경기고등학교 | Kyunggi High School

Established1900
TypePublic High School
Grades1-3 (= 10-12)
GenderBoys
Address643 Yeongdong-daero, Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Official Pagehttps://kyunggi.sen.hs.kr

Kyunggi High School Alumni

Athletics

  • Park Taehwan (September 27, 1989): Olympic gold medalist in swimming

Business

  • Bang Sihyuk (August 9, 1972): producer, founder of Big Hit Entertainment, Chairman of HYBE

Government and Politics

  • Choi Kyuhah (July 16, 1919): 10th president of the Republic of Korea
  • Park Wonsoon (February 11, 1955): former mayor of Seoul

Arts and Media

  • Paik Namjune (July 20, 1932): artist
  • Shim Jaewon (February 8, 1983): performance director of SM Entertainment

Actors

  • Choi Musung (January 12, 1968)
  • Zin Taehyun (February 15, 1981)
  • Yoo Yeonseok (April 11, 1984)

K-pop Idols

  • INSEONG (July 12, 1993): SF9 member
  • JINYOUNG (September 22, 1994): GOT7 member
  • ROWOON (August 7, 1996): SF9 member
  • Ryu Hoyeon (February 6, 1998): NOIR member
  • NINE (December 13, 1999): OnlyOneOf member
  • YECHAN (May 14, 2001): OMEGA X member
  • KEEHO (September 27, 2001): P1Harmony leader
  • INTAK (August 31, 2003): P1Harmony member

Singer

  • DJ Koo (September 11, 1969)

Notes

  • Kyunggi High School is still one of the best high schools in Seoul, but it was one of the TOP 3 high schools (Kyunggi High School • Seoul High School • Kyungbock High School) before the high school equalization policy was introduced in 1974.
  • High School Equalization Policy
    Prior to the policy: students took the high school entrance exam and were sorted among schools based on their test scores.
    After the policy: random school assignments based on the students’ residence addresses.
  • It is one of the biggest high schools in Korea by campus area.
  • It is where the Jeil High School scenes for the Korean drama Romance (2002) were filmed.

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