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Myung-hee
Myung-hee, also spelled Myong-hui, Myeong-hui, or Myeong-hee, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja There are 19 hanja with the reading "myung" and 24 hanja with the reading " hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Examples include: * ( ''moksum myeong'' "life"; ''bitnal hui'' "shining") * ( ''balgeul myeong'' "bright"; ''bitnal hui'' "shining") * (feminine; ''balgeul myeong'' "bright", ''yeoja hui'' "woman") People People with this name include: Sportspeople * Sim Myeong-hui (born 1925), South Korean male sport shooter * Han Myeong-hui (born 1945), South Korean female sprinter * Mo Myeong-hui (born 1963), South Korean female sprinter * Lee Myeong-hui (born 1963), South Korean female volleyball player *Chung Myung-hee (born 1964), South Korean female badminton player *Jeong Myung-hee (born 1964), South Korean female basketball p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Myung-hee
Lee Myung-hee (; born 5 September 1943) is a South Korean business magnate and the chairwoman of the Shinsegae Group. She is the youngest daughter of Lee Byung-chul, founder of the Samsung Group and the sister of the former late chairman Lee Kun-Hee. Lee became the company's chairwoman in 1997 following its separation from Samsung and is credited for growing it into the country's second-largest retailer. With an estimated net worth of $840 million she is one of the wealthiest people in South Korea and was ranked 20th on Forbes 2017 list of 50 Richest Koreans. Biography Lee was born in Uiryeong County to Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul and his first wife Park Du-eul as the youngest of eight children. She attended Ewha Girls' High School and then majored in art at Ewha Womans University before marrying. After ten years of being a homemaker Homemaking is mainly an American and Canadian term for the management of a home, otherwise known as housework, housekeeping, housewifery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Myung-hee
Yoo Myung-hee (, born 5 June 1967) was the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (South Korea)#Minister for Trade, Minister for Trade of South Korea. She was the first woman to hold the position. Over the past 25 years, she worked in various government agencies since she passed the Korean state civil servant exam in 1991. Early life and education Yoo was born in Ulsan, South Korea in 1967 when Korea was on the verge of high economic growth after having just completed its first Five-Year Plans of South Korea, 5-year Economic Development Plan (1962~1966) and had set its main economic policy on export-led growth. Her childhood dream was to become a writer due to her creative and thoughtful personality, leading her to study English literature in Seoul National University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature and an MA in Public Policy. She also holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2003. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Myung-hee
Chung Myung-hee (Hangul: 정명희; born 27 January 1964) is a former female badminton player from South Korea. Chung was a nine-time All England Open champion (four-time in women's doubles and five-time in mixed doubles), and won the gold medals at the 1989 and 1991 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles, with Park Joo-bong. She also won a silver medal in the 1989 in women's doubles, with Hwang Hye-young, and a silver and a bronze medal at the 1987 IBF World Championships The 1987 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Beijing, China, in 1987. Venue *Capitol Sports Hall Medalists Medal table Medalists External links 1987 IBF World Championships Results Major achi ...
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Jeong Myung-hee
Jeong Myung-hee (; born 16 May 1964) is a South Korean former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1964 births Living people South Korean women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of South Korea Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-basketball-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Hong Myong-hui (footballer)
Hong Myong-hui or Hong Myung-hee (born September 4, 1991,) is a North Korean footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the North Korea women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the club level, she played for 25 April Events Pre-1600 * 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. * 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ... in North Korea. References External links * 1991 births Living people North Korean women's footballers North Korea women's international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football goalkeepers Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Footballers at the 2014 ... [...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] |
Hee (Korean Name)
Hee, also spelled Hui, is a single-syllable Korean feminine given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Hanja There are 24 hanja with this reading, and five variant forms, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names: # (바랄 희 ): hope # (기쁠 희 ): enjoy # (드물 희 ): rare # (놀이 희 ): game #* (variant) # (여자 희 ): concubine #* (variant) # (마를 희 ): dawn # (기쁠 희 ): joy # (나무 이름 희 ): a species of tree # (복 희 ): congratulations # (아름다울 희 ): amuse oneself # (기뻐할 희 ): enjoy # (빛날 희 ): glimmer #* (variant) # (복희씨 희 ): vapour # (불 희 ): fire # (햇빛 희 ): sunlight # (비슷할 희 ): resemble # (기쁠 희 ): enjoy # (희생 희 ): sacrifice # (한숨 쉴 희 ): alas # (빛날 희 ): glorious #* (variant) #* (variant) # (불빛 희 ): beam of light # (빛날 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Myeong-Hee
Yu Myeong-Hee (born 5 September 1954) is a South Korean microbiologist, currently serving as the president of Korea Federation of Women's Science & Technology Associations and a principle researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. In July 2010, under President Lee Myung-bak, she was appointed as an inaugural Chief Secretary to the Future Strategy Planning Office, and served until February 2013. Early life and education Yu was born in Seoul. She realized that she was interested in science and technology when she was in middle school. Yu earned her Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology from Seoul National University in 1977 and her doctorate in microbiology from University of California, Berkeley in 1982. She later worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1985. Career Scientific research After moving back to Korea, Yu worked at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology until 2000. After tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Myong-hui
Hong Myong-hui or Hong Myung-hee (; July 3, 1888 – March 5, 1968) was a Korean novelist during the colonial period, and later a North Korean novelist and state official. He was born in Dongbu-ri, Goesan county, Chungcheongbuk-do, where he took part in the 3.1 Movement in 1919. In the 1920s, he served as an editor of the ''Donga Ilbo''.Hong also was part of the korean nationalist group Singanhoe which was founded in 1927. Hong founded the Democratic Independent Party with his comrades An Jae-hong, , Kim Ho, Pak Yong-hee, and Kim Won-yong on 19 October 1947. Hong became the chairman of the party. After the Korean War, he occupied various important positions in North Korea. He is buried in the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery in Hyongjesan-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. His grandson, Hong Sok-jung, is also a well known North Korean author. Works * ''Im Kkokjong'' (임꺽정) -historical novel based on the life of the Korean rebel Im Kkokjong (d.1562). See also *Korean lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moranbong Band
The Moranbong Band (, lit. "Tree Peony Peak Band"), also known as the Moran Hill Orchestra, is a North Korean girl group. The original members were selected by the country's supreme leader Kim Jong-un. Performing interpretive styles of pop, rock, and fusion, they are the first all-female band from the DPRK, and made their world debut on 6 July 2012. Their varied musical style has been described as symphonic because it is "putting together different kinds of sounds, and ending in a harmonious, pleasing result." The band has been referred to in the West as "North Korea's version of the Spice Girls". History The need for a modern pop band in North Korea has been attributed to the regime's necessity to please important social strata: Pyongyang elites, military and technical professionals, women, and in particular, young people. The existence of the band suggests the acceptability of fashion items such as mini-skirts and high heels for women, and their short hairstyles have become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gim Myeong-hui
Gim Myeong-hui (1788-?), also known as Kim Myeong-hui, was a calligrapher of the late Joseon Dynasty. He was born into a yangban family of the Gyeongju Gim lineage, the son of Gim No-gyeong. He passed the ''jinsa'' literary examination in 1810, and entered government service. However, he never rose above the rank of hyeon magistrate. Accompanying his father on a mission to the Qing Dynasty court in 1822, he struck up correspondences with leading Chinese calligraphers of the time, including Liu Xihai ( :zh:劉喜海). Gim's elder brother Gim Jeong-hui was also known for his calligraphy.Lee (1993), p. 124. Notes References * * See also *Korean culture *Joseon Dynasty *Korean calligraphy Korean calligraphy, also known as Seoye (), is the Korean tradition of artistic writing. Calligraphy in Korean culture involves both Hanja (Chinese logograph) and Hangul (Korean native alphabet). Early Korean calligraphy was exclusively in Ha ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Gim, Myeong Hui 19th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
