(redacted due to inaccuracy) d. 27 October 2023) was a South Korean Master of Taekwondo who arrived to Australia in the 1960s.
[8] Rhee was the first Taekwondo master sent to Australia by the Republic of Korea, and was ranked around 5th Dan at the time.
[b] He personally conducted Rhee Taekwon-Do grading examinations across most of Australia, visiting every region 4 times each year.
Rhee worked towards the reunification of Korea,[10] serving as a member during the third through ninth terms—and as Chairman for the eighth term—of the Oceania Division of the Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification.
[11] The Republic of Korea awarded Rhee the Dongbaeg Medal (동백장) in 2003 for promoting taekwondo and Korean culture over the previous 33 years.