Dongbaeg Medal also written as Dongbaek Medal, is a civil award of the Republic of Korea

South Korea

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. It is the third class of South Korea's Order of Civil Merit, which is the primary series of awards for Korean civilians. Recipients need not be South Korean civilians, however; the honour has been bestowed upon some foreigners.

Recipients of the Dongbaeg Medal include:

• Grace Bennett (1975), English Christian missionary to South Korea.
• Franklin Long (1975), US professor of chemistry.
• Kee-Ryo Chang
  Chang Kee-ryo
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   (1976), Korean surgeon.
• Chae Shik Rho (1982), Korean environmental scientist.
• Hogil Kim (1985), Korean professor of physics.
• Dieter Hans Kind (1988), German electrical engineer.
• Sun-Tae Kim (1989), Korean Christian theologian and minister.
• In Sun Wui (1992), Korean professor of biology.
• Hee Jung (Edward) Kim (1994), Korean photographer and first Asian Editor-in-Chief of National Geographic.
• Donald Chung (1999), US-based Korean physician and former soldier.
• William Miller (2000), US professor of physics and computer science.
• Youn-Ho Lee (2002), Korean politician.
• Chong Chul Rhee
  Chong Chul Rhee
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   (2003), Australian-based Korean taekwondo
  Taekwondo
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   master.
• Jun-Sik Han (2006), Korean health executive
  Senior management
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• Joseph Gonnella (year unspecified), US professor of medicine.
• Verent Mills (year unspecified), US Christian missionary to eastern Asia.

External links

• Orders and Medals Society of America contains a photograph of the Dongbaeg Medal (1951–1967).
• Orders and Medals Society of America contains a photograph of the Dongbaeg Medal (1973–).
• Orders, Medals & Decorations of the Republic of Korea contains a photograph of the Dongbaeg Medal.