Ida Daussy

Ida Daussy

Ida Daussy in 2009
Born (1969-07-14) 14 July 1969
Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Citizenship South Korea (1996–present)
Occupation Professor of French language and culture
Employer Sookmyung Women's University
Korean name
Hangul 서혜나
Revised Romanization Seo Hye-na
McCune–Reischauer Sŏ Hyena
Transcription of French name
Hangul 이다 도시
Revised Romanization Ida Dosi
McCune–Reischauer Ida Tosi

Ida Daussy (born 14 July 1969), also known by her Korean name Seo Hye-na, is a French-born South Korean broadcaster. She is professor of Department of French Language & Culture in Sookmyung Women's University.[1] She was awarded a presidential citation in 2005 by the South Korean Government.[2] Her television work turned her into a "household name" in South Korea.[3]

Personal life

Daussy, a native of Fécamp, studied international business at the University of Le Havre.[4][5] She came to South Korea on an exchange programme during her postgraduate studies in 1991, and married a man from Gyeongsang in 1993.[4][6] She naturalised as a South Korean citizen after the marriage. The couple had two children, and divorced in 2009.[5] She has registered the hangul transcription of her original French surname as her legal Korean surname.[7]

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