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Janice Kim

In 1987 she became the first Westerner to be accepted by the Hanguk Kiwon as a pro; she remains one of only four western females ever to attain professional status (with Joanne Missingham, Svetlana Shikshina and Diana Koszegi).

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In 2003, she was promoted to a 3-Dan professional go player, the first Westerner to do so.

Jasmine Sailing

It was the first Pair Go tournament in the United States outside of the US Go Congress, and during the first year she had support and guidance from Korean professional player and Go book author Janice Kim.

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