SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March 2003
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Kookmin Bank
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
9-1, 2-Ga, Namdaemun-Ro, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Korea 100-703
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(Address of principal executive office)
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Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Yes No X
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Nominees for Directors of Kookmin Bank
On March 5, 2003, Kookmin Bank disclosed the list of nominees for board members
to be appointed at the general shareholders' meeting scheduled to be held on
March 21, 2003.
The nominees are as follows:
List of Nominees for Executive Directors
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Nominated
for
members
of Audit
Name Current Position Career Education Committee
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Sungnam Lee Assistant Governor, o General Manager, Citibank o Kyungki Women's Yes
(11/11/1947) Financial o Management Adviser, Bajae High School
Supervisory Service Travel Agency o B.A. in English
o Head of Examination Literature, Ewha
Planning & Coordination Womans University
Department, Financial
Supervisory Service
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Donald H. Executive Vice o Country Manager, ING Bank o Canadian Institute
MacKenzie President & Head Japan; Managing Director, of Chartered
(12/20/1948) of Risk ING Barings Accountants (CICA)
Management o Vice President, Goldman o Accounting,
Division, Sachs finance, business
Kookmin Bank o Partner, KPMG Peat administration,
Marwick Simon Fraser
University
o B.A. in Economics,
British Columbia
University
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List of Nominees for Non-Executive Directors
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Nominated
for
members
of Audit
Name Current Position Career Education Committee
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Moonsoul Chung Advisor, Mirae o CEO, Mirae Corporation o B.A. in Asian
(03/07/1938) Corporation o President, Lycos Korea Philosophy, Won
Kwang University
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Sunjin Kim President, Yuhan o Vice President, o B.A. in Yes
(06/08/1942) Corporation Yuhan Corporation Business
o CEO, Janssen Korea Administration,
o Member of Advisory Korea University
on Stocks Practice of Korea o M.B.A.,
Listed Companies Association Korea University
o Completed
EC CEO Course,
Seoul National
University
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Dongsoo Chung o Assistant Minister, o B.A. in Yes
(09/24/1945) Planning & Management Business
Office, Ministry of Administration,
Planning & Budget Seoul National
o Deputy Minister, University
Ministry of Environment o M.A. in Public
Administration,
University of
Wisconsin at
Madison
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Richard Principal, Mercer o Principal, McKinsey o B.A.SC
Elliott Lint Human Resource & Co. Toronto (Industrial
(01/04/1946) Consulting o CEO & Chairman, Engineering),
Citibank Canada University of
o Deputy Chairman, Toronto
Head of Oil, Gas & Pipeline o M.B.A., University
Group, Scotia Capital of Toronto
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Kyunghee Yoon Country Manager & o Director, Baring o B.A in Law, Yes
(01/05/1947) Managing Director, Brother Ltd. Seoul National
ING Ltd., Korea o Branch Manager, ING University
Barings Securities, Ltd.,
Seoul Branch
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Seoungwoo Nam CEO, Pulmuone Co., o CEO, ECMD Co., Ltd. o B.A. in Yes
(05/13/1952) Ltd. o President, Korea Law, Seoul
Health food & Special National
Nutritive Food Association University
o CEO, Puchon Cartoon o M.S. in
Network Food Science &
Technology, Yonsei
University
o Ph.D. in
Food &
Biotechnology,
Yonsei University
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Sukyoung Cha President & CEO, o CFO, P&G Asia o B.A. School
(06/09/1953) Haitai Headquarters, Hong Kong of Management,
Confectionery & o President & CEO, State University
Foods Co., Ltd. Ssangyong Paper Company of New York
o President & CEO, o M.B.A.,
Procter & Gamble Korea Johnson Graduate
School of
Management,
Cornell University
o Attended
School of Law,
Indiana University
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Nominated
for
members
of Audit
Name Current Position Career Education Committee
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Bernard S. Professor of Law, o Senior Policy o B.A. in
Black Stanford Law School Advisor, Harvard Institute Physics, Princeton
(11/13/1953) for International University
Development o M.A. in
o Professor of Law, Physics, UC
Columbia Law School Berkeley
o J.D.,
Stanford Law School
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Kihong Kim Professor of o Assistant Governor, o B.A in
(01/10/1957) Business Financial Supervisory Business &
Administration, Service Economics, Barat
Chungbuk National o Research Director, College
University Korea Insurance Development o M.B.A.,
Institute University of
o Research Fellow, Missouri
Korea Institute of Fiscal o Ph.D. in
Policy Business
Administration,
University of
Georgia
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Eunjoo Park CEO & Chief o Member, Korean o B.A. in
(06/03/1957) Editor, Gimm-Young Publishers' Association Mathematics, Ewha
Publishers, Inc. o Member of Advisory Womans University
Committee, People's o M.A. in
Solidarity for Graphic
Participatory Democracy Communications
o Member of Policy Management &
Advisory Committee, Technology, New
Ministry of Culture and York University
Tourism
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Cheolsoo Ahn President & CEO, o Head of Pre-Medical o M.D. in
(02/26/1962) Ahnlab, Inc. Course, Dankook University College of
o Counselor, Policy Medicine, Seoul
Development, Division, National University
Korea IT Industry Promotion o Ph.D. in
Agency College of
o Vice Chairman, Korea Medicine, Seoul
Venture Business National University
Association o M.S. in
o Chairman, Software Management of
Venture Association Technology, Penn
Engineering &
Wharton School,
University of
Pennsylvania
o Completed
Venture Business
Course, Stanford
University
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Kyungbae Suh President & CEO, o President & CEO, o B.A. in
(01/14/1963) AmorePacific Pacific Pharmaceutical Business
Corporation Company Administration,
o President of Yonsei University
Corporate Strategy, Pacific o M.B.A.,
Corporation (Presently Cornell University
AmorePacific)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Kookmin Bank
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(Registrant)
Date: March 4, 2003 By: /s/ Jong-Kyoo Yoon
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(Signature)
Name: Jong-Kyoo Yoon
Title: Senior Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
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