Thae Gwon Han

Thae Gwon Han is a mathematics student from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) who competed at the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2026), held in Shanghai, China. Competing for the DPRK national team, Han placed 205th overall with 21 points, earning a bronze medal. The performance was driven by full marks on problems 1, 4 and 5, with no credit on problems 2, 3 and 6. North Korea finished 8th among competing nations, its six-member team collecting two golds, two silvers and two bronzes.

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• Won a bronze medal at IMO 2026 (Shanghai), scoring 21/42 for a rank of 205 out of 666 contestants, per the official IMO results.Jul 2026
• Scored full marks on problems 1, 4 and 5 but zero on problems 2, 3 and 6, an unusually polarized paper (strong on the algebra/NT/geometry mix, shut out on the harder combinatorics and functional-equation problems) that placed Han last of the six DPRK team members.Jul 2026
• Competed on a DPRK national team led by Kwang Nam O (leader) and Kyong Hwa Sok (deputy leader); teammates Ju Hyon Hwang (gold, 34), Ung Yol Kim (gold, 30), Hyon U Jang (silver, 28), Ji Won Pak (silver, 28), and Jin Ui Jang (bronze, 22).Jul 2026
• No personal or professional web presence (LinkedIn, X, GitHub, personal site, press, or school page) could be found for Thae Gwon Han; the public record is limited to official IMO result pages, consistent with the limited online footprint of DPRK nationals.Sep 2026
• North Korea's 8th-place team finish reflects the country's long-standing strength in olympiad mathematics, a pipeline that Western press (e.g. the 2016 Ri Jong-yol defection) has framed as producing elite talent concentrated in state schools.Jul 2026