Academic

Kilnam Chon

South Korean computer scientist (born 1943)

Life: 1943 – present
Born: January 3, 1943
Nationality: South Korea

Kilnam Chon is a South Korean computer scientist widely recognized for his pioneering contributions to the development of the internet in South Korea. His work led to South Korea becoming the second country in the world, after the United States, to establish an IPv4 network connection. Often referred to as the father of the Korean Internet, Chon played a key role in connecting Seoul National University and the Korea Institute of Electronics Technology in May 1982, marking a s