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Rejected by Oxford, Korean prodigy with 204 IQ turns setback into self-made game

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Korean prodigy Baek Kang-hyun, once dubbed one of the world’s brightest young minds, is drawing renewed attention after revealing he developed his...

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Update on Baek Kang-hyun, a 41-month-old math genius with an IQ of 164... Dropped out of science high school at age 10 → Rejected by Oxford. 'Genius Discovery Team' OSEN = Reporter Choi Yi-jeong. Baek Kang-hyun, the protagonist with the highest IQ among all gifted children in the history of 'Genius Discovery Team,' shares a welcome update on his current situation. On the coming Thursday, the 9th...

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Baek Kang-hyun (13), who became known as a ‘prodigy’ after appearing on terrestrial television, revealed that he overcame his pain by focusing on game development after failing to get into Oxford University in the UK. Baek said, “This is my first work that I achieved with sheer determination while sacrificing sleep for the past few months,” adding, “From today, I will start a new dream again…”

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조선일보 broke the news in on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
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