South Korean educators

Michelle Lee (이미쉘; I Mi-swel; born September 9, 1991) is a South Korean singer. After successfully auditioning for K-pop Star Season 1 in 2011, she was eventually signed to YG Entertainment as part of a new girl group called SuPearls. However, after two years of training, the group was suddenly disbanded before they could debut and Lee's contract was nullified.

Mina Cheon (born 1973) is a Korean American new media artist, scholar, and educator. Since 1997, she has been living between Baltimore, New York, and Seoul.

Seok Ju-seon (variously Seok Juseon or Suk Ju Seon; September 17, 1911 – March 3, 1996) was a scholar of traditional Korean clothing and a folklorist. Her works include The History of Korean Dresses and Ornaments.

Lee Wu-jong (Korean: 이우정; Hanja: 李愚貞; RR: Yi Wujeong; August 1, 1923 – May 30, 2002) was a South Korean politician and feminist, labor right activist, Christian feminism activist and anti-Hoju activist from 1950s to 1980s. She was the 14th member of the National Assembly. and the leader of South Korean radical feminists. Lee Wujong was the granddaughter of Lee Hae-jo, a famous writer.

Ma Kwang-soo (마광수; 馬光洙; 14 April 1951 − 5 September 2017) was a South Korean poet, professor in Korean literature, novelist and essayist. He died in an apparent suicide in September 2017. For most of his life, he taught at Yonsei University. He was imprisoned for eight months, and discharged from his university for six years, for publishing 'sexually explicit' novels in 1995. His novel, Happy Sara (즐거운 사라) was deemed obscene by the Supreme Court and is banned for teenagers.

Chunseong (Korean: 춘성; Hanja: 春城), born Lee Chang-nim (이창림, 李昌林; March 30, 1891 – August 22, 1977), was a Korean Buddhist monk, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher. His courtesy name was Muaedoin (무애도인, 無碍道人) or Chunseong (춘성, 春性).

Jee Man-won (born November 20, 1942 in Hoengseong, Gangwon-do) is a South Korean political scientist, journalist and entrepreneur.

Han Tong-il (Korean: 한동일; RR: Han Dongil; December 4, 1941 – December 29, 2024) was a South Korean pianist.

Yongwoo Lee is an art historian and curator based in Shanghai and Seoul. He is artistic director of the Shanghai International Art City Research Institute, and professor at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University.

Im Yeong-sin (Korean: 임영신, 20 November 1899 – 17 February 1977), also known by the English name Louise Yim, was a South Korean educator and politician. She was both the first female minister in South Korea, holding the post of Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1948 to 1949, and the first woman elected to the South Korean parliament, serving from 1949 to 1954.