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| Chong-woo Lee |
- 1st Chairman of the Committee (June 1957 – August 1960)
- Former President of Korea University
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| Jae-kak Chung |
- 2nd Chairman of the Committee (September 1960 – November 1962)
- Former President of Dongguk University
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| Chi-hoon Cho |
- 3rd Chairman of the Committee (December 1962 – June 1963)
- Former Professor, Department of Korean Language and Literature
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| Sung-eui Park |
- 3rd and 4th Director of the Center (May 1968 – May 1978)
- Former Professor, Department of Korean Language and Literature
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| Il-sik Hong |
- 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Director of the Center (May 1978 – April 1990)
- 11th Director of the Center (September 1994 – April 1995)
- 1st Director of the Institute (April 1998 – April1999)
- Former President of Korea University
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Korean Language and Literature
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| Jae-ho Chung |
- 9th and l0th Director of the Center (May 1990. 5 – August 1994)
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Korean Language Education
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| Sa-soon Youn |
- 2nd Director of the Institute (August 1999 – February 2002)
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy
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| Heung-kyu Kim |
- 12th and 13th Director of the Center (May 1995 – April 1998)
- 1st and 2nd Deputy Director of the Institute (April 1998 - February 2002)
- 3rd to 6th Director of the Institute (March 2002 – February 2011)
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Korean Language and Literature
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| Yong-chul Choe |
- 7th, 8th Director of the Institute (March 2011 - Feburary 2015)
- Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Korea University
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| Sung-taek Cho |
- 9th Director of the Institute (March 2015 – August 25, 2016)
- Professor, Department of Philosophy
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| Hyung-Dae Lee |
- Acting Director (August 26, 2016 - March 22, 2018)
- Professor, Department of Korean Language and Literature
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