About Woo Hee-jong
Born 1958. Woo Hee-jong is a South Korean academic.
Woo Hee-jong (, born 21 January 1958) is a South Korean educator and politician. He has been a professor of veterinary science at Seoul National University since 1992. He was one of the co-Presidents of the Platform Party, along with Choi Bae-geun.
Born in Seoul, Woo earned a bachelor's degree in veterinary science at Seoul National University in 1981. He then continued his postgraduate studies at University of Tokyo. in which was later renamed as the Platform Party.
Woo harshly criticised the-then President Lee Myung-bak for importing American beef to South Korea, which was related to mad cow disease. Critics denounced him for exaggerating the disease.
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South Korean professor and politician
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Woo Hee-jong was born on 21 January 1958 in Seoul.
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