Ia tusia se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na faavaeina le iunivesite ina ua faatoʻā maua le tutoʻatasi o Korea. O ē na faavaeina le Daejongkyo, ina ua toe foʻi i Korea ina ua faatoʻilaloina Iapani
ina ua mavae le tele o tausaga o le faaaunuua i Saina, na ia faamuamua ai le faavaeina o se faalapotopotoga tau aʻoaʻoga. O le iʻuga, i le 1946, na latou faavaeina ai le aʻoga, ona faaigoa lea o Hongmoon-daehakgwan (홍문대학관). O Lee Hung Soo, o se tagata Korea mauʻoa ma o se tagata tetee, o ia lea na foaʻi atu le uluaʻi tupe na amata ai le iunivesite. I Aokuso 1948, Hongik Iunivesite ma Hongik Faavae na faamaonia aloaia e le malo Korea.