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Sun-ok
Sun-ok, also spelled Soon-ok, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 31 hanja with the reading "sun" and five hanja with the reading " ok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: * Kim So-hee (singer, born 1917) (birth name Kim Sun-ok; 1917–1995), South Korean traditional musician * O Sun-ok (born 1945), South Korean volleyball player *Lee Soon-ok (born 1947), North Korean defector and former political prisoner * Jeon Soon-ok (born 1954), South Korean labour activist and National Assembly member * Jung Soon-ok (volleyball) (born 1955), South Korean volleyball player *Lee Soon-ok (volleyball) (born 1955), South Korean volleyball player * Kim Soon-ok (screenwriter) (born 1971), South Korean screenwriter * Jung Soon-ok (born 1983), South Korean long jumper *Kim Soon-ok (table tennis), South Korean table ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Sun-ok
O Sun-ok (born 16 November 1945) is a South Korean volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1945 births Living people South Korean women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of South Korea Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gong Sun-ok
Gong Seon-ok (born 1963) is a modern South Korean writer. Life Gong was born in Gokseong County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Her father, who abandoned the family early on, led a wandering existence in order to evade creditors, and her mother suffered from weak health. Although Gong was accepted into university, she was ultimately forced to leave because she could not afford the tuition and made a living by working as a factory hand and long-distance express bus attendant. Work Gong portrays traditional life in rural areas in reflection of her hometown in the southern Jeolla province Gong debuted in 1991 with her novella "Seeds of Fire." Gong's female characters reside at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, including the girl in "That’s Life," a squatter living in a freezing derelict apartment building without heat or electricity who ultimately loses her life in a butane gas accident. The city of Gwangju is another reoccurring motif in Gong's work. Her husband is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Sun-ok (bobsledder)
Kim Sun-ok (born in Seoul) is a South Korean bobsledder. Kim competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea. She teamed with Shin Mi-Hwa in the two-woman event, finishing 18th. Kim made her World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... debut in December 2013. As of April 2014, her best World Cup finish is 20th, at a pair of events in 2013-14. References 1980 births Living people South Korean female bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for South Korea Sportspeople from Seoul {{SouthKorea-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim So-hee (singer, Born 1917)
Kim So-hee (, sometimes given as Kim Sohŭi; December 1, 1917 – April 17, 1995) was an established South Korean traditional singer, designated officially as a '' human cultural asset'' in the heritage preservation programme for the folk opera genre pansori, which is fifth on the list of Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea. Her real name was Kim Sun-ok (김순옥). She specialized in Chunhyangga. She used Manjeong () as a pseudonym, given by a physiognomist; it means to become a master of gugak. Biography Kim Sun-ok was born in Gochang, in North Jeolla. She had two siblings, Kim Sang-ho and Kim Jung-suk and attended Heungduk Elementary School. She graduated at the age of 12 and went to Jeonnam Public School, while living at her sister's house in Gwangju. She started to practice pansori after listening to Simcheongga in second grade. Her sister's husband introduced her to Song Man-gab who was a master singer of pansori. Song's pupils typically paid five won, he cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Soon-ok (volleyball)
Jeong Sun-ok (born 16 February 1955) is a South Korean former volleyball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1955 births Living people South Korean women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for South Korea Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Soon-ok (volleyball)
Lee Soon-ok (born 28 September 1955) is a South Korean former volleyball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P .... References External links * * 1955 births Living people South Korean women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of South Korea Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Soon-ok (screenwriter)
Kim Soon-ok (born May 25, 1971) is a South Korean television screenwriter. Kim is best known for writing the television dramas '' Temptation of Wife'' (2008-2009), ''Jang Bo-ri is Here!'' (2014), ''My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol'' (2015-16), and '' The Penthouse: War in Life'' (2020-21), all of which are criticized for their provocative themes but are currently the highest-rated dramas ever aired in their respective time slots. Filmography As writer As creator * '' First Lady'' () (tvN, 2023) Awards *2014 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year (''Jang Bo-ri is Here!'') *2021 SBS Drama Awards The 2021 SBS Drama Awards (), presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), was held on December 31, 2021, at 21.00 ( KST) at SBS Prism Tower, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. The show was hosted by Shin Dong-yup and Kim Yoo-jung consecutively for ...: Lifetime Achievement Award ('' The Penthouse: War in Life'') References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Soon-ok 1971 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ok (Korean Name)
Ok, sometimes spelled Oak or Ock, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. It is usually written with a hanja meaning "jade". Family name The 2000 South Korean census found 22,964 people and 7,288 households with the family name Ok. The surviving ''bon-gwan'' (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) at that time included: *Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province: 19,368 people and 6,157 households *Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province: 1,085 people and 345 households *Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province: 708 people and 232 households *Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province: 537 people and 174 households *Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province: 441 people and 145 households *Uiseong County, North Gyeongsang Province: 467 people and 138 households *Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province: 197 people and 61 households *Other or unknown: 161 people and 36 households In a st ... [...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] |
Lee Soon-ok
Lee Soon-ok (born 1947 in Chongjin, North Korea) is a North Korean defector and the author of '' Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman'', her account of being falsely accused, tortured, and imprisoned under poor conditions for crimes against the state and her subsequent release from prison and defection from the country. Since leaving North Korea, she has resided in South Korea. Imprisonment According to Lee, she was a manager in a North Korean government office that distributed goods and materials to the country's people when she was falsely accused of dishonesty in her job. She believes she was one of the victims of a power struggle between the Workers' Party and the public security bureau police. She describes being severely tortured and threatened for months following her arrest while maintaining her innocence; however, a promise made by an interrogator to not take any punitive action against her husband and son if she confessed—a promise th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeon Soon-ok
Jeon Soon-ok (; born 1954) is a South Korean politician, educator, activist and writer. Her name also appears as Chun Soonok. The daughter of Yi So-sun, a labor activist, she began working in the textile industry as a machinist's assistant in 1971 at the age of sixteen. The previous year, her brother Jeon Tae-il had died after setting himself on fire to protest working conditions for female workers in the country's textile and garment industry. Eight years later, she joined the labor movement. Jeon studied labor and social studies at Ruskin College in Oxford and went on to earn a master's degree in industrial relations and a PhD in the sociology of labor studies from the University of Warwick. She became a research assistant at Sungkonghoe University. Jeon also launched a non-profit organization which supports female workers. In 2003, she published ''They are not Machines: Korean Women Workers and Their Fight for Democratic Trade Unionism in the 1970s''. The words "They are not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
