Documentary

Individual (Junior Division)

FIRST Place: Brandon Hur

Wasted Honor

SECOND Place: Toni Ban

Triumph, Tragedy, Thalidomide: The Drug that Transformed Pharmaceutical History

THIRD Place: Lisa Seok

The League of Nation: The First of Its Kind

Group (Junior Division)

FIRST Place: Youni Choi, Romy Lee, Christie Park, Dylan Wang

30 Years' Silence: The Tragic Case of the Busan Brothers Home Facility

SECOND Place: Jordan Kim, Yoonseo Kim

Triumph and Tragedy of Richard Nixon

THIRD Place: Lewis Rho, Danny Kwon

Suffering & Triumph: The Holocaust

Individual (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: Suzie Choi

The Lost Children

SECOND Place: Jimin (Hillary) Lee

The Tragedy of the Jeju 4.3 Incident

THIRD Place: Minsung Son

The Jeju Massacre: An Island Tragedy Behind National Triumph

Group (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: Yoo Ra Do, Jiyeon Kim, Young Bin Park

What the IMF Crisis Teaches us About Selflessness, Solidarity, and Sacrifice

SECOND Place: Hyun Jun Cho, Jinuk Kim, Seungwan Kim, Tomoari Shimada

Origins of Conflict: Israel and Palestine

THIRD Place: Eunseo Kim, Junwon Kim, Sua Kim, Hye Ji Seo, Kim Yoonse

Korean Geisha, Gisaeng: Two Big Roles as Artisans and Courtesans

Exhibitions

Individual (Junior Division)

FIRST Place: Anika Kurebayashi

Sparking a Rebellion: The Achievement of Latino and Filipino Labor Rights

SECOND Place: Anna Tzou

The Tiananmen Square Incident: Sowing the Seed of Democracy in the Midst of Tragedy

THIRD Place: Jodie Lee

Dokdo or Takeshita?

Group (Junior Division)

FIRST Place: Michelle Choi, Philip Hahm, Colin Kim, Katie Kim

William Shakespeare: Triumph and Tragedy

SECOND Place: Lin Chiang, Charlotte Jun, Celine Yang

Battles Between Microworld and Macroworld: Antibiotics and Superbugs

THIRD Place: Suhyeon Han, Jinkyung Jeon, Minju Kim, Hyun Sophia Seo, Han Na Shin

The Salem Witch Trials

Individual (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: Kate Kim

Japan's Blaze Over Korea

SECOND Place: Fiona Cho

Civilian Triumphs During the Rwandan Genocide

THIRD Place: Katherine Suk

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall: a Streak of Light in Equal Education

Group (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: Erin Kim, Rachel Kim, Rachel Lee, Jennifer Shin, Christine Yi

Transcontinental Railroad: Building the Road to Union

SECOND Place: Seoyeon Kim, SoJeong Kwon, Chaerin Park

Peace Crisscrossed Behind the 38th parallel

THIRD Place: Somin Ahn, Keunyoung Bae, Yulie Cho, Yeowon Jie

War in Technicolor: How Animation Functioned As Propaganda during WWII

PAPERS

(Junior Division)

FIRST Place: Kate Choi

The Atomic Bomb: Scientific Triumph or Humanitarian Tragedy?

SECOND Place: Jessica Kang

The Netherlands’ “Mad Artist”—Vincent van Gogh’s Triumphs and Tragedies

THIRD Place: Judy Kim

Condemned to Die by Hanging: The Salem Witch Trials

Individual (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: E Ju Ro

The "Comfort Women" Triumph: Propelling Empowerment Through Tragedy

SECOND Place: William Cho

“Saving” the Guarani: the Rise and Fall of Jesuit Missions in Latin America (1607-1767)

THIRD Place: Andie Kim

Planned Parenthood: The End of a Tragedy

PERFORMANCES

Individual (Junior Division)

No Entries in 2019

Group (Junior Division)

FIRST Place: Minseo Kim, Robin Lee, Arthur (Sangwon) Park, Je Young Yoo

¡Venceremos! Triumph and Tragedy in Chile

SECOND Place: Claire Cho, Russell Choi, Suyon Hwang, Karen Koo, Amy Shin

Legacy of Ahn Jung-Geun

Individual (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: Jaehyeon Park

The Kansong Collection

SECOND Place: Inseo Yeo

“We must fight to the end”: the words of Yun Sang-won, a true democratic martyr in the May 18 Democratic Uprising, a sorrowful victory of democracy

THIRD Place: Yeji Kwon

Comfort Women

Group (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: Seung Chan Lee, Yongjun Lee, Yubin Lee, Jocelyn Pysar, Younghoon Seo

Triumphant and Tragic Life of Oscar Wilde

SECOND Place: Seok Won Jeong, McKenna Jolly, Elizabeth Ryu

20,000 Incisions: Stitching the Future of Surgery

THIRD Place: Sumi Jang, YoungCho Kim, Yunseo Kim, Ayeon Lim, Yoojin Seo

Crown Prince Sado

WEBSITES

Individual (Junior Division)

FIRST Place: Seoyoung Lee

Japan's Colonization of Korea: The Tragic Scars and the Triumphant Shouts for Independence

SECOND Place: Ethan Cho

Under One Flag, Racing for Another

THIRD Place: Dongzu Aidan Lee

D-Day’s triumphs and tragedies

Group (Junior Division)

FIRST Place: Aimee Choi, Alice Kim, Sarah Yim

The Partition of India: Triumph of Independence and Tragedy of Division

SECOND Place: Ewan Huh, Eunice Rhee

• Violent Struggle Provokes Democracy: Gwangju Uprising

THIRD Place: Bin Chiang, Seoyoon Choi, Taejoo Lee, Grace Song

Orphans of the Korean War: The Untold Story

Individual (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: Mikey Pierog

The Third Cholera Pandemic: John Snow and the Broad Street Pump

SECOND Place: Li Guan-Mei Timpson

The Lowell Girls: Weaving a Path for Equality

THIRD Place: Lydia Yeji Ryu

Yun Dong-ju:Reaching For Faith By Poetry

Group (Senior Division)

FIRST Place: Kyung Dong Kim, Justin Park

Prague Spring: How A Czechoslovak Martyr Inspired Reform Through Tragedy

SECOND Place: JaeYeong Jeong, Seonoo Kim, Sungho Park

Triumph of the Conquered: The Arab conquests in the Late Antiquity Mediterranean

THIRD Place: Jiwon Lee, Suh-Hyun Paik, Hwajin Shin

A Mixed Legacy: Examining Syngman Rhee's Triumph in the Korean Independence Movement and Subsequent Political Tragedy (1904-1960)