Brother of Famous South Korean Go Player Suddenly Dies in China

Lee Young-ho, who married a Chinese woman and became a Chinese citizen, may not have known what it meant to swear to “support the CCP” and “never defect.”

Chinese Communist Party flag displayed displayed at the Beijing Exhibition Center on Oct 10, 2017. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images

Lee Young-ho, the younger brother of South Korean Go player Lee Chang-ho and the chairman of the Lee Sedol Go Academy, died in Beijing on Jan. 28 at the age of 48, becoming the latest foreigner to die in China suddenly.

On Jan. 29, the Korean Medical Association announced, “Mr. Lee, who lived in Beijing, China, died suddenly of a myocardial infarction.”