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▲ Shin Min-joon 9th Dan, winner of the 25th LG Cup Chosun Ilbo
Shin Min-jun, 9th Dan, who successfully won the first major world championship, raised the LG Cup trophy.

The 25th LG Ship Chosun Ilbo previous awards ceremony was held on the 5th at the Joy Hall on the 1st floor of the Chosun Ilbo main building.

The awards ceremony was attended by Joonho Hong, publisher of Chosun Ilbo, LG Vice President Yoo Won, Joo Yong-tae, head of the Chosun Ilbo Cultural Business Division, Jae-ho Yang, Secretary General of Korea Origin, and 9th Dan Min-jun Shin, the winner.

At the awards ceremony, Shin Min-joon, 9th Dan said, “I felt so many fans cheering me for this competition, and I thought I had to work harder” and said, “It’s still awkward to win, but I will try to become a professional knight with the title of the World Championship.” .

The Chosun Ilbo publisher Hong Joon-ho presented the championship trophy to Shin Min-joon, and the vice president of LG Group Yu-won delivered the winning prize of 300 million won and a bouquet.

Shin Min-jun 9th team, who participated in the finals after receiving seeds, won the victory over Taiwan Wang Yuanjun 9th in the 32nd round, China Dinghao 6th in the 16th, Lee Taehyun 7th in the 8th, and Park Jeong-hwan 9th, runner-up in the first half of the quarterfinals. Pressed and reached the final. Shin Min-joon, who met with China’s No. 1 Kerze 9th team in the finals, showed a disadvantageous start by giving the first place in the first country, but they ended up winning in the second country and tied the score, and succeeded in winning the reversal with a complete victory in the third country.

Shin Min-jun 9th, who connected the first final of the major world championships to the championship, narrowed their opponents against Kerze 9th from 2-4 to 4-5.

Shin Min-joon, who joined with Shin Jin-seo 9-dan through the 1st Gifted and Talented Enrollment Competition in July 2012, reached the top in this competition following the last Shin Jin-seo 9-dan, and announced the start of the’Yangshin Era’.

The 25th LG Cup Chosun Ilbo Previous World Championship, which was the first in the world competition from the preliminary round to the online game, selected Shin Min-jun 9th Dan as the winner in the final round of 32 tournament held in June after selecting each country in April last year.

The championship prize of the 25th LG Cup Chosun Ilbo, hosted by the Chosun Ilbo and sponsored by LG Co., Ltd., was 300 million won, the runner-up prize was 100 million won, and the time limit was each three hours with a countdown of 40 seconds and five times.

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