President Kang Woo-hyun, who made Naminara Republic, has a secret to 1,200 won in annual salary

Sep 17, 2025

President Kang Woo-hyun, who made Naminara Republic, has a secret to 1,200 won in annual salary



President Kang Woo-hyun, who made Naminara Republic, has a secret to 1,200 won in annual salary
A person who made Nami Island a world-class tourist destination appears.

Kang Woo-hyun, the protagonist of 'Nami Island Success Myth', which became a sacred place for Hallyu syndrome as a filming location for 'Winter Sonata', reveals an unusual management philosophy with a shocking remark that "100 KRW per month".

At 9:55 p.m. on the 17th, EBS 'Seo Jang-hoon's Neighbor Millionaire' (hereinafter 'Neighbor Millionaire') will visit viewers with the long-awaited regular first broadcast. Seo Jang-hoon, who appeared with his new face Jang Ye-won, raises expectations for the unusual first-ever protagonist, saying, `Usually you go to a millionaire's house, but today you go to the country, not home.' It is President Kang Woo-hyun who founded the '30,000 pyeong republic' over 10 years on the barren Jeju wasteland that Seo Jang-hoon expressed his awe by saying "He is not an ordinary person". To be precise, it is a huge virtual national theme park.




President Kang Woo-hyun, who made Naminara Republic, has a secret to 1,200 won in annual salary
President Kang Woo-hyun, who made Naminara Republic, has a secret to 1,200 won in annual salary
President Kang Woo-hyun, who made Naminara Republic, has a secret to 1,200 won in annual salary
President Kang Woo-hyun, who made Naminara Republic, has a secret to 1,200 won in annual salary
However, it turns out that 'Jeju 30,000 pyeong Republic' is the second country he founded, shocking. His first work was 'Nami Island', which is still considered a romantic shrine visited by lovers around the world and a representative tourist destination in Korea. Nami Island has been named a global hot place in the "100 Korean tourist attractions" for seven consecutive years and the "Star of Korean Tourism" selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization. In particular, it is the filming location of the drama 'Winter Sonata', which caused the 'Yonsama craze', and many overseas fans still flock to it even after more than 20 years of airing.

Kang Woo-hyun took charge of Nami Island, which had an official debt of 6 billion won in 2001. But a miracle happened. During his operation, Nami Island was transformed into a tourist attraction visited by 3.3 million people in 122 countries. Annual sales soared 40 times, achieving explosive growth. Behind all this success was a secret beyond imagination. Kang Woo-hyun astonishes everyone by confessing that the secret to Nami Island's super-jackpot is 100 a month. He also said "A year later, I went to the bank and checked, and it was 1,200 won."," he recalls. What is the secret of the success story of Nami Island, which is related to the legend of 'annual salary 1,200 won', and Kang Woo-hyun's life story can be found in the first regular episode of 'Neighbor Millionaires'.

On the other hand, Seo Jang-hoon, 'Group 2 Giant', reveals 'Incentive Obsession Instinct' and bursts into laughter. Seo Jang-hoon says "I'm very secular", and Kang Woo-hyun's incentive is "Even if it's roughly calculated, it'll be more than hundreds of millions". Then "You can't die without incentives."It devastates the scene with a declaration of "Personal (Incentive Crazy)"."






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