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Myung-sook
Myung-sook, also spelled Myeong-sook or Myong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "myung" and 13 hanja with the reading " sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Myung-sook was the fifth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950. People with this name include: *Han Myeong-sook (born 1944), South Korea's first female prime minister * Kim Myong-suk (born 1947), North Korean volleyball player * Paek Myong-suk (born 1954), North Korean volleyball player * Kimshin Myongsuk (born 1961), South Korean feminist activist * Jong Myong-suk (born 1993), North Korean wrestler Fictional characters with this name include: *Myung-sook, character portrayed by Bang Eun-hee in 2004–2005 South Korean television series ''Precious Family'' See also *List of Korean given names This is a list of Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myung
Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name The surname Myeong is derived from the Chinese surname Ming, written with the hanja , meaning "bright" or "brilliance". The 2000 South Korean census estimated that 26,746 people had 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 62.1% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Myung in their passports. The Revised Romanisation spelling Myeong was in second place at 18.9%, while another 16.2% used the spelling Myoung. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.8%) included Myeoung. People with this family name include: * Myoung Bok-hee (born 1979), South Korean team handball player *Myung Hyung-seo (born 2001), South Korean sing ... [...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] |
Han Myeong-sook
Han Myeong-sook (born March 24, 1944; ko, 한명숙 ) was the Prime Minister of South Korea from April 2006 to March 2007. She is South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included). She was from the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) as a member of the Korean National Assembly (representative) for Ilsan-gab, and is a graduate of Ewha Womans University in Seoul with a degree in French literature. She resigned as Prime Minister on March 7, 2007 and declared her presidential candidacy. But she did not succeed in the nominations. In 2008 she ran for parliament, but was not elected. However, in January 2012 she was elected leader of the main oppositional Democratic United Party (DUP) before the April legislative elections and became a member of parliament. But the liberals did not manage to defeat the ruling Saenuri Party and Han stepped down as party leader in April 2012. In August 2015, Han was conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Eun-hee
Bang Eun-hee (born Bang Min-seo on May 7, 1967) is a South Korean actress. Bang made her acting debut in 1988, and rose to fame after being cast as the lead actress in Im Kwon-taek's ''General's Son'' (1990). She has starred in films and television dramas such as ''The Day a Pig Fell into the Well'' (1996), '' No. 3'' (1997), ''3PM Paradise Bath House'' (1997), ''Shadows of an Old Love'' (1998), ''Legend of Hyang Dan'' (2007), ''Daebak Life'' (2008), and '' All My Love'' (2010). Bang married Kim Nam-hee, founder and CEO of NH Media NH Media (also known as NHemg) (, NH stands for Nam Hee) is a South Korean entertainment agency founded in 1998 by Kim Nam-hee. In May 2016, Signal Entertainment Group acquired 50% of the company. Former artists * UN (2000–2005) * Paran (2 ..., on September 9, 2010. As of 2016, she is now represented by the agency. Filmography Film Television series Radio program Theater Awards and nominations References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precious Family
''Precious Family'' (; lit. ''Letters to My Parents'') is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hee-ae, Heo Joon-ho, Song Jae-ho, Kim Hae-sook, Jang Hyun-sung, Lee Dong-wook, and Lee Yoo-ri. It aired on KBS2 from October 16, 2004 to July 5, 2005 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 68 episodes. Shedding light on the importance of family and marriage through the realistic portrayal of one woman who experiences many trials in her life including her husband's infidelity, friction with difficult in-laws, and the hardship of raising an autistic son, the drama received solid ratings and critical approval. Plot The insurmountable responsibility cast upon parents with mentally challenged offspring can be quite daunting. For Chang-soo (Heo Joon-ho), father of a young daughter and an autistic son (Yoo Seung-ho), the pressure was too much. He ends up cheating on his wife Sung-shil (Kim Hee-ae) with another woman, and eventually the two split up. Despite feeling society's double stand ... [...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] |
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] |
Kim Myong-suk
Kim Myong-suk (born April 14, 1947) is a female North Korean former volleyball player who competed in 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. .... In 1972 she was part of the North Korean team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches. External links profile 1947 births Living people Olympic volleyball players of North Korea Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea North Korean women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century North Korean women {{NorthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paek Myong-suk
Paek Myong-suk (born February 24, 1954) is a female North Korean former volleyball player who competed in 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. .... In 1972 she was part of the North Korean team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. She played one match. External links profile 1954 births Living people Olympic volleyball players of North Korea Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea North Korean women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century North Korean women {{NorthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimshin Myongsuk
Kimshin Myongsuk (, born March 5, 1961) is a South Korean feminism activist and human rights activist, journalist and reporter for If News, a liberal feminist Korean news journal. In her early years Kim worked as a ''Dong-a Ilbo'' journalist. In the 1990s she supported feminism movements. She worked for KBS, MBC and other TV broadcasts. In the 2000s she joined If News. Kimshin Myongsuk was appointed as an editor and director there. In 1999, she made controversial appearances on KBS. She is known for obtaining the first doctoral degree in the field of 'A theory of Feminine God' in 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 .... References 1961 births South Korean feminists South Korean human rights activists South Korean humanitarians South Korean civil r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
