We will outline the current status of the Seoul <br />
National University Bright Quasar Survey in Optical <br />
(SNUQSO). Bright quasars can serve as useful astrophysical <br />
tool, but not every bright quasars have been discovered to date. <br />
SNUQSO has searched for missing bright quasars in the <br />
northern hemisphere as well as at the low galactic latitude <br />
region also known as the zone of avoidance. Through <br />
our search till June 2006, we have uncovered more than a dozen <br />
new bright quasars using Boyunsan Observatory\/s 1.8m telescope. <br />
Follow-up optical imaging observations have been undertaken <br />
using the SNU\/s newly installed 4k x 4k CCD camera on the <br />
Maidanak Observatory\/s 1.5m telescope at sub-arcsec seeing. <br />
We will also review preliminary results from the optical imaging <br />
observation and the new 4k x 4k CCD camera on the <br />
Maidanak Observatory.