Jung Sung-eun

Jung Sung-eun is a South Korean stand-up comedian, essayist and filmmaker from Busan who first built a following as an essay writer whose work went viral on Twitter before she moved into stand-up comedy. She was born in 1989. She has said she became interested in the form after attending a comedy school in New York, where she learned the open mic model of stand-up, and wanted to build a similar kind of open stage in Korea. In 2022 she co-founded Seochon Comedy Club in her workspace in Seoul's Seochon neighborhood together with office worker Kim Su-ji and curator Park Jae-yong, running open mics, workshops and shows for aspiring comedians. Her own material mainly draws on feminism, and she has said she feels a particular charge in tackling, head-on, everyday topics that people are usually too sensitive to discuss openly. She also stages a recurring show billed as 정성은과 굉장한 여자들 (“Jung Sung-eun and the Wonderful Women”). In December 2025 she appeared as an opening act, alongside fellow Busan-native musician-comedian Jeon In, for comedian Kang An-ri's solo stand-up show in Busan.