of OhmyNews a new approach to cyber-journalism in which ordinary citizens can contribute to a major news organization through being at news events, filing reports, and having their work verified and edited by trained news staff. He is seen as one of the pivotal figures in the contemporary culture of South Korea.
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Cheong Yang-seog
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Cheong Yang-seog is a South Korean politician in the conservative People Power Party who was elected member of the National Assembly for Gangbuk, Seoul, in the 2016 parliamentary election. He previously represented the same constituency between 2008 and 2012.
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Seorak
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Seorak Park, also known by her stage name SeoRock, is a South Korean singer and former VJ for MTV Korea. She currently lives in Manhattan, New York and studies law. Seorak is one of the first Korean singers to successfully crossover from performing mainstream music to performing in musical theater (her talent in being the leading role of "Carmen" made the musical a super hit).
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Wonje (monk)
- Born in
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South Korea - Enrolled in Sogang University
- Studied religion
- Occupations
- travelerwriterbhikkhulecturer
- Biography
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Wonje is a Korean monk, essayist, and travel writer.
