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Ken Rhee

イ・グン　/　い・ぐん

Naval officer

March 22, 1984 (age 42)

naval officer
YouTuber

My Take

Ken Rhee, or Lee Geun, is one of the most polarizing figures I have written about. A South Korean special-forces veteran turned YouTuber who then volunteered with Ukraine's Foreign Legion, he refuses to fit any tidy category, and his legal troubles back home only sharpen the debate around him. I resist both lionizing and condemning him outright. What strikes me is the sheer willingness to stake his own body on conviction, something armchair commentators never risk. Whatever one concludes about his choices, his story forces an honest reckoning with courage, recklessness, and the messy place where the two overlap.

Overview

Ken Rhee (born March 22, 1984), Korean name Lee Geun (Korean: 이근) is a South Korean former soldier, businessman, and broadcaster, best known for participating in the Russia-Ukraine War as a volunteer member of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, and the resulting controversy in South Korea, where upon his return he was accused of violating the law.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ken Rhee
Name (Japanese): イ・グン
Reading: い・ぐん
Born: March 22, 1984 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rat
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: naval officer / YouTuber

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.rokseal.net/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rokseal/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%B3

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