Kwangwoon University
Encyclopedia
Kwangwoon University is a private research university in Seoul
(Wolgye Dong, Nowon Gu), South Korea
. Kwangwoon University has been recognized for Its academical reputation in engineering
and IT
fields. In particular, Kwangwoon's College of Electronics
& Information Engineering
is one of the best Electronics
& Information Engineering
schools in Korea.
Among its prominent alumni are Jongkyun Shin (Samsung
Executive vice president and Mobile Communication Business President) and Jae Ryung Lee[LG-Ericsson]] CEO.
■2011 JoongAng Daily’s University Evaluation Criteria
Education & Policy Research Centers (IT Convergence Research)
Institute of Priority Research
Institute of General Research
Centers & Institutions
College of Electronics
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Electric-Electronics Material-Control Division
College of Engineering
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Chemical-Environmental Division
Sport and Leisure Studies Division
College of Social Sciences
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Media Image Division
College of Law
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School of Management
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School of Northeast Asia
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NorthEast Asia Cultural Industries Division
International Cooperation Division
Korean
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Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
(Wolgye Dong, Nowon Gu), South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. Kwangwoon University has been recognized for Its academical reputation in engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and IT
IT
-Organizations:* Institutes of Technology in Ireland* Intelligent Transit, a public transportation service in West Virginia* Intercity Transit, a public transportation service in the state of Washington-Media:* The Irish Times...
fields. In particular, Kwangwoon's College of Electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
& Information Engineering
Information engineering
Information engineering or information engineering methodology in software engineering is an approach to designing and developing information systems.-Overview:...
is one of the best Electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
& Information Engineering
Information engineering
Information engineering or information engineering methodology in software engineering is an approach to designing and developing information systems.-Overview:...
schools in Korea.
Among its prominent alumni are Jongkyun Shin (Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
Executive vice president and Mobile Communication Business President) and Jae Ryung Lee[LG-Ericsson]] CEO.
1934-1988
- Founded in 1934, Chosun Radio Training Centre (Global Telecommunication Network Center Today) established to promote the advancement and diffusion of radio technical knowledge and understanding, independent of government and free of Japan
- Renamed in 1940 as Chosun Radio Technical School
- In 1963 (first Dong-guk, but renamed in 1964), school quickly became degree-granting Kwangwoon Institute of Technology
1988-
- In 1988, with the effort of Musung Cho (the 1st president Kwangwoon University and currently the 14th Chairman of Kwangwoon Foundation) and many faculties and students, the school began granting four-year degrees. And up until 1995, the university was ranked top 10 overall and top 3 in the engineering field in South Korea.
History
- Kwangwoon University has a 77-year-old history in high-tech and advanced education and research areas.
- Born in April 20, 1899 and having lived during the period of Japanese colony, Hwado (nickname) Cho, Kwangwoon was actively involved in the Korean independent movement in Shanghai, China during his teen age. However, the independent movement leader recognized that Cho, Kwangwoon's talent lay in the academia and decided to train the boy so that he could contribute to the Korean education field in which was a move away from the Japanese enforcement of Japanese culture and writings teachings. The boy Kwangwoon was sent to Japan and enrolled in Waseda UniversityWaseda University, abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...
, at the time only private university in Japan.
- From late teen age up until his early 30's, Kwangwoon makes a change in his career path to a businessman. First working as a rice-bag carrying worker, taxi driver (at the time equivalent to an airplane pilot), and a general manager at a rich Japanese family, he often received high praise from many Japanese property owners for his diligence and the masters would go on to tell the other workers and Japanese to learn from Kwangwoon Cho's work ethics; Kwangwoon was paid a premium for his diligence, wisdom, and his work talent. While working for his master, he invested part of his earnings on stocks (electronics) and he hit a jackpot; the stock price shot up so high that he suddenly became a millionaire; in today's currency, his wealth was about 100 million dollars and he was only 16 years old at the time. With his first lump-sum wealth, he decides to start any business possible. However, he was too young and inexperienced to quickly jump into the hotbed; he ends up blowing up 90 percent of his wealth and fell into a conman's trap. During his business career, Kwangwoon imports from Japan the incandescent light bulbs to Korea for the first time in Korean history since Thomas EdisonThomas EdisonThomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
invented it in 1879; this was a significant moment and a new era for Korea because in the early 1900's Korea's main source of light was the lanternLanternA lantern is a portable lighting device or mounted light fixture used to illuminate broad areas. Lanterns may also be used for signaling, as 'torches', or as general light sources outdoors . Low light level varieties are used for decoration. The term "lantern" is also used more generically to...
. Kwangwoon later imports JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese raw electronic products and establishes assembling factories and dominates the electronics trading districts from southern part of KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
up to ManchuriaManchuriaManchuria is a historical name given to a large geographic region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria usually falls entirely within the People's Republic of China, or is sometimes divided between China and Russia. The region is commonly referred to as Northeast...
of China today. Kwangwoon Cho in his 20's was already running multi-million dollar businesses comparable to SamsungSamsungThe Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
or LGLGLG may refer to:*LG Corp., a South Korean electronics and petrochemicals conglomerate*LG Electronics, an affiliate of the South Korean LG Group which produces electronic products* Lawrence Graham, a London headquartered firm of business lawyers...
of today. Later in his business career, he wanted to do something more meaningful with his money and he listens to the advises from one of his closest friends, Konosuke MatsushitaKonosuke Matsushitawas a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Panasonic, a company based in the suburb of Kadoma , Osaka in Japan. For many Japanese, he is known as "the god of management"...
(founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., formerly known as , is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. Its main business is in electronics manufacturing....
, today PanasonicPanasonicPanasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
and also known as the god of managementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
field in Japan) to do education business in Korea. Thereafter, Kwangwoon spent all of his wealth on establishing a college in Korea and started as Chosun Radio Training Centre in 1934, in 1963 Kwangwoon Institute of Technology was established. Kwangwoon became a 4 year degree granting university in 1988 as Musung Cho, the second son of Kwangwoon and the first president of Kwangwoon University was the main person to lead the way.
- Today, Kwangwoon University has seven colleges and an independent division of Korean language and literature: College of Electronics & Information Engineering, College of Engineering, College of Natural Science, College of Social Science, College of Law, College of Business Administration, and College of Norteast Asia.
Depression and Revival
- Until 1995, the university was ranked top 10 overall and top 3 in the engineering field in South Korea.But due to unfair entrance examination standard, The Kwangwoon universityKwangwoon UniversityKwangwoon University is a private research university in Seoul , South Korea. Kwangwoon University has been recognized for Its academical reputation in engineering and IT fields...
was enforced to dismiss its public consortium,then go into the era of "official appointed chancellor"(the government appoint the official chancellor for university).This brought Kwangwoon university to a huge depression that maintained almost 10years. - The new era started with coming of new president Kee Young Kim(2009). He announced that the revival of Kwangwoon university need contribution from both of students and professors.Then he made several innovation that includes increasing Internationalization, enhancing of professor's research intensity, etc. He also made several presentation to kwangwoon's student and professors to encourage their honors for being a member of kwangwoon university.
- "We have to rapidly rivive our Competitiveness as a top university of South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
,then our target is to build a "world classWorld ClassWorld Class is the first EP recorded and produced by the LA electro-hop group World Class Wreckin' Cru. It was released in 1985 under the Kru-Cut record label. Songs on the album included "Juice" and "Surgery", which were popular singles on the underground West Coast scene.The album cover was used...
" research university.
Kw Vision
- The Kw Vision presents new plan for Kwangwoon university's future.It is divided to three steps.
- 1.Advancement to the Korea's top 20 ELITE University in2012.
- 2.Advancement to Asia's Top50& Korea's Top 10 IT ELITE University in2015.
- 3.Advancement to the world's Top 100 IT ELITE University in 2020.
Ranking
- Kwangwoon University ranked 28th out of the nation’s universities in the 2011 JoongAng Daily’s University Evaluation that was announced this September 26th. With Kwangwoon University’s steady efforts, the field of InternationalizationInternationalizationIn economics, internationalization has been viewed as a process of increasing involvement of enterprises in international markets, although there is no agreed definition of internationalization or international entrepreneurship...
(ranked 48th in 2010→ 24th in 2011) lead ranking improvement and the other fields (Educational Criteria, Lectures, Professors’ Research, Reputation ？ Rate of Social Advancement) had some contribution to ranking improvement. Specifically, in the field of Internationalization, increases in number of foreign professor (ranked 71th in 2010→51th in 2011), rate of English lectures (ranked 21th in 2010→10th in 2011), affiliated average of outside research fund per professor (ranked 47th in 2010→6th in 2011), individual research funds (ranked 42th in 2010→4th in 2011) and rate of outside reputation, were evaluated to play a crucial role in the rise of the overall ranking. In the detailed evaluation criteria, categorized by the ambit of the evaluation, student recruitment rate maintained first place like last year, rate of making lecture evaluation results public ranked first and the criteria of technology transfer income per science and technology professor (ranked 8th in 2010→5th in 2011), the number of published SCISCI-Companies:*SCi, formerly Sales Curve Interactive, a video game developer*Sanmina-SCI, an Electronics Manufacturing Services company*Sequential Circuits Inc, a synthesizer company*Service Corporation International, a large company in the funeral industry....
per science and technology professor (ranked 18th in 2010→15th in 2011), employment rate of graduates (ranked 18th in 2010→15th in 2011) showed quick and great increases.
■2011 JoongAng Daily’s University Evaluation Criteria
- Educational Criteria (110 points) = the number of students per professor(10) rate of securing professors(10) rate of paying scholarship compared to tuition(15) rate of dormitory capacity(5) cost of purchasing books and materials per student(5) educational expenses per student(15) educational restitution rate(5) importance of payments out of tax revenue(10) student recruitment rate(5) dropout rate(5) donation amount compared to tax revenue(5) rate of making lecture evaluation results public(10) rate of students participating in domestic and foreign industry-university collaboration internship(10)
- InternationalizationInternationalizationIn economics, internationalization has been viewed as a process of increasing involvement of enterprises in international markets, although there is no agreed definition of internationalization or international entrepreneurship...
(60 points) = foreign professors(15) foreign students in degree courses(15) rate of exchange students sent abroad(10) rate of foreign exchange students visiting Korea(5) rate of English lectures(15) - Professors’ ResearchResearchResearch can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
(110 points) = affiliated average of outside research fund aid per professor(15) affiliated average of individual research funds per professor(10) the number of nationally published thesis per humanities, social and physical education professor(15) the number of published SSCI, A&HCI per humanities, social and physical education professor(20) the number of published SCI per science and technology professor(20) the number of SCI, SSCI, A&HCI citations (in the past 5 years) per professor(10) the present enrollment conditions of intellectual property rights per science and technology professor(10) technology transfer income per science and technology professor(10) - ReputationReputationReputation of a social entity is an opinion about that entity, typically a result of social evaluation on a set of criteria...
· Social Advancement Rate (70 points) = university's desire to be hired as new recruits(10) university equipped with proper education necessary for work(10) university judged to have potential for development in the future(10) university's desire to be recommended for acceptance(10) university's desire for donation(10) huge university contribution to national and local society(10) employment rate of graduates linked to health insurance databases(10)
Graduate School
- Graduate School for Professionals
- Graduate School of Management
- Graduate School of Information and Communication Technology
- Graduate School of Information and Welfare
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Environment Studies
Research Areas and Laboratories
{Education & Policy Research Centers (IT Convergence Research)
- Realistic Media
- Next-Generation 3D3D3D or 3-D may refer to:*Three-dimensional space, the physical universe*Stereoscopy, any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image-Music:*3D...
Convergence - RFID/USN
- Green IT Convergence
- TelecommunicationTelecommunicationTelecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
for Disaster and Relief* Next-Generation Ubiquitous Networking
Institute of Priority Research
- Basic-Convergence and Science
- Green Technology
- Robot Design
- Defense Programs
- Cultures of Global Industries
Institute of General Research
- Comm. & Tech. Lab
- Convergence Tech-Management
- Center for Eco-Friendly Nano-Technology
- Green-Growth
- Northeast-Asia
- Architecture-Design
- Robot-Art
- Center for Technology Evaluation
- Center for VIAVIA- Science and technology :* MOS Technology 6522, Versatile Interface Adapter* Via , a through-connection* VIA Technologies, a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, subnotebooks, and Ultra-Mobile PCs...
Multi-Media - Space-Management
- Financing for Higher- Education
- KWKwkw or KW may refer to:* Kuwait, ISO 3166-1 country code** .kw, the country code top level domain for Kuwait* Kilowatt* Self-ionization of water Kw* Cornish language's ISO 639 code* Kitchener–Waterloo, Ontario, Canada...
Strategy for New-Industry Development - Next-Generation Memory-Device
- NanoNanoNano- is a prefix meaning a billionth. Used primarily in the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10−9 or . It is frequently encountered in science and electronics for prefixing units of time and length, such as 30 nanoseconds , 100 nanometres or in the case of electrical capacitance,...
Bio-Sensor - Response to Climate ChangeClimate changeClimate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
* English-Content - UrbanologyUrbanologyUrbanology is the study of specialized problems of cities ....
- Chemical-Sensor
- Humanities and Social Science Conversion
- LEDLEdLEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product....
Global New-Light - CrimeCrimeCrime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
- Korea HumanitiesHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and Creativity - War-Responsibility
Centers & Institutions
- IDEC(Center for Regional Semi-Conductor Design Education)
- NanoNanoNano- is a prefix meaning a billionth. Used primarily in the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10−9 or . It is frequently encountered in science and electronics for prefixing units of time and length, such as 30 nanoseconds , 100 nanometres or in the case of electrical capacitance,...
IP/SoC Design Technological Innovation Institute - Center for Small Enterprise Industry-University Collaboration
- Center for Next-Generation 3D3D3D or 3-D may refer to:*Three-dimensional space, the physical universe*Stereoscopy, any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image-Music:*3D...
Display - Center for HAEDONG IT System
- Next-Generation PDPPDP-Computing and technology:* Packet Data Protocol, a packet transfer protocol used in wireless GPRS/HSDPA networks* Parallel Distributed Processing, an artificial intelligence processing approach* Plasma display panel, a type of flat panel display...
Joint-Research Support Center - KW Environmental Technology Development Center
- ITSoC Regional Academy Campus
- Ubiquitous Home-Network Center
- EARTHEARTHEarth was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001. Their greatest hit, their debut single "Time After Time", peaked at #13 in the Oricon singles chart.-Singles:*"Time After Time" February 23, 2000...
Research - Source of Renewable Energy Center
- OpenR&D
- Polysaccharides Bio-Medical Institute
- Microwave Integrated-Circuit Research Center(RFIC)
- PlasmaPlasmaPlasma may refer to:* Blood plasma, the yellow-colored liquid component of blood, in which blood cells are suspended* Plasma , an ionized state of matter similar to a gas...
Bio-Science Research Center - KW-Univ. National Human ResourceHuman resourcehuman resource may stand for:* another name for an employee* human resources, another name for labor* Human resource management, the strategic approach to management of human resources* Human Resources , a Doctor Who audio drama...
Development Center
College of ElectronicsElectronicsElectronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
& Information EngineeringInformation engineeringInformation engineering or information engineering methodology in software engineering is an approach to designing and developing information systems.-Overview:...
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- Electronics & Communication Engineering Division
- Electronics Engineering
- Electronics & Communication
- Wave-Engineering
- Computer Engineering Division
- Computer EngineeringComputer engineeringComputer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
- Computer SoftwareComputer softwareComputer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronic Material Engineering
- Information Control Engineering
College of EngineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
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- Architecture (5 Years)
- Architectural Engineering (4 Years)
- Chemical Engineering
- Social Environmental System Engineering
College of Natural Sciences
{- Natural ScienceNatural scienceThe natural sciences are branches of science that seek to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by using empirical and scientific methods...
Division- Mathematics
- Electrophysics
- Chemistry
College of Social SciencesSocial sciencesSocial science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
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- Social Science Division
- Administration
- Organization Psychology
- English
- Newspaper & Journalism
- Multimedia
- Organizational Communication
College of LawLawLaw is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
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- Law Division
- Science and Technology Law
- General Law
- International Law
School of ManagementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
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- Management Division
- Management
School of Northeast AsiaNortheast AsiaNortheast Asia and Northeastern Asia refers to the northeastern subregion of Asia. Though the precise definition of Northeast Asia changes according to context, it always includes Japan and the Korean Peninsula, and is sometimes used to refer to these two regions exclusively.-Definitions:The...
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- NorthEast Asia Commerce Division
- Korea-Japan Commerce
- Korea-China Commerce
- Cultural Exchange
- Cultural Content Development
- International Relations
KoreanKorean languageKorean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
Language and Literature Division
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- Korean Language and Literature
- Electives
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- Varieties of choices including 9 different musical instruments
Alumni and Faculty
There are more than 50,000 Kwangwoon alumni worldwide. Famous alumni include- SamsungSamsungThe Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
Executive vice president and Mobile Communication Business President Jongkyun Shin; - LG-EricssonLG-EricssonLG-Ericsson is a joint venture company created between the Swedish group Ericsson and the South Korean group LG Electronics. Founded in November 2005, it engineers and designs telecommunications equipment, with LG providing distribution and marketing...
CEO Jae Ryung Lee; - OracleOracleIn Classical Antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it is a form of divination....
Korea CEO Wonsik Yoo; - KBS Chuncheon Executive Vice President Kim, Young-Hae;
- Korean Airlines Executive Vice President of Aerospace Business Division Hang Jin Cho;
- Kyeongin Ilbo Newspaper CEO Kwangsuk Song;
- SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
Central Disctrict Court Judge Mikyung Kim; - Ulsan Hyundai Professional Footballer Seol Ki-HyeonSeol Ki-HyeonSeol Ki-Hyeon or Seol Ki-Hyun |Gangwon]]) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for Ulsan Hyundai as a winger or striker. He is also the first South Korean footballer to score in the history of the UEFA Champions League, during his time at RSC Anderlecht.-Early career:At the end of...
; - LPGALPGAThe LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
Professional Golfer Inbee ParkInbee ParkInbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time...