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Moon Si-yeun is the President of Sookmyung Women’s University, having taken office on September 2, 2024, for a four-year term.

She has garnered public attention by pledging to conclude the investigation into the plagiarism allegations surrounding First Lady Kim Keon-hee's master’s thesis.

Born on September 11, 1965, in Seoul, Moon attended Eunkwang Girls' High School before graduating from Sookmyung Women’s University with a degree in French Language and Literature.

She earned her master’s degree in Theatre Studies from Nouvelle Sorbonne University (Paris 3), where she also received her PhD in Literature.

An expert in French literature, particularly French theatre, Moon returned to Korea in 1997 and joined her alma mater as a professor in the French Language and Literature Department at Sookmyung Women’s University.

Moon has been actively involved in academic circles, serving as a board member in various organizations such as the Korean Association of Women’s Studies, the Korean Society of French Language and Literature, the French Cultural and Artistic Society, and the French Society. She has also served as president of the World Association for Hallyu Studies. Her contributions to education and culture have been recognized with France’s Ordre des Palmes Académiques and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

In 2026, she plans to announce the "Third Founding" of Sookmyung Women’s University, in celebration of its 120th anniversary, and aims to present a new development model for the 21st-century global women’s university.

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