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Nam-sun
Nam-sun, also spelled Nam-soon, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are five hanja with the reading "nam" and 31 hanja with the reading "sun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *Paek Nam-sun (1929–2007), North Korean male politician * Lee Nam-sun (born 1961), South Korean female speed skater * Kim Nam-soon (born 1980), South Korean female archer Fictional characters with this name include: *Nam-soon, male character in 2011 South Korean film ''Pained'' *Go Nam-soon, male character in 2013 South Korean television series ''School 2013'' See also *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 sm .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paek Nam-sun
Paek Nam-sun ( or ; March 13, 1929 – January 2, 2007) was the North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 until his death. He was one of the few North Koreans to frequently be in the international spotlight. Early life Paek was born in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province. Education Paek graduated from Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang. Career In 1968, Paek became vice director of the International Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea. Paek participated in the first round of North-South Red Cross talks in 1972. In 1974, Paek became the ambassador to Poland until 1979. Paek also served on the Supreme People's Assembly from 1990 until the time of his death, having been elected to the 9th, 10th, and 11th sessions. Personal life His third son Paek Ryong-Chon became the president of the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 2011. Death Paek died on 2 January 2007Jae-Soon Chang"North Korea foreign minister dies at 78" ... [...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] |
Lee Nam-sun
Lee Nam-soon (, born 14 April 1961) is a South Korean speed skater. She competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected .... References External links * 1961 births Living people South Korean female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Chuncheon 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Kim Nam-soon
Kim Nam-soon (born May 7, 1980) was a member of the South Korean Olympic archery team. She won both a gold and a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. See also *Korean archery *Archery *List of South Korean archers South Korean archers have been dominant in modern competitive archery, particularly in the Archery at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Recurve bow, recurve discipline, since the 1980s, thanks to a mixture of public interest, domestic competition, coach ... References 1980 births Living people South Korean female archers Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pained
''Pained'' (; lit. "Pain") is a 2011 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Kwak's first feature in three years, it is a romantic melodrama set in Seoul, which is a departure from the director's previous Busan-based masculine thrillers and gangster movies. It is adapted from an original story by popular webtoon artist Kang Full. Plot Debt collector Nam-soon (Kwon Sang-woo) lost his sense of pain after a traumatic accident during his youth, and now regularly takes beatings for his job. Street vendor Dong-hyun (Jung Ryeo-won) suffers from severe hemophilia, a disorder that impedes the body's ability to stop bleeding. For Dong-hyun, even the most minor of injuries could be deadly. She's left homeless after Nam-soon collects the last of her money, so he decides to take her in. As the two grow closer, Nam-soon suddenly begins to lose his lifelong insensitivity to pain and the hurt of a lifetime washes over him. Together, these two lonely souls learn to hurt and hope again... Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School 2013
''School 2013'' () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Jang Nara, Choi Daniel, Lee Jong-suk, Park Se-young and Kim Woo-bin. The teen drama depicts the struggles and dilemmas that modern-day Korean youth face, such as bullying, student suicides, school violence, deteriorating teacher-student relations, private tutoring and other real-life high school issues, all within the confines of one small classroom at Victory High School. It is the fifth installment of KBS's ''School'' series which aired from 1999 through 2002. It aired on KBS2 from December 3, 2012 to January 28, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Synopsis Jung In-jae (Jang Na-ra) and Kang Sae-chan (Choi Daniel) are homeroom teachers whose philosophies are apparently at odds. Together, they manage Victory High's toughest class; facing bullies, academic underachievers, and demanding parents, as they help the students overcome their problems. Cast ;Teachers * Jang Nara as Jung In-jae, home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
