Last seed Kang DongYun from Korea.
It is Kang DongYun who got seed for the last chance.
The sponsor of LG Cup decided to give last seed to Kang DongYun 9Dan.
Therefore total 10 players are decided who will be in the round 32 of 19th LG Cup this year. There are 5 players who got seed and 5 players who got though severe preliminary league.
Kang DongYun 9Dan has gotten to round 4 in 17th LG Cup, but lost against Shi Yue 9Dan from China. After that Shi Yue 9Dan from China won against Won SungJin 9Dan from Korea in the final and won the LG Cup at that time.
With this decision from sponsor of LG Cup, Korea is ready to compete better against China and Japan this year in LG Cup.
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