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In-sook
In-sook, also spelled In-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 29 hanja with the reading " in" and 13 hanja with the reading " sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. In-sook was the eighth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1950. People with this name include: *Tak In-suk (born 1949), North Korean speed skater *Lee In-sook (born 1950), South Korean volleyball player *Ahn In-sook (born 1952), South Korean actress * Insook Bhushan (Korean name Na Insook, born 1952), South Korean-born American table tennis player *Hwang In-suk (born 1958), South Korean poet * Insook Choi (born 1962), South Korean-born American composer *Kim Insuk (born 1963), South Korean writer * Kwon In-suk (born 1964), South Korean labour organiser * Guk In-suk (born 1965), South Korean rower See also *List of Korean given names This is a list of Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahn In-sook
Ahn In-sook (; or spelled Ahn In-suk; born October 8, 1952) is a South Korean actress. Ahn was born in Seoul and graduated from Chung-Ang University with a major in film and theater. Ahn was a member of KBS children's choir and debuted as a daughter of actor, Kim Jin-kyu in the 1963 film ''Bubu joyak'' directed by Choi Hun. Filmography *Note; the whole list is referenced. Awards * 1975 the 11th Baeksang Arts Awards : Best Acting in TV * 1975 the 11th Baeksang Arts Awards The Baeksang Arts Awards (), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. The awards were first introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the Hankook Ilbo newspap ... : Favorite Film Actress selected by readers References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahn, In-sook South Korean film actresses Actresses from Seoul 1952 births Living people Chung-Ang University alumni Best Actress Paeksang Arts Award (televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In (Korean Name)
In is an uncommon Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name As a family name, In may be written with one hanja, meaning "mark" or "seal" (; 도장 인). It has two ''bon-gwan'': Kyodong, which is an island in Incheon and Yonan, North Korea. The 2000 South Korean census found 20,635 people with this family name. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 86.9% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as In in their passports. Alternative spellings (the remaining 13.1%) included Yin and Ihn. People with this family name include: * In Jae-keun, South Korean democracy activist *In Gyo-jin (born 1980), South Korean actor * In Joon-yeon (born 1991), South Korean footballer Given name There are 29 hanja with the reading "in" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwon In-suk
Kwon In-sook (also Kwŏn Insuk or Insook; born 1964) is a former South Korean labor organizer who inspired women in South Korea to form the Korean Women's Associations United (KWAU). Kwon is the first woman to bring charges of sexual assault against the South Korean government. She was also considered by historian Namhee Lee to be "an emblematic figure of South Korea in the 1980s; she embodied the passion, the ideals, and the conflicting aspirations of the 1980s democratization movement." Kwon later became a feminist scholar in South Korea. Biography As a middle school student, Kwon recalls feeling "duped" by the Korean government in power. She had been involved with student movements at the time, and said that "It was hard to swallow the betrayal and anger against adults to had fed lies to the young." Kwon went on to become a student activist in the democratic movement while in college. Later, as a Seoul National University student, she obtained a blue-collar job by not reporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sook (Korean Name)
Sook, also spelled Suk, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Meaning and hanja There are 13 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are: # (): "uncle" # (): "pure" # (): "sleep" # (): "who" # (): "ripe" # (): "solemn" # (): "schoolroom" # (): name of a kind of jade # (): "jade bowl" # (): "tall and straight" # (): "early" # (): "deep" # (): "beans" Single-syllable given name People with the given name Sook include: * Kim Sook (diplomat) (born 1952), South Korean male diplomat * Mun Suk (born 1966), South Korean female cyclist *Kim Sook (comedian) (born 1975), South Korean female comedian As name element In the mid-20th century, various names containing this element were popular for newborn Korean girls, including: * Hyun-sook (6th place in 1950, 8th place in 1960) ... [...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] |
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic of Korea) comprising its southern half. Korea consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and several minor islands near the peninsula. The peninsula is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea). During the first half of the 1st millennium, Korea was divided between three states, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, together known as the Three Kingdoms of Korea. In the second half of the 1st millennium, Silla defeated and conquered Baekje and Goguryeo, leading to the "Unified Silla" period. Meanwhile, Balhae formed in the north, superseding former Goguryeo. Unified Silla eventually collapsed into three separate states due to ... [...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] |
Tak In-suk
Tak In-suk (born 25 April 1949) is a North Korean speed skater. She competed in two events at the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe .... References External links * 1949 births Living people North Korean female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of North Korea Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{NorthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee In-sook
Lee In-Sook (born 8 April 1950) is a South Korean former volleyball player who competed in the women's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... The team finished in 4th place. References 1950 births Living people South Korean women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of South Korea Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insook Bhushan
Insook Bhushan (born Na In-Sook, February 17, 1952) is a South Korea-born American table tennis player. She was a member of the South Korean women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1971 World Championships. At the 1973 World Championships, she was limited to the role of "non-playing captain" of the gold medal-winning South Korean women's team. In 1974, she emigrated to the United States, where her father had established an import-export business. The following year, she married the architect Shekhar Bhushan and in 1980 became a US citizen. Between 1976 and 1991, Bhushan dominated the US National Championships, winning the title in women's singles 11 times, women's doubles 11 times, and mixed doubles 8 times. In 1977, she won the women's singles title at the US Open. Bhushan returned to her birthplace for the 1988 Olympics, where she competed in women's singles and women's doubles. She also competed in women's singles at the 1992 Olympics and represented the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hwang In-suk
Hwang In-suk (Hangul: 황인숙) is a South Korean poet.”Hwang In-suk " LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Hwang In-suk was born December 21, 1958 in Seoul, South Korea. She debuted in 1984 with the poem I'll Be Born as a Cat. As the title of her debut poem suggests, Hwang is deeply interest in society's "alley cats", the lonely, isolated existences of the city, both human and feline. In fact, Hwang admits that she still sets out water and food for the stray cats in her neighborhood. She says that although she never sees the cats she feeds, she enjoys the feeling of returning and finding the dishes empty."Hwang In-suk" Biographical PDF, LTI Korea, p. 1 available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Friends of Hwang have named her the "poet of the 4 haves and the 4 have-nots". The four "have-nots" are home, money, husband, and children; the four "haves" are poetry, friends, a non-possessive spirit and a giving heart. Work The Korea Literatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insook Choi
Insook Choi (born 1962, in South Korea) is a Korean-American composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi .... She is the developer of the '' Scoregraph'' program.Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth (2006). ''Women Composers and Music Technology: Crossing the Line'', p.163-165. Ashgate. . Compositions *''Lit'' (1992), for tape, released on ''The Composer in the Computer Age-IV'' *''Unfolding Time in Manifold'' (1996), with '' Machine Child'' *''Coney Island'' (1999), with ''Machine Child'' *''Voices in Ruins'' (2000), with ''Machine Child'' Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Choi, Insook 1962 births Living people South Korean composers Women in electronic music Experimental Music Studios alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
