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Chungmu Arts Hall
Heungin-dong is a legal '' dong'', or neighbourhood of the Jung-gu district in Seoul, South Korea and governed by its administrative dong, Sindang 1-dong. Chungmu Arts Hall Chungmu Arts Hall is multi-purpose cultural complex located in Heungin-dong, near Sindang Station. Facilities includes a 1,231 seats Grand Theater, 327 seats Black Theater and 258 seats Blue Theater; Chungmu Gallery designed for installations and experimental artwork; sport hall with gymnasium, fitness room, dance studios and swimming pool; and the Chungmu Academy. ;Events * Lee Min Woo of Shinhwa held a series of concerts, titled ''M's Acoustic & Unplugged'' from 15 to 25 October 2009. * Musical ''The Three Musketeers'' from 15 December 2010 to mid-January 2011, Kyuhyun of Super Junior rotated with TRAX's Jay "Typhoon" Kim as D'Artagnan, along with Yoo Jun Sang, Im Ki Jun, Kim Mu Yul and Dana Hong. * Musical ''Jack the Ripper'' played at the Grand Theater from 5 July to 14 August 2011, with Ahn Jae-wook, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guro-gu
Guro District (Guro-gu) is a district of Seoul, South Korea, which was separated from Yeongdeungpo District on April 1, 1980. Located in the southwestern part of the city, where besides Yangcheon District and Geumcheon District Guro District has an important position as a transport link which contains railroads, land routes from the rest of Seoul to the south of the country. The Gyeongbu and Gyeongin railway lines connect Seoul to Busan and Incheon. In addition, Seoul Metropolitan Subway lines Seoul Subway Line 1, 1, Seoul Subway Line 2, 2, and Seoul Subway Line 7, 7, and major highways intersect in Guro District. The name Guro originates from the legend that nine ( ko, gu, script=Latn) old men (Korean: ''ro'') enjoyed longevity in the district. A digital industrial complex is located in Guro District. The Guro Digital Industrial Complex, which played a leading industrial role mainly with textile manufacturing, dressmaking and other labour-intensive industries in 1967, has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of South Korea
South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 9 provinces ('' do'' ), including one special self-governing province (''teukbyeol jachido'' ). These are further subdivided into a variety of smaller entities, including cities (''si'' ), counties ('' gun'' ), districts ('' gu'' ), towns ('' eup'' ), townships ('' myeon'' ), neighborhoods ('' dong'' ) and villages ('' ri'' ). Local government ''Official Revised Romanization of Korean spellings are used'' Provincial-level divisions The top tier of administrative divisions are the provincial-level divisions, of which there are several types: provinces (including special self-governing provinces), metropolitan cities, special cities, and special self-governing cities. The governors of the provincial-level divisions are elected every four years. Municipal-level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sungmin
Sung-min, also spelled Seong-min, is a Korean unisex given name (predominantly masculine). Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " sung" and 27 hanja with the reading "min" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Sung-min was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1970, rising to second place in 1980, where it remained in 1990. People with this name include: ;Entertainers *Lee Sung-min (actor) (born 1968), South Korean actor *Hong Seong-min (born 1976), stage name Hong Kyung-min, South Korean singer and actor *Lee Sung-min (1985), stage name Clara Lee, actress and model active in South Korea *Lee Sung-min (singer) (born 1986), South Korean singer, member of boy band Super Junior *Choi Sung-min (actor) (born 1995), South Korean singer and actor, member of boy band Speed ;Footballers * Kim Sung-min (footballer born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ji-hoon (entertainer)
Lee Jee Hoon (; born March 27, 1979) is a South Korean singer and actor. Career Lee made his debut on October 15, 1996, while he was still in high school, with the single "Why the Heaven". He had not been able to release a solo album since his 4 album released in February 2001. Instead of performing on stage as a solo singer, he and Kangta formed a project group called the " S" with their close singer friend, Shin Hye-sung. In May 2004, Lee released a new album as a solo vocalist. The title song of the new album was "Trinity", a ballad sung with a shouting-like singing style. Female vocalist Lee Soo-young and Shin Hye-sung, a member of Shinhwa, participated in the new album by Lee. He also acted in the movie, ''Lovely Rivals'' and ''Wet Dreams 2''. His first major role was as Kim Jaewon's rival for Eugene's affections in '' Wonderful Life''. He then starred in ''Hello! Miss'' and ''New Heart''. He also starred in KBS daily drama ''You Are My Destiny'' opposite of Girls' Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Um Ki-joon
Um Ki-joon (born March 23, 1976) is a South Korean actor. Career Um Ki-joon made his acting debut in 1995 in the stage play ''Richard III'', though he later became best known as a musical theatre actor, starring in ''Singin' in the Rain'', ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'', '' Grease'', ''The Three Musketeers'', ''Jack the Ripper'', ''The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''Catch Me If You Can'', and ''Rebecca''. He also appeared in the Patrick Marber play '' Closer''. Um's popularity increased after he began playing supporting roles in television dramas such as ''Life Special Investigation Team'', ''Worlds Within'', ''Hero'', ''Dream High'', '' Scent of a Woman'' and ''Phantom''. He was also the leading actor in ''Good Job, Good Job'' and '' The Virus''. Um played the villain in his first film ''Man of Vendetta'', opposite Kim Myung-min. This was followed by a role as Lee Ki-cheol, a detective investigating serial murders in horror film ''Killer Toon'', opposite Lee Si-young. In 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahn Jae-wook
Ahn Jae-wook (born September 12, 1971) is a South Korean actor and singer. Career Ahn Jae-wook spent most of his childhood in his hometown, the district of Donam-dong in Seoul, before graduating from Seoul Institute of the Arts, where he majored in theater. After graduating in 1994, Ahn made his acting debut in ''Song of a Blind Bird'', which was based on a real-life story, followed by supporting roles in several 1995–96 television series such as ''Hotel'' and ''Their Embrace''. In 1997 he and costar Choi Jin-sil shot to stardom in the highly popular trendy drama ''Star in My Heart'', which reached ratings of over 49%. It not only ignited trends in hairstyle, fashion and products featured in the series, Ahn also became a Korean Wave star, extending his popularity to China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. ''Star in My Heart'' likewise kick-started Ahn's music career. ''Forever'', which was featured in the series' ending during the concert of his character Kang Min, sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Hong
Hong Sung-mi (born 17 July 1986), known professionally as Dana, is a South Korean singer, musical actress and vocal coach. Dana first made her public appearance with acts on the boy group H.O.T's Science fiction film, sci-fi movie ''Age of Peace'' in 2000. Dana later made her official debut as a solo singer, with released full-album ''DANA'' (2001) and ''Maybe'' (2003). Concurrently with her music career in 2002, Dana made her acting debut with cast in the third season of MBC sitcom ''Nonstop'' and also made her musical theatre debut with cast as Wendy in ''Peterpan''. After she took a break for almost two-years, Dana returned with debuting as a member of girl group The Grace (band), The Grace in April 2005. Through the group's career, they releases and performs music in Korean and Japanese with a total of three studio albums. In mid 2010, the group's halted all their activities and focusing their own activities. In July 2011, the groups returned with formed duo sub-unit Dana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Artagnan
Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalised account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of Alexandre Dumas, ''père'', most famously including ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844). The heavily fictionalised version of d'Artagnan featured in Dumas' works and their subsequent screen adaptations is now far more widely known than the real historical figure. Early life D'Artagnan was born at the Château de Castelmore near Lupiac in south-western France. His father, Bertrand de Batz lord of Castelmore, was the son of a newly ennobled merchant, Arnaud de Batz, who purchased the Château de Castelmore. Charles de Batz went to Paris in the 1630s, using the name of his mother Françoise de Montesquiou d'Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhoon (Korean Singer)
Kim Kyun-woo (born April 8, 1983), known professionally as Jay, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of EDM trio TraxX and a former member of SM Entertainment's project group SM The Ballad. Career In 2002, Jay (Typhoon) along with Minwoo (Rose), Jungwoo (Attack), Sungmin, Junsu and Eunhyuk made their first television appearance in a show called ''Heejun vs. Kangta, Battle of the Century: Pop vs. Rock''. Moon Hee-jun taught Typhoon, Rose and Attack on to sing rock while Sungmin, Junsu, and Eunhyuk were taught other singing techniques by Kangta. The six trainees separated a year later, then Typhoon, Rose, and Attack debuted as members of rock band TraxX. The trio separated when Junsu went on to debut as a member of TVXQ. Then Sungmin and Eunhyuk joined ten other trainees and formed Super Junior 05, the first generation of rotational boy band Super Junior. Jay made official debut with TRAX on July 20, 2004 with the single ''Paradox''. In February 2009, Jay began his ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TRAX (band)
Alstom Traxx (sold as Bombardier TRAXX before 2021) is a modular product platform of mainline diesel-electric and electric locomotives produced originally by Bombardier Transportation and later Alstom, which was built in both freight and passenger variants. The first version was a dual-voltage AC locomotive built for German railways from the year 2000. Later types included DC versions, as well as quadruple-voltage machines, able to operate on most European electrification schemes: 1.5/3.0 kV DC and 15/25 kV AC. The family was expanded in 2006 to include diesel-powered versions. Elements common to all variants include steel bodyshells, two bogies with two powered axles each, three-phase asynchronous induction motors, cooling exhausts on the roof edges, and wheel disc brakes. The TRAXX brand name itself was introduced in 2003. The acronym stands for ''Transnational Railway Applications with eXtreme fleXibility''. Locomotives were primarily made for the railways of Germany, with o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
