25 Notable alumni of
Yeungnam University
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Yeungnam University is 1173rd in the world, 251st in Asia, and 26th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Yeungnam 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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Shin Tae-yong
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football manager
- Biography
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Shin Tae-yong is a South Korean football manager and former professional player who most recently managed the Indonesian national team from 2020 until 2024. He is the first man to win the AFC Champions League (Asian Club Championship) as both player and manager, having won the 1995 tournament as a player and the 2010 tournament as a manager with Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
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Lee Hee-joon
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Lee Hee-joon is a South Korean actor. He first gained recognition portraying a minor character in the television series My Husband Got a Family (2012). Lee is best known for the films 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), Miss Baek (2018), The Man Standing Next (2020), and Handsome Guys (2024), as well as the television series The Queen of Office (2013), Steal Heart (2014), Mouse (2021), and A Killer Paradox (2024).
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Park So-jin
- Occupations
- composeractorsingersongwriterdancer
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Park So-jin, better known mononymously as Sojin, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as the leader of South Korean girl group Girl's Day.
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Cho Won-jin
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- politician
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Cho Won-jin is a South Korean conservative pro-Park Geun-hye politician who served as the break-away Saenuri Party's presidential candidate in the 2017 presidential election. He had been a member of the Liberty Korea Party prior to that, representing Dalseo District, Daegu in the National Assembly since first being elected in the 2008 elections. Cho vowed to become "a patriotic president to set the Republic of Korea straight", and pledged to boost the status of the country's war heroes and "correct distortions" in public education allegedly resulting from the domination of teaching unions, traditionally leftist. He is a pro-China and supports common economic development between China and South Korea. He also supports Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping and his anti-corruption campaign. He has also met with Xi Jinping in 2009 as member of National Assembly. He has also previously lived and worked in China for over 15 years.
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Joo Ho-young
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- politician
- Biography
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Joo Ho-young is a South Korean judge and politician who served as the interim Chairman of the conservative United Future Party (UFP)/People Power Party (PPP) in May 2020, and again from 8 to 30 April 2021. He has been the incumbent Member of the National Assembly for Suseong 1st constituency since 2020; before that, he represented for 2nd constituency from 2004 to 2020. He was the Minister for Special Affairs under Lee Myung-bak from 2009 to 2010.
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Sung Jae-gi
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- entrepreneurautobiographerhuman rights activist
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Sung Jae-gi was a South Korean men's rights activist. Sung founded and was the first chairman of Man of Korea, a men's rights group advocating the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family—whose Korean name (여성부; 女性部) translates as "Ministry of Women"—and demanded compensation for the South Korean military-service requirement.
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Son Jun-ho
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Son Jun-ho is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
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Chiu Chuang-huan
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- 1925-2020 (aged 95)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chiu Chuang-huan was a Taiwanese politician. He was the Vice Premier from 1981 to 1984.
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Kim Byong-joon
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- politician
- Biography
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Kim Byong-joon is a former chief of staff (minister), Presidential Office of National Policies, Republic of Korea/ the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Human Resources Development. He is designated Prime Minister of South Korea by President Park Geun-hye, on November 2, 2016, but Park withdrew her designate November 8.
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Kim Jae-bak
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Kim Jae-bak is a South Korean former professional baseball shortstop and manager. Nicknamed the "Ground Fox," he batted and threw right-handed. He played ten seasons in the KBO League, for the MBC Cheongryong/LG Twins from 1982 to 1991, and for the Pacific Dolphins in 1992. As manager of the Hyundai Unicorns from 1996 to 2006, he guided the team to four Korean Series championships.
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Jun Hye-sook
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- politician
- Biography
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Jun Hye-sook is a South Korean politician in the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea, and a member-elect of the National Assembly representing Gwangjin, Seoul. She was previously a party list member of the Assembly from 2008 to 2012.
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Kim Kwan-yong
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- 1942-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kim Kwan-yong has been the 29th, 30th and 31st governor of North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. He is currently the 20th Executive Vice-President of the National Unification Advisory Council since 11 October 2022. He was also the mayor of Gumi from 1995 to 1997, serving again in 2006. He is a member of the Grand National Party.
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Kim Seung-dae
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kim Seung-dae is a South Korean footballer who plays as forward for Pohang Steelers.
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Lee Myung-joo
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lee Myung-joo is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Incheon United.
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Kim Soo-han
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- 1928-2024 (aged 96)
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- politician
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Kim Soo-han was a South Korean politician. He was speaker of the National Assembly from 1996 to 1998. Kim died on 30 December 2024, at the age of 96.
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Lee Jong-wook
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Lee Jong-wook is a South Korean outfielder who plays for the Doosan Bears in the Korean professional baseball league.
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Kim Won-il
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- writerprose writer
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Kim Won-il is a South Korean writer.
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Sin Jin-ho
- Occupations
- association football player
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Sin Jin-ho is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Incheon United FC.
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Lim Chae-min
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lim Chai-Min is a South Korean footballer who plays as centre back for Jeju United.
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Lee Soon-min
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- 1994-.. (age 31)
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lee Soon-min is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for K League 1 club Daejeon Hana Citizen and the South Korea national team.
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Jung Won-jin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Jung Won-jin is a South Korean football player who plays as a forward or midfielder for Seongnam FC in the K League 2.
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Ryu Jae-moon
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Ryu Jae-moon is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Seoul.
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Maeng Seong-ung
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- association football player
- Biography
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Maeng Seong-ung is a South Korean footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
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Kim Jae-gang
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- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Kim Jae-Gang is a South Korean heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 2013 Asian Championships. Kim has a degree in physical education from the Yeungnam University. In 2014 he was named the Best Athlete of the Year by the Gyeongsangbuk-do Sports Council in Republic of Korea.
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Choi Kyoung-sik
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- para table tennis player
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Choi Kyoung-sik is a South Korean para table tennis coach and former player. He has won five medals in three Paralympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2008).
