SEOUL, December 12 (AJP) - Hotel Shilla president Lee Boo-jin's eldest son has been accepted to Seoul National University.
According to a list released by the prestigious university on Friday, his name, identified by his last name Im, appeared among the successful early-admission applicants to the university's Department of Economics for next year's academic year.
Those admitted must register by next week. If he enrolls, he will follow in the footsteps of his uncle and Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong, who majored in Asian history after entering the university in 1987.
Im had already drawn attention when it was revealed that he earned a near-perfect score on last month's university entrance exam, missing only one question. The news spread last week shortly after former conservative lawmaker Park Sun-young shared it on social media, adding that Im "never lost first place throughout his school years."
His decision to forgo medical school, despite being a top scorer, while completing all his primary and secondary schooling in South Korea rather than abroad like many conglomerate or chaebol heirs, also drew praise as an exemplary case.
Lee drew widespread attention in 1999 when she married Im Woo-jae, a former bodyguard of her late father Lee Kun-hee. But the couple divorced in 2020 after a lengthy legal battle. Lee gained custody of their son, while her ex-husband received a substantial portion of the couple's assets.
* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.
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