Sunrin Internet High School is an

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-oriented

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school in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, South Korea.

History

*1899: The school was founded by Ōkura Kihachirō and built in cooperation with the Korean government in

Myeong-dong Myeong-dong () is a ''dong'' (neighborhood) in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea between Chungmu-ro, Eulji-ro, and Namdaemun-ro. Myeongdong is known for being one of Seoul's main shopping, parade route, and tourism districts. Jung-gu Office, ...

, Seoul. Courses are offered for the agricultural, commercial, and industrial sectors. *1906: The commercial sector is spun off into a separate school called "Sunrin Commercial School". *1908: The first

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was held. *1913: The school moved to

Yongsan-gu Yongsan District (, ) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. It has a population of 231,685 (2020) and has a geographic area of , and is divided into 19 '' dong'' (administrative neighborhoods). Yongsan is located near Downtown Seoul, ...

, Seoul.

Departments

* Information protection * Software * IT management * Content design

Notable alumni

* Yeom Dong-jin (graduated 1931)

Awards

* 2009: POSCO TJ Park Prize, POSCO TJ Park Foundation

Sources

Sunrin Internet High School
Education in Seoul High schools in South Korea Vocational education in South Korea POSCO TJ Park Prize Schools in Korea under Japanese rule {{SouthKorea-school-stub