Han Moo-hyup

Han Moo-hyup
Major General Han Moohyup
Born	Han Moo-hyup August 22, 1923 (1923-08-22) (age 88) Pyeongyang, North Korea
Residence	Seoul, Korea
Nationality	Korean
Alma mater	National Defense University Korea Military Academy
Occupation	Retired Major General, Republic of Korea Army Honorary Chairman, Korea Esperanto-Asocio
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse	Kim Yi-jung
Children	5

This is a Korean name; the family name is Han.

Han Moo-hyup (Alfonso Han, born on August 22, 1923 in Pyeongyang, North Korea) is a retired South Korean soldier, businessman, and government official. He was major general of the ROK Army, CEO of both Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance and Regent Fire Insurance, and chairman of Kumoh Foundation. Han currently serves as honorary chairman of Korean Esperanto-Associo.^[1] Park Chung-hee, former president of South Korea, officiated at Han's wedding as an old friend.^[2]

Personal

Han, as a young boy, fled North Korea alone and joined the ROK Army. After Han graduated from the prestigious Korea Military Academy in 1948, he earned a second bachelor's degree in political science and diplomacy from Dankook University (1962). He then pursued graduate study at Hanyang University (1965), Korea National Defense University, and National Defense University in Washington D.C. Han married Kim Yi-jung, and together they have three sons and two daughters.

Han Moo-hyup
Hangul	한무협
Hanja	韓武協
Revised Romanization	Han Mu-hyeop
McCune–Reischauer	Han Muhyŏp

Career

Military career

As a professional military officer, he was appointed to command Republic of Korea Army's 26th division. He also served as director of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) of Joint Chiefs of Staff (Republic of Korea), and as the Commanding General of Korea Army Training Center (often referred to as Nonsan Training Center). Also, he previously was director of bureau of investigation of the Korean CIA (KCIA, currently National Intelligence Service).

Business career

After his retirement from the ROK Army as major general, Han headed insurance companies for 15 years. He became the CEO of Dongbang Marine & Fire Insurance (Hyundai Insurance Group) and later CEO of Haedong Fire & Marine Insurance (Regent Pacific Group). As a devout Roman Catholic, Han co-founded the Korean Catholic Entrepreneurs Association in 1979.

Educational career

Han was named chairman of the board of Kumoh Education Foundation, which owns Kumoh National Institute of Technology and Kumoh Technical High School. He later became chairman of Korea Esperanto-Associo (KEA) and a member of the University of Suwon (Gowoon Foundation) board of trustees. He had chaired KEA twice from 1978 to 1981, and from 1991 to 1994.

La Espero

In 1976, Han founded "La Espero el Koreio," a public relations magazine which introduced Korean culture and literature to the world in Esperanto. In total, 123 editions were published before the discontinuance of the magazine in 1994. Han and his publication "La Espero" played a crucial role in the development of Esperanto in Korea.^[3] He served as chairman of the organizing committee of the World Congress of Esperanto, and presently he is the only Korean honorary member of the World Esperanto Association (Universala Esperanto-Asocio)^[4] and honorary chairman of KEA.

Awards

• Minister of Finance Award (1978)
• Golden Chungmu Medal (ROK)
• Legion of Merit (USA)

See also

• Park Chung-hee
• Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance
• Korea Military Academy
• Esperanto
• Government of South Korea
• Third Republic of South Korea
• Fourth Republic of South Korea (Yushin Constitution)
• National Intelligence Service (South Korea)
• Republic of Korea Army

External links

• Han Moo-hyup Wikipedia page (Korean)
• Han Moo-hyup Wikipedia page (Esperanto)

References

1. ^ Korea Esperanto-Asocio Website
2. ^ "박정희의 생애 "내 무덤에 침을 뱉어라!"....(137)". Chosun Ilbo. 1998-03-23. http://news.chosun.com/svc/content_view/content_view.html?contid=1998032370393. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
3. ^ 한국문학과 에스페란토 - 조성호
4. ^ Honorary Officials, Universala Esperanto Asocio

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