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Choi Gyung-hwan
Choi Gyung-hwan (Korean language, Korean: 최경환, born 28 July 1959) is a South Korean activist and politician. He is the National Assembly (South Korea), Member of the National Assembly for Gwangju North District (Gwangju), North 2nd constituency since 2016 and the President of the New Alternatives since 2020. Prior to these careers, he was the Presidential Secretary and the last aide for the ex-President of South Korea, President of the Republic Kim Dae-jung. Career During the 1980s, Choi was once jailed for being involved in Hakrim incident and Youth Union for Pro-democracy Movement (aka Minchŏngryŏn) incident, in which the former was acquitted in 2015. He later served as the Presidential Secretary for Kim Dae-jung, as well as his aide. He is widely known as his last aide by serving the position till the death of the ex-President in 2009. Following the death of Kim, Choi has been working at Kim Dae-jung Peace Centre. Choi was brought into the Democratic Party (South Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi (Korean Name)
Choi is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized ''Choi'', and sometimes also ''Chey'', ''Choe'' or ''Chwe''. Ethnic Koreans in the former USSR prefer the form ''Tsoi'' (''Tsoy'') especially as a transcription of the Cyrillic Цой. Origin *According to Samguk Sagi, the Gyeongju clan originates from chief Sobeoldori (소벌도리, 蘇伐都利) of Goheochon (고허촌, 高墟村), one of six villages that united to found Silla; The Gyeongju clan traces their origin back to Choi Chiwon (857–10th century), a noted Korean scholar, philosopher, and poet of the late Unified Silla period (668–935). *One theory of origin suggests that Haeju clan's progenitor Choi Choong (최충, 崔沖, 984–1068) was given the surname 崔 during the reign of Goryeo king Mokjong. *The progenitor of the Chungju cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |