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Byung-chul
Byeong-cheol, or Byung-chul, Pyong-chol is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byeong" and 11 hanja with the reading " cheol" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys born in South Korea in 1950. People with this name include: * Kim Byong-cheol, South Korean taekwondo practitioner, gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics *Ri Pyong-chol (born 1948), North Korean marshal * Choi Byung-chul (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer * Byung-Chul Han (born 1959), South Korean philosopher and cultural theorist * Byung Chul Kim (born 1974), South Korean artist * Kim Byung-chul (born 1974), South Korean actor *Lee Byung-chul Lee Byung-chul ( Korean: 이병철 12 February 1910 – 19 November 1987) was a South Korean businessman. He was the founder of the Samsung Group, which is Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Byung-chul
Lee Byung-chul (Korean: 이병철 12 February 1910 – 19 November 1987) was a South Korean businessman. He was the founder of the Samsung Group, which is South Korea's largest chaebol, and he is considered one of South Korea's most successful businessmen. He was a pioneer of modern entrepreneurship and was a beacon of national economic development for South Korea. Personal life Early life Byung-chul was the youngest son of four siblings to father Lee Chan-woo and mother Kwon Jae-lim. Byung-chul was the son of a wealthy land-owning yangban family (a branch of the Gyeongju Lee clan). He attended highschool at Joongdong High School in Seoul, and then college at Waseda University in Tokyo but did not complete his degree. Korean art collection After his death, Byung-chul's estate (Ho-Am) was opened to the public for tours. His collection of Korean art is considered one of the largest private collections in the country, featuring a number of art objects that have been desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Byung-chul (actor)
Kim Byung-chul (born 5 July 1974) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for playing Cha Min-hyuk in the television series ''Sky Castle ''Sky Castle'' (; stylized as ''SKY Castle'') is a 2018–2019 South Korean television series starring Yum Jung-ah, Lee Tae-ran, Yoon Se-ah, Oh Na-ra, and Kim Seo-hyung. It aired on JTBC on Fridays and Saturdays, from November 23, 2018, to Febru ...''. He rose to fame by acting in hit television dramas such as '' Descendants of the Sun,'' '' Guardian: The Lonely and Great God'' and '' All of Us Are Dead''. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * 1974 births Living people South Korean male film actors South Korean male television actors South Korean male stage actors Chung-Ang University alumni {{SouthKorea-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chul (Korean Name)
Chul, also spelled Cheol or Chol, is a single-syllable Korean masculine given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Hanja There are 11 hanja with the reading "chul" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names, as well as variant Chinese character, variant forms of two of those hanja; they are: # (쇠 철 ''soe cheol''): "iron" #* (variant of above) # (밝을 철 ''balgeul cheol''): "bright", "keen" #* (variant of above) # (통할 철 ''tonghal cheol''): "to penetrate" # (맑을 철 ''malgeul cheol''): "pure" # (거둘 철 ''geodul cheol''): "to harvest", "to achieve" # (바퀴 자국 철 ''bakwi jaguk cheol''): "wheel track" # (엮을 철 ''yeokkeul cheol''): "to weave" # (볼록할 철 ''bollokhal cheol''): "convex", "to protrude" # (그칠 철 ''geuchil cheol''): "to stop" # (밝을 철 ''balgeul cheol''): "wise" # (눈 밝을 철 ''nun balgeul ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Pyong-chol
Ri Pyong-chol (, born 1948) is a North Korean marshal and formerly a top advisor of supreme leader Kim Jong-un, who served as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He is a relative of Kim's wife, Ri Sol-ju. He currently also serves as a director of a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and First Deputy Director of the WPK Organization and Guidance Department (OGD). General Ri's military and senior Party experience make him an important advisor to Kim Jong-un, especially during crisis. He is an alternate member of the WPK Political Bureau, and a deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly. Ri served in the Korean People's Army Air Force until 2014 at which time he became a senior party official. In December 2017, the U.S. Treasury department issued sanctions against him, blocking him from "any property or interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byung Chul Kim
Byung Chul Kim (; born 1974) is a South Korean artist based in Germany since 2004. He works in performance, drawing, painting and video. Life and work Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. Kim grew up in the interior of South Korea and spent his youth in Seoul, where he lived in a Buddhist monastery from age 15 to 17. He first studied Western painting at Seoul's Chugye University for the Arts before studying installation, performance and video with Christian Jankowski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Germany. Kim also spent one semester in the Graduate Fine Art Program Master Class at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. He graduated from the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart (Germany) with a state diploma in sculpture. Kim is best known internationally for his year-long project Performance-Hotel (2009–2010), a participatory art project in Stuttgart's east. Like many of his other projects, Performance-Hotel focuses on Kim's quest for altern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Korean Given Names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a small number of one-syllable names. Originally, there was no legal limitation on the length of names, but since 1993, regulations in South Korea have prohibited the registration of given names longer than five syllable blocks, in response to some parents giving their children extremely long names such as the 16-syllable Haneulbyeollimgureumhaennimbodasarangseureouri (). Lists of hanja for names are illustrative, not exhaustive. Names by common first and second syllables G or k (ㄱ), n (ㄴ), d (ㄷ) M (ㅁ), b (ㅂ) S (ㅅ) Vowels and semivowels (ㅇ) J (ㅈ) and ch (ㅊ) T (ㅌ) and h (ㅎ) Native Korean names ''Goyueo ireum'' are Korean given names which come from native Korean vocabulary, rather than Sino-Korean root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and (, ) refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja never underwent any major reforms, they are mostly resemble to ''kyūjitai'' and traditional Chinese characters, although the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters and as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. In Japan, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonsu
''Wonsu'' is the highest military rank in the armed forces of North Korea and South Korea. Historical The title of ''Wonsu'' or its variations had been used as the title of high-ranking military commanders in Korean history since Goryeo Dynasty onward. For example, Gwon Yul, a famous general in 16th century who rose to the supreme command of Korean forces during Imjin War held the title of "Do-Wonsu", roughly translated as "high marshal". North Korea ''Wonsu'' is a rank in the Korean People's Army of North Korea, equivalent to marshal in other armies. This rank is held by all Supreme Leaders of the DPRK. While he was the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, Kim Il-sung became North Korea's first marshal during the Korean War by the decision of the Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral parliament of North Korea, on February 4, 1953. Period photographic evidence demonstrates that the early marshal shoulder board rank insignia was the same as that of the cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
