President Yoon's Father, Yoon Ki-jung, Yonsei University Honorary Professor, Passes Away

Yoon Ki-jung, honorary professor at Yonsei University and father of President Yoon Suk-yeol, passed away on the 15th at the age of 92.

Born in 1931 in Gongju, Chungnam, Professor Yoon graduated from the Department of Economics at Yonsei University's College of Commerce and Economics in 1956 and earned a master's degree from Yonsei University's graduate school. From 1966 to 1968, a year after the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan, he studied economics at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School in Japan.

On the first day of early voting for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is entering the early voting station set up at Namgajwa 1-dong Community Center in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, together with his father, Yoon Ki-jung, Honorary Professor at Yonsei University. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

After serving as a full-time lecturer at Hanyang University, Professor Yoon worked as a professor in the Department of Applied Statistics at Yonsei University from 1968. He served as president of the Korean Statistical Society in 1976 and president of the Korean Economic Association in 1992. In recognition of his contributions to the field of economics, he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea in 2001.

Among past presidents, this is the second time a sitting president has experienced the loss of a parent during their term, following the death of former President Moon Jae-in's mother in 2019.

Professor Yoon was recently hospitalized at Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul due to old age, and President Yoon is known to have visited the hospital recently.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.