|
1990 In South Korea
Events from the year 1990 in South Korea. Incumbents *President: Roh Tae-woo *Prime Minister: Kang Young-hoon (until December 27), Ro Jai-bong (starting December 27) Events *December Unknown date – A first convenience store retail GS25 (then LG25) open in downtown Seoul. Sport * 1990 K League * South Korea wins the 1990 Dynasty Cup * South Korea lose all their matches at the FIFA World Cup Films * List of South Korean films of 1990 Births * January 9 - Choi Su-min, handball player * January 15 - Dayen Zheng, Australian entertainer * January 25 - Lee Jun-ho, singer-songwriter, dancer, composer and actor * January 31 - Park Hae-mi, sport shooter * February 10 - Choi Sooyoung, singer and actress * February 14 - Park Ki-ju, field hockey player * February 19 - Lee Elijah, actress and model * February 24 - Ryu Eun-hee, handball player * March 20 - Jung Kyung-eun, badminton player * March 24 - Na Ah-reum, road cyclist * March 26 - Xiumin, singer and actor * March 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century
The 20th (twentieth) century began on January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 ( MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and World War II, nuclear weapons, nuclear power and space exploration, nationalism and decolonization, technological advances, and the Cold War and post-Cold War conflicts. These reshaped the political and social structure of the globe. The 20th century saw a massive transformation of humanity's relationship with the natural world. Global population, sea level rise, and ecological collapses increased while competition for land and dwindling resources accelerated deforestation, water depletion, and the mass extinction of many of the world's species and decline in the population of others. Global heating increased the risk of extreme weather conditions. Additional themes include intergovernmental organizations and cultural homogenization through developments in em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Su-min
Choi Su-min (born 9 January 1990) is a South Korean handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ... player for Seoul City and the South Korean Republic national team. References 1990 births Living people South Korean female handball players Korea National Sport University alumni Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of South Korea Handball players at the 2014 Asian Games Handball players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in handball Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in handball Universiade silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In South Korea
Events in the year 2017 in South Korea. Incumbents * President: ** Park Geun-hye (''Powers and duties suspended as of December 9, 2016''), ** Hwang Kyo-ahn (''Acting President as of December 9, 2016''); ** Moon Jae-in (since 10 May) * Prime Minister: ** until 11 May: Hwang Kyo-ahn ** 11 May-31 May: Yoo Il-ho (acting) ** starting 31 May: Lee Nak-yeon Events *17 February – Hanjin Shipping was bankruptcy. *3 April – Lotte Corporation shoots off fireworks to celebrate its opening of the 123-floor Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea. It is the tallest skyscraper in Korea and the 5th tallest in the world. *9 May – 2017 South Korean presidential election Deaths *18 January – Jung Mi-Kyung, novelist (b. 1960) *30 October - Kim Joo-hyuk, actor (b. 1972) *18 December ** Kim Jong-Hyun, lead singer, SHINee (b. 1990) ** Choi Seo-In, comedian, (b. 1983) See also * List of South Korean films of 2017 *2017 in South Korean music * 2017 in South Korean footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jong-hyun (singer)
Kim Jong-hyun (April 8, 1990 – December 18, 2017), known mononymously as Jonghyun, was a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, radio host, and author under the SM Entertainment label. He was the main vocalist of the South Korean boy band Shinee for nine years, releasing twelve albums with the group in both Korean and Japanese. He also participated in SM Entertainment's project group, SM the Ballad, for the release of two EP albums. Jonghyun was also a solo artist, beginning in January 2015 with the release of his first EP album, '' Base''. It peaked at number one on both the ''Billboard'' World Albums Chart and the Gaon Album Chart. On September 17 the same year, Jonghyun released a compilation album, '' Story Op.1''. His debut studio album, ''She Is'', was released on May 24, 2016, followed by his second compilation album, ''Story Op.2'', on April 24, 2017. Jonghyun began his first solo concert tour, The Story by Jonghyun, on October 2, 2015. This was followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Yongguk
Bang Yong-guk (born March 31, 1990), also known mononymously as Yongguk, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and best-selling author who served as the leader of boy group B.A.P up until his departure from TS Entertainment in August 2018. He made his musical debut in 2008 as a member of an underground hip hop group called Soul Connection under the alias of "Jepp Blackman". In March 2011, he featured on Song Ji-eun's single " Going Crazy", which became a number one hit in South Korea. In July of that year he released his first solo digital single, " I Remember", featuring Beast's Yoseob and in November he promoted in a sub-unit called Bang & Zelo with fellow B.A.P member Zelo, releasing the single "Never Give Up". B.A.P released their first single in January 2012. Biography Bang Yong-guk was born in Seoul, South Korea, on March 31, 1990. He is the youngest out of two sons and one daughter in his family. He has an identical twin brother named Yongnam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiumin
Kim Min-seok (; born March 26, 1990), better known by his stage name Xiumin (; ), is a South Korean singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo, its sub-group Exo-M and its sub-unit Exo-CBX. He debuted as a soloist on September 26, 2022 with the release of his EP, ''Brand New''. Name His stage name is a combination of the Chinese reading of hanja characters 秀 (xiù), which means great or show, and 珉 (mín) which is part of his birth name. Life and career 1990–2013: Early life and career beginnings Xiumin was born on March 26, 1990 in Seoul and grew up in Guri, Gyeonggi Province. He was a student at Catholic Kwandong University where he attended a seminar and gave a presentation for students in Applied Music. Xiumin learned martial arts and has a black belt in Kendo and Taekwondo. He also trained in Wushu and Fencing. Xiumin is also known as an avid fan of football, and is an honorary ambassador of the Korea Football Associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Na Ah-reum
Na A-reum (, born 24 March 1990) is a South Korean track and road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer, born in Naju, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race, Women's road race, finishing 13th. She also competed in the road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympics. In 2018 Na won the South Korea National Championships road race and individual time trial. Major results Road ;2008 : 2008 Asian Cycling Championships#Road, Asian Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::1st Road race ;2012 : 1st Time trial, 2012 Asian Cycling Championships#Road, Asian Road Championships : 2nd Tour of Zhoushan Island II : 3rd Road race, South Korean National Road Championships, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island I ;2013 : 1st Road race, South Korean National Road Championships, National Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Cycling at the 2014 Asian Games – Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Kyung-eun
Jung Kyung-eun (Hangul: 정경은; or ; born 20 March 1990) is a South Korean professional badminton player. She was the 2016 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the women's doubles event. Career Jung Kyung-eun began her career competing in singles, but now concentrates on doubles. She has attained the most success with her women's doubles partner Kim Ha-na. In April 2012, they won their first major title at the 2012 India Open. In the mixed doubles she has recently partnered with Kim Ki-jung; however, they have not achieved the same level of results as they have had in doubles with their respective genders. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Jung and her partner Kim Ha-na, along with Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung of South Korea, Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of China, and Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of Indonesia were disqualified from the competition for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryu Eun-hee
Ryu Eun-hee (; born 24 February 1990 in Incheon) is a South Korean handball player for Győri Audi ETO KC and the South Korean national team. Professional career Ryu played for Busan Infrastructure Corporation in 2019. That year Busan won its first chamionship title in the SK Handball Korea League. Afterwards she transfered to Paris 92 and played in the French Women's Handball First League. In November 2020, Ryu returned to Busan Infrastructure Corporation, because she was concerned about rising COVID-19 cases in France. For the 2021/22 season she transfered to Győri Audi ETO KC. In 2022, she won the Hungarian Championship with ETO. National team Ryu became the starting right back of the South Korean national team at the 2009 World Handball Championship where South Korea finished in sixth place. Ryu was named to the team representing South Korea at the Summer Olympics held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom. Ryu finished her first Olympic tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Elijah
Lee Elijah (born February 19, 1990) is a South Korean actress. She debuted with leading role in 2013 tvN's drama ''Basketball''. After several years in major supporting roles, she was cast as lead again with JTBC's ''The Good Detective'' (2020). Early life Lee Elijah was born into a Protestant family. Her parents named her after the prophet Elijah in the Old Testament. Lee learned horse riding, taekwondo, ballet, vocal music when she was a child. She studied acting from Seoul Institute of the Arts. Career Lee Elijah debuted as the female lead in 2013 period sport series, ''Basketball''. After her debut, for few years she did major supporting roles in diverse genres. Some of her notable performances came in 2018-2019 such as: legal drama ''Ms. Hammurabi'', modern monarchy '' The Last Empress'', and political thriller ''Chief of Staff''. Lee made her film debut with a starring role for 2019 romantic comedy '. In 2020, Lee returned to lead role in series with crime procedural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Ki-ju
Park Ki-ju (born 14 February 1990, Seoul) is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics she competed with the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl .... As a member of the South Korean team, she won a silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games and a gold medal at 2014 Asian Games. References External links * 1990 births Living people South Korean female field hockey players Asian Games medalists in field hockey Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games Field hockey players at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Sooyoung
Choi Soo-young (; born February 10, 1990), professionally known as Sooyoung, is a South Korean singer, actress and songwriter. She was a member of the short-lived Korean-Japanese singing duo Route 0 during 2002 in Japan. After returning to South Korea in 2004, Sooyoung eventually became a member of girl group Girls' Generation in 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of South Korea's most popular girl groups worldwide. Apart from her group's activities, Sooyoung has also starred in various television dramas such as ''The Third Hospital'' (2012), '' Dating Agency: Cyrano'' (2013), ''My Spring Days'' (2014), '' Squad 38'' (2016), ''Man in the Kitchen'' (2017–2018), ''Tell Me What You Saw'' (2020), and most recently in '' Run On'' (2021), ''So I Married the Anti-fan'' (2021), and ''If You Wish Upon Me'' (2022). In October 2017, Sooyoung left SM Entertainment although she remains as a member of Girls' Generation. She joined Echo Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
