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Lee Charm

イ・チャム　/　い・ちゃむ

Actor from Germany

April 3, 1954 (age 72)　・　Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate
actor
television actor

My Take

Lee Charm fascinates me as a study in total reinvention. Born Bernhard Quandt in Bad Kreuznach, educated at Mainz, he didn't just adopt Korea, he became Korean in name, citizenship, and career, eventually rising to lead the Korea Tourism Organization. His tenure ended in scandal, and I won't pretend otherwise, but the sheer nerve required to leap across cultures and stake your whole identity on a chosen homeland is rare. I'm less interested in tidy success stories than in people who bet everything on a conviction. Faults included, his is a life that genuinely commands my curiosity and a strange respect.

Overview

Lee Charm (이참; born 3 April 1954 as Bernhard Quandt), formerly known as Lee Han-woo (이한우), is a South Korean actor and entrepreneur. He was CEO of the Korea Tourism Organization from July 2009 to November 2013. He stepped down as head of Korea Tourism Organization amidst a massive public criticism that revealed he had sex with a prostitute in Japan while on a business trip.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Lee Charm
Name (Japanese): イ・チャム
Reading: い・ちゃむ
Born: April 3, 1954 (age 72)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Horse
Origin: Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / television actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

3. Relationships

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

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0

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