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Yoon-jung
Yoon-jung, also spelled Yoon-jeong, Youn-jeong, or Yun-jeong, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "yoon" and 75 hanja with the reading "jung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: * Huh Yoon-jung (born 1936), South Korean male footballer *Lily Lyoonjung Lee (born 1969), South Korean-born American female figure skater *Cho Youn-jeong (born 1969), South Korean female archer *Cho Yoon-jeong (born 1979), South Korean female tennis player *Jang Yoon-jeong (singer) (born 1980), South Korean female trot singer *Yoonjung Han (born 1985), South Korean-born American female pianist *Jang Yoon-jeong (Miss Korea) (born 1987), South Korean female model *Marissa Brandt (born Park Yoon-jung, 1992), South Korean-born American female ice hockey player *Jin Se-yeon (born Kim Yoon-jung, 1994), South Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Yoon-jeong (singer)
Jang Yoon-jeong (, born February 16, 1980) is a South Korean trot singer, commonly referred to as “The Queen of Trot”. Jang debuted in 1999 and became well-known in 2004 when her single "Eomeona!" ("Oh My Goodness!") topped the charts. The song is often credited with helping re-popularize trot music in South Korea. In 2017, a Gallup poll found that Jang was the third-most popular singer in the country. She often appears on the KBS 1TV 'Golden Oldies ( ko, 가요무대)’, as well as other singing programmes. Career In April 2005, Jang debuted in Japan with the release of "Oh, My Goodness." On April 5, she became new MC of KBS program ''Escaping Danger Number One''. Her interview was spilled before the broadcast of ''Healing Camp, Aren't You Happy''. In August 2014, Jang signed with agency KOEN Stars, home to MCs Lee Hwi-jae and Lee Kyung-kyu Lee Kyung-kyu (born August 1, 1960) is a South Korean actor, comedian, MC, film producer, and screenwriter. He was the highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marissa Brandt
Marissa Brandt (born December 18, 1992), also known by her birth name Park Yoon-jung (; also stylized as Park Yoon Jung or Park Yoonjung), is a Korean-American ice hockey player who plays with the South Korean national team. When competing internationally with the South Korean or Unified Korean national teams, she uses her birth name. Playing career Brandt played college ice hockey with the Golden Gusties ice hockey program at Gustavus Adolphus College in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). Across four years with the program, she tallied 34 points in 111 games. She competed with the unified Korean national team in the women's ice hockey tournament at 2018 Winter Olympics. Brandt notched an assist on Randi Griffin’s goal against in the preliminary round, one of two goals scored for Korea during the tournament. After the 2018 Olympics, she was named an honorary ambassador to help promote post-adoption services and birth family searches by the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin Se-yeon
Jin Se-yeon (born Kim Yoon-jung on February 15, 1994) is a South Korean actress. Some of her notable television dramas are ''Bridal Mask'' (2012), ''Doctor Stranger'' (2014), ''Flowers of the Prison'' (2016), ''Grand Prince'' (2018) among others. Career 2010–2015: Beginnings and finding successes Jin Se-yeon began her career as an idol trainee for girl group Jewelry under Star Empire Entertainment. Before long, she started to appear in various TV commercials, which then steered her direction into acting. Even though her debut role was in the 2010 SBS drama ''It's Okay, Daddy's Girl'', but her first casting was actually for the 2011 film '' White: Melody of Death''. She then acted in the highly-controversial lesbian-themed Drama Special titled ''Daughters of Bilitis Club'' and portrayed the teenage version of Han Ji-hye's female lead character in '' The Duo''. Her first chance at starring role came when she won the audition for the titular protagonist in the daily drama ''My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Youn-jeong
Cho Youn-jeong ( ko, 조윤정; born September 29, 1969) is a South Korean archer. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, she achieved both her gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She also won an individual silver medal at the 1993 World Archery Championships, as well as a gold medal with the team. 1992 Summer Olympics Cho contested the 1992 Summer Olympics as a member of the South Korean women's archery team with Kim Soo-nyung Kim Soo-nyung (born April 5, 1971 in Chungcheongbuk-do) is a former member of the South Korean Olympic archery team in 1988, 1992, and 2000. She has earned a total of four gold medals at the Olympics, one for the individual ... and Lee Eun-kyung. During the ranking round of the women's individual competition she set two Olympic records, scoring 338 points from a distance of 70 metres and 345 points from a distance of 60 metres. Cho and her teammates' total combined score of 4,094 points was additionally a new Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Yoon-jeong
Cho Yoon-jeong ( ko, 조윤정, born 2 April 1979) is a retired South Korean tennis player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, at Seoul in 2004. Her best Grand Slam performance came when she made the third round of the 2005 US Open by defeating Arantxa Parra Santonja in three sets in the first round, upsetting the 27th seed Gisela Dulko in the second round, before she fell to No. 7, Justine Henin. She reached career-high WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1. Ranking method The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A play ... of No. 45 in singles (in July 2003), and No. 98 in doubles (in September 2003). Yoon-jeong retired from professional tennis in 2008. WTA career finals Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (5–8) Doubles: 16 (10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Yoon-jeong (Miss Korea)
Jang Yoon-jeong (born August 16, 1970) is a South Korean actress, TV Host and beauty queen who was named Miss Korea in 1987. She represented South Korea and was the first runner-up of the Miss Universe 1988 beauty contest. Porntip Nakhirunkanok was the winner of the competition. Miss Universe 1988 After the preliminaries, Jang Yoon-jeong was the highest-placed Asian delegate who ranked third behind the US and Dominican Republic. During the actual pageant, she placed 1st runner-up (second place) behind Thailand's Bui Simon. At the time of the Miss Universe 1988 pageant, she was a high school student studying dance. Korea has never won Miss Universe. Jang is the closest a Korean woman has come to winning since debuting in 1954. It would not be until 18 years later that a Korean woman (Honey Lee) placed as third runner-up. Miss Universe 1988 was historic: 4 out of 5 contestants were from Asian countries, only the delegate of Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the ... [...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] |
Jung (Korean Name)
Jeong is a Latin alphabet rendition of the Korean family name "정", also often spelled Chung, Jung, Joung or Jong. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 2,407,601 people by this name in South Korea or 4.84% of the population. The Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous hanja. (2,151,879), (243,803) and (11,683). The rest of the homophonous hanjas include: (139), (41), (29), (22) and (5). Latin-alphabet spelling In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on a sample of year 2007 applications for South Korean passports, it was found that 48.6% of people with this surname chose to have it spelled in Latin letters as Jung in their passports. The Revised Romanization transcription Jeong was at second place with 37.0%, while Chung came in third at 9.2%. It was the only one out of the top five surnames (the others being Kim, Park, Lee, and Choi) for which the Revised Romanization spelling was used by more than a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Lyoonjung Lee
Lily Lyoonjung Lee (born September 26, 1969) is a Korean-American former competitive figure skater. She represented South Korea at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Personal life Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lily Lee moved to the United States as a child and was raised in Alexandria, Virginia. She holds dual citizenship. Career Lee was coached by Kathy Casey in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the 1980s, she competed on the national level in the United States, winning the 1987 Eastern Sectionals and qualifying several times for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Toward the end of the 1980s, Lee began appearing internationally for South Korea while still living and training in the United States. She won the bronze medal at the 1989 Golden Spin of Zagreb and competed at six World Championships, achieving her best result, 17th, in 1990. She was selected to represent South Korea at the 1994 Winter Olympics and finished 21st. She received special media attention for being in the same p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoonjung Han
Yoonjung "Yoonie" Han (born January 12, 1985, in South Korea) is a South Korean-born American classical pianist. Education Principal teachers: Robert McDonald, Eleanor Sokoloff, Eduardus Halim, Jean Saulnier, Victoria Mushkatkol Teaching Academic positions: * Assistant professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (2018-present) * Assistant professor, Bilkent University, Turkey (2015-2018) * Piano faculty, Lambda School of Music and Fine Arts, Canada, (2010-2011) University masterclasses and seminars: * Harvard University * Baruch College, The City University of New York * Stony Brook University, State University of New York * California State University Sacramento * San Francisco Conservatory * New York University * Amalfi Coast Music Festival * AmiCa Piano Festival * Boston University * New Jersey City University * Emory University * San Francisco State University * Shorter University * College of William and Mary * Lunigiana International Music Festival * Music F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
