Sangkoo Yun, of the Rotary Club of Sae Hanyang in Seoul, Korea, has been selected as president of Rotary International for 2026-27. He will be the organization’s second Korean president. Yun received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Syracuse University School of Architecture in the U.S. and an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is the founder and CEO of Dongsuh Corp., which engineers and markets architectural materials, and the president of Youngan Corp., which operates in real estate and financial investment. He is involved in many civic organizations and has a special interest in the preservation of cultural heritage.....
A Rotary member since 1987, Yun has served Rotary International as a director (2013-15), trustee (2018-22), committee member and chair, and RI learning facilitator. For eight years, he was co-chair of the Keep Mongolia Green project, initiated by Korean members of Rotary. His RI committee roles include the Board Administration, International Assembly, and End Polio Now Countdown to History Campaign committees. He also chaired The Rotary Foundation’s Executive Committee and Programs Committee. Yun received The Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award in 2021-22. He was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II, awarded the Friendship Medal by the president of Mongolia, and recognized for distinguished services by the president and prime minister of Korea. He is a veteran of the Republic of Korea Army and an emeritus elder at Andong Presbyterian Church. Yun and his spouse, Eunsun, are Rotary Foundation Benefactors, Major Donors, and members of the Arch Klumph Society, the Paul Harris Society, and the Bequest Society. They have two adult children.