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Jae-in
Jae-in is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading " jae" and 29 hanja with the reading " in" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. According to statistics of the Supreme Court, among 852,614 South Koreans who changed their names between October 2012 and October 2017, Jae-in was the 336th-most popular new name, chosen by 531 people over that period. It did not experience any boost in popularity following the election of Moon Jae-in as president of South Korea, though it was still the most popular new name among the given names of the past five presidents. People with this name include: *Moon Jae-in (born 1953), 19th President of South Korea * Tak Jae-in (), South Korean male voice actor *Jang Jae-in (born 1992), South Korean female singer-songwriter *Lee Jae-in (born 2004), South Korean actress See also *List of Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in (; ; born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean former politician, civil servant and lawyer who served as the 12th president of South Korea between 2017 and 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs and Chief of Staff to President Roh Moo-hyun, Member of the National Assembly, and Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. Born to North Korean refugees of House of Moon in Hamhung, Moon was raised in poverty in the southern port city of Busan. He excelled in school and studied law at Kyung Hee University. He became a lawyer and later involved in human rights activism with Roh Moo-hyun. He was imprisoned for organizing a protest against the Yushin Constitution. As a result of his work in human rights law, Moon was chosen to be the campaign manager for his longtime mentor Roh Moo-hyun in his successful bid for the 2002 presidential election. He served in Roh's administration in various official capacities. In 2012, Moon was a candidate for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 South Korean Presidential Election
Early presidential elections were held in South Korea on 9 May 2017 following the impeachment and removal of Park Geun-hye. The elections were conducted in a single round, on a first-past-the-post basis, and had originally been scheduled for 20 December 2017. However, they were brought forward after the decision of the Constitutional Court on 10 March 2017 to uphold the National Assembly's impeachment of Park. Following procedures set out in the Constitution of South Korea, Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn succeeded Park as the acting president. After Park was removed from office by the Constitutional Court's ruling, acting president Hwang announced he would not run for a term in his own right. Opinion polling before April consistently placed the Democratic Party's candidate, Moon Jae-in, runner-up in the 2012 election, as the front-runner. Second place in the opinion polls was initially held by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who declined to run in February, followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Korea
The Supreme Court of Korea () is the highest ordinary court in the judicial branch of South Korea, seated in Seocho, Seoul. Established under Chapter 5 of the Constitution of South Korea, the Court has ultimate and comprehensive jurisdiction over all cases except those cases falling under the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court of Korea. It consists of fourteen Justices, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. The Supreme Court is at the top of the hierarchy of all ordinary courts in South Korea, and traditionally represented the conventional judiciary of South Korea. The Supreme Court has equivalent status as one of the two highest courts in South Korea. The other is the Constitutional Court of Korea. History and Status The first Constitution of South Korea established 'Supreme Court' and 'Constitutional Committee' ( ko, 헌법위원회) in Chapter 5. The Supreme Court was established as highest ordinary court without power of judicial review, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Jae-in
Lee Jae-in (born February 6, 2004) is a South Korean actress. She first gained recognition through a blockbuster film '' Svaha: The Sixth Finger''. Career Lee Jae-in is one of the few South Korean celebrities born in Gangwon, a border province with North Korea. Lee debuted in 2012 as the child counterpart of a supporting character in tvN's daily drama ''Ice Adonis''. Her first prominent casting was for 2019 religious mystery film '' Svaha: The Sixth Finger''. Her portrayal of two different twin girls has earned her various wins and nominations from major film awards. In that year Lee also played her first regular role in television series with JTBC's '' Beautiful World''. In 2021 Lee was cast in JTBC's legal espionage series ''Undercover'' and SBS' sport drama ''Racket Boys'' as a national youth badminton team's ace athlete. The same year she got praised for her role in the ticking clock-thriller film ''Hard Hit ''Hard Hit'' () is a 2021 South Korean action thriller fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Jae-in
Jang Jae-in (Hangul: 장재인, born June 6, 1991), also known as Jang Jane, is a South Korean singer-songwriter known for her unique voice. Jang became well known after she finished third in the South Korean reality television series ''Superstar K 2'' in 2010. Life and career Early life Jang was born in Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, on June 6, 1991. She began writing songs at 15. She was an outstanding student but chose to drop out of high school to pursue a music career. Her original first name was So-min, but she changed her name to Jaein (which means "talented person" in Korean). At 16, she moved to Seoul and spent time busking on the streets of Hongdae. After entering Howon University (music major), Jaein performed regularly in several live clubs in Hongdae., In 2020 her first studio album''The Quest of Anxiety'' was released. Career Beginnings: Superstar K2 In 2010, Jang appeared on ''Superstar K2'', placing third. She led the online poll for four consecutive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of South Korea
The president of the Republic of Korea (), also known as the president of South Korea (often abbreviated to POTROK or POSK; ), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president leads the State Council, and is the chief of the executive branch of the national government as well as the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. The Constitution and the amended Presidential Election Act of 1987 provide for election of the president by direct, secret ballot, ending sixteen years of indirect presidential elections under the preceding two authoritarian governments. The president is directly elected to a five-year term, with no possibility of re-election. If a presidential vacancy should occur, a successor must be elected within sixty days, during which time presidential duties are to be performed by the prime minister or other senior cabinet members in the order of priority as determined by law. The president is exempt from criminal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tak Jae-in
Tak Jae-in () is a South Korean voice actor. He joined the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's voice acting division in 1974. Roles Broadcast TV *''Sonic'' (Korea TV Edition, MBC) *''Inspector Gadget'' (Korea TV Edition, MBC) *'' Peterpan's Adventure'' (Korea TV Edition, MBC) Broadcasting Radio *'' History 50'' (MBC) Movie dubbing *''Lethal Weapon 3'' (replacing Danny Glover, Korea TV Edition, MBC) *'' Pocheongcheon'' (Korea TV Edition, MBC) See also *Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; ) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. ''Munhwa'' is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11. Es ... External linksMBC Voice Acting Division Tak Jae In Blogin Korean) South Korean male voice actors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{korea-voice-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jae (Korean Name)
Jae is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja chosen by the name-giver. Hanja and meaning , regulations of the Supreme Court of Korea permit the following 20 hanja with the reading Jae, plus seven variant forms, to be registered for use in given names. Eleven characters from the table of basic hanja for educational use: # (): "talent" #* ''(variant)''This is officially listed as a separate character in Schedule 1 of the regulations, rather than a variant form in Schedule 2 of the regulations. # (): "timber" # (): "wealth" # (): "to exist", "to be located at" #* ''(variant)'' # (): "to plant", "to cultivate" #* ''(variant)'' # (): "twice", "again" # (): ''emphasis particle in Classical Chinese grammar'' # (): "disaster" #* ''(variant)'' # (): "to cut" # (): "to load" # (): "to rule" Nine characters from the table of additional hanja for name use: # (): "''Juglans mandshurica''" (tree) # ... [...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] |
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] |
JoongAng Ilbo
''The JoongAng'', formally known as ''JoongAng Ilbo'', is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a newspaper of record for South Korea. The paper also publishes an English edition, ''Korea JoongAng Daily'', in alliance with the ''International New York Times''. It is often regarded as the holding company of JoongAng Group chaebol as it is owner of various affiliates, such as the broadcast station and drama producing company JTBC, and movie theatres chain Megabox. History It was first published on September 22, 1965, by Lee Byung-chul, the founder of Samsung Group which once owned the Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC). In 1980, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' gave up TBC and TBC merged with KBS. ''JoongAng Ilbo'' is the pioneer in South Korea for the use of horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist reporters with investigative reporting teams. Since April 15, 1995, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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