Early Life
He graduated from Seoul Yeudo Elementary School (서울 여의도 초등학교), Yoon Joong Junior High School (윤중 중학교) and Korea Kent Foreign School in South Korea. After moving to the United States, he attended Hawaii Pacific University in Hawaii, where he was known as Matthew Eun. During his life in Hawaii, he lived with Kang Sung Hoon as a roommate. His granduncle is Park Chung-hee, former president of South Korea. Subsequently, Eun's first cousin once removed is the prominent Korean politician Park Geun-hye, the daughter of the late president Park.
Eun Ji Won's nickname during Sechs Kies was "soy sauce" (깜시) because of his dark skin colour. "Eun Cho Ding"(Eun elementary kid) is his recent nickname and was given to him on KBS' reality-variety show Happy Sunday: 1 Night 2 Days because of his "kid (junior-high or elementary student)" like actions.
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