TEDxYouth@KongjuNUHS

Speakers

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• Ahyun Lee

  When she first came to high school, she felt like she wasn't someone who could radiate her own light. However, she discovered that even the smallest attitudes or emotions in relationships influence those around me. She didn't have to struggle to show herself. Her light had already permeated. This is the real process of the ripple effect.

• Danha Kim

  Whenever things trip up, people give up before they even go truly wrong. People chase perfection, not knowing : perfection isn’t ruined by a shortcoming, but by a short-going.

• Dayeon Yang

  When she spent countless hours trying to solve a problem, the answer would sometimes appear suddenly, out of nowhere. These moments felt different from ordinary accomplishment. They weren’t just the result of repeated effort, but of her thoughts being rearranged and connected in a new way. She realized that true insight comes from both persistent effort and the sudden reconfiguration of thinking.

• Dayeon Yu

  Our topic, 'Radiate, not just Shine' reminded her of the beautiful scene of fireflies she saw a few years ago. In that moment, their gentle light felt like a reminder that brightness doesn’t have to be loud. As she learned more about luminescence in nature, she began to reflect on what real light truly is. Nature’s light has its own mechanisms and its own meaning. Today, she hopes to share a bit of that wonder with others.

• Ga-in Oh

  She first encountered Nietzsche during a period when she was wrestling with questions about purpose and reason to live. His idea of the Übermensch struck her like a challenge—an invitation to rise above existential dread. That encounter didn’t just deepen her immersion in philosophy; it genuinely shifted how she approached her choices and vision. In preparing this talks, she revisited that moment to explore what the Übermensch can mean in a real, lived life.

• Hyunseo Lee

  Recently, She has used GPT extensively, which led her to consider why ChatGPT is more widely adopted than other AI chatbots. This prompted her to question whether the knowledge acquired in school is necessarily essential in the era of artificial intelligence. Consequently, she has begun to reflect on the attitudes and skills required to adapt effectively to an AI-driven society.

• Jungwon Kim

  He found himself noticing people's every glance. He thought about why he did so and how to overcome it. He finally understood human being is so made that they can find relaxation from shining by being converging inward.

• Minji Kim

  She used to live with the constant pressure of becoming the “perfect” version of herself — perfect grades, perfect habits, perfect everything. But the harder she tried, the more she felt disconnected from who she truly was. Letting go of perfection wasn’t easy, but it allowed her to rediscover joy, freedom, and the real me. Now, she believe that imperfection isn’t something to fix — it’s something that helps people shine.

• Nahye Kwon

  She usually writes about her thoughts on values like gratitude and kindness. She also constantly thinks about what she likes and what she's good at. Above all, she tries to keep “trying,” even when she feels scared. She know she's still immature and far from perfect, just like everyone else, but she's doing her best to keep trying.

• Sooyeon Jung

  Her work sits at the intersection of laboratory neuroscience and lived, bodily experience: she uses phenomena such as anesthetized limbs that adopt another’s sensations and mirror-therapy effects in phantom-limb pain to probe how our brains encode the boundary between self and other. By tracing the activity of mirror neurons and the inhibitory signals that gate sensory input, shee seeks to build an empirical account of empathy one that explains how, beneath the apparent separation of our skins, our neural circuits remain deeply, and measurably, intertwined.

• Yeawon Min

  She has long been drawn to the idea that what’s invisible often determines real performance and change. In studying how an engine sustains power and how nitro creates explosive output, she realized again that internal energy architecture matters far more than visible results. In her own experience, the most meaningful progress has always come from unseen preparation and accumulated effort, not from momentary achievements. That’s why she believe it is more essential to become someone who radiates energy from within rather than someone who merely shines on the surface.

• Yebin Kwon

  When people think about what drives success, they usually point to effort and talent as the main forces behind it. But through her own experiences, from group projects to competitve environments, she started to notice how small moments of timing or opportunity quietly influence who moves ahead. These realizations made her question the idea that success is never fully earned by hard work alone. They led her to believe that while confidence pushes people forward, gratitude keeps them grounded in how we got there.

• Yeonwoo Choi

  She has learned that tolerance isn’t passive - it takes effort, curiosity, and sometimes discomfort. When she chose to see one of her school mate beyond his loudness, she discovered someone who simply wanted to be heard. That taught her that true understanding and tolerance isn’t just being polite - it’s trying to understand the story behind the person.

• Yerin Park

  She had gone through several cycles of losing and regaining weight, and each time she blamed herself for lacking discipline. Eventually, she started questioning why the same pattern kept happening no matter how hard she tried. As she looked deeper into food environments and biological responses, she realized the problem wasn’t her character but the system surrounding me. That realization pushed me to study how society and biology quietly shape our choices.

• Yuju Lee

  Caught up in hustle and bustle of our daily lives, in the we often forget to look up at the sky. Yet, it is precisely in those moments that gazing at the sky becomes even more crucial. For knowing where we came from, and fostering affection for that origin, ultimately connects back to our very selves.

• Yul Kang

  He challenges the common idea that influential people must always shine. Instead, he introduce the "Blackbody Leadership" model, which emphasizes the capacity to deeply absorb knowledge and feedback first. His goal is to help leaders become radiators, transforming individual success into a shared energy that makes the community shine, rather than prioritizing personal success.