The Female Myungin (

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: 여류명인전,

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: 女流名人戰) was a

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. Begun in 1999, it was held 17 times and was discontinued after 2016. The word of ''myungin'' in Korean language, literally meaning "Brilliant Man", is same as ''meijin'' in Japanese and as ''mingren'' in Chinese.

Past winners and runners-up

References

External links

Korea Baduk Association
(in Korean) {{Korean go titles Go competitions in South Korea Women's Go competitions