Ida Daussy


Ida Daussy, also known by her Korean name Seo Hye-na, is a French-born celebrity in South Korea. She is a professor at the Department of French Language & Culture of Sookmyung Women's University. She received a presidential citation in 2005 by the South Korean government. Her television work turned her into a "household name" in South Korea.

Personal life

Daussy, a native of Fécamp, studied international business at the University of Le Havre. She came to South Korea on an exchange programme during her postgraduate studies in 1991, and married a man from Gyeongsang in 1993. She naturalised as a South Korean citizen after the marriage. The couple had two children, and divorced in 2009. She has registered the hangul transcription of her original French surname as her legal Korean surname.

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