Choe Chung-ho

Professor Emeritus of University of Ulsan

Date of Birth

• Sept. 21, 1933

Educational Background

1957

B.A., College of Literature and Arts, Seoul National University

1962

Heidelberg University, Germany

1968

Ph. D., Berlin Free University, Germany

Career

1955∼72

Reporter and Editorial Writer, the Daily Hankook Ilbo

1968∼76

Professor, Sungkyunkwan University

1972

Editorial Writer, the Daily Joongang Ilbo

1976∼99

Professor, Department of Newspaper and Broadcasting, Yonsei University

1977∼98

President, Korea Newspaper Society

1982∼85

Member, National Institute of Korean History

1982∼87

Director, Seoul Press Foundation

1991∼99

President, Korea Futurists Society

1993

Director, Korea Broadcasting System

1994∼96

Dean, Graduate School of Press and Public Relations, Yonsei University

1995 ~

Member, Seoul Peace Prize Selection Committee

1996

Executive Member, 2002 World Cup Bidding Committee

1997

President, Organizing Committee for Cultural Vision 2000

1998∼00

President, Promotional Committee for Cultural Vision 2000

2000∼06

Professor Emeritus, University of Ulsan

2005∼

Editor at Large, the Daily Dong-A Ilbo

Award

• Order of Civil Merit (Moran Medal)
• Order of Sport Merit (Maengho Medal)
• Mirok Lee Prize
• Seoul Press Club Award

Publication

• Seoul Press Club Award
• The World Stages
• Father Dictator
• Politics and Language
• Press Culture and Popular Culture
• Youths Looking for What Does Not Exist
• Mountains and the Lives of Koreans
• Water and the Lives of Koreans
• "Mot" and the Lives of Koreans
• Arts and Politics
• Cultural Heritages of Korea