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Young-sook
Young-sook, also spelled Yong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading " young" 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. Names starting with "Young" were popular for South Korean babies of both sexes born in the 1940s and 1950s, and Young-sook was the most common of these for baby girls. In 2012, there were more than forty thousand South Koreans with the name Kim Young-sook, making it the most common full name in the country. People with this name include: ;Artists and writers *Han Young-suk (1920–1990), South Korean traditional dancer *Kang Young-sook (born 1967), South Korean writer ;Sportspeople *Kim Young-sook (born 1965), South Korean field hockey player *Yun Young-sook (born 1971), South Korean archer * Huh Young-sook (born 1975), South Korean handball player *K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Young-sook
Kang Young-sook (; born November 10, 1967) is a South Korean novelist."Kang Young-sook" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life and career Kang Young-sook was born in 1967 in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province (South Korea), Gangwon Province in South Korea and spent most of her childhood there. She was student athlete for volleyball, long jump, and other sports, before she moved to Seoul when she was 14. She majored creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She was the editor in chief of the Seoul Institute of the Arts journal and in 1998 made her literary debut with the short story "A Meal in August" through the annual spring literary competition sponsored by the Seoul Shinmun. Her published debut was the short story collection ['Shaken'] in (2002) and she has also published "Every Day is a Celebration" (2004) and "Black in Red" (2009). Her full-length novel ''Rina'' (2006) was serialized in the quarterly Literary Joongang. Kang participate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Young-sook
Kim Young-sook (; born 1947) was the second wife of Kim Jong-il. She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official, and was a switchboard operator in North Hamgyong Province before moving to Pyongyang. Kim Jong-il's father, Kim Il-sung, handpicked her to marry his son. The two had been estranged for some years before his death. Kim Young-sook had a daughter from this marriage, Kim Sol-song (born 1974). Song Hye-rang, the sister of Kim Jong-il's first mistress Song Hye-rim, mentioned that she is "insignificant to Kim Jong-il, apart from being a legitimate wife in front of Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of .... She did not even have an identity card in North Korea" as noted in her memoir ''Rattan house''. References Living people Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Young-sook
Park Young-sook (born December 18, 1988) is a South Korean table tennis player. She won two doubles titles at the ITTF World Tour The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Single ..., the first one was in 2009. References 1988 births Living people South Korean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games World Table Tennis Championships medalists Asian Games competitors for South Korea 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yun Young-sook
Yun Young-sook (born September 10, 1971) is a South Korean archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ..., where she won a gold medal with the South Korean archery team, and also an individual bronze medal."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Archery" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 13, 2008) References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young (Korean Name)
Young, also spelled Yeong, or Yong, Yung, is an uncommon Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja one could be moon for example. used to write it. There are 44 hanja with the reading "''young''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Family name As a Korean family name, Young can be written with three different hanja, indicating different lineages. According to the 2000 South Korean Census, a total of 259 people had these family names. * (길 영 ''gil yeong'', meaning "eternal"): 132 people and 40 households. Reported ''bon-gwan'' (clan hometowns) included Gangnyeong, Gyeongju, and Pyeonghae. Although the family name was found in numerous historical records, it was recorded under the census for the first time in the 1930 survey with one family living in Seoul. More families bearing the surname has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya (singer)
Kim Young-sook (Hangul: 김영숙; born 17 November 1979), better known as Maya (Hangul: 마야) is a South Korean pop rock singer and actress. She debuted in 2003 with the album, ''Born To Do It'', which included the hit single "Azalea." Discography Studio albums Filmography Television *''Bodyguard'' (KBS2, 2003) *''Nursery Story'' ( MBC, 2003) *''Magic'' ( SBS, 2004) *'' Family's Honor'' (SBS, 2008) *''Dandelion Family'' (MBC, 2010) *''Dream of the Emperor'' (KBS1, 2012) *''Ugly Alert ''Ugly Alert'' () is a 2013 South Korean daily drama starring Im Joo-hwan, Kang So-ra, Choi Tae-joon, and Kang Byul. It aired on SBS from May 20 to November 29, 2013 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 for 133 episodes. Plot Gong Joon-soo is a man ...'' (SBS, 2013) Film *''What Is Natural?'' (2003) Awards and nominations State honors Notes References External links * 1979 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) South Korean pop rock singers South Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Yong-suk
Kim Yong-suk (born June 12, 1979, in Pyongyang, North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...) is a North Korean figure skater. She earned fourth place at the 2003 Winter Asian Games. She represented North Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she finished 27th. Results External linksThe People's Korea article * 1979 births Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics < ... [...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] |
Kim Young-sook (field Hockey)
Kim Young-Sook (born 17 February 1965) is a South Korean former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1965 births Living people South Korean female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Korea Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in field hockey Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-fieldhockey-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] |
