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Young-soo
Young-soo, also spelled Young-su or Yeong-su, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. It was the second-most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 1960; this was part of a broader trend of giving boys names starting with the element "young" in the 1940s through the 1960s. People with this name include: * Kim Eung-hwan (1742–1789), courtesy name Yeongsu, Joseon Dynasty painter * O Yeong-su (1909–1979), South Korean writer * Yuk Young-soo (1925–1974), wife of South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee * John Choi Young-su (1942–2009), South Korean Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Daegu *Yun Young-su (born 1952), South Korean female writer * Chun Young-soo (born 1963), South Korean football player * An Young-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuk Young-soo
Yuk Young-soo (; 29 November 1925 – 15 August 1974) was the wife of the 3rd South Korean president Park Chung-hee and the mother of the 11th South Korean president Park Geun-hye. She was killed in 1974 during an attempted assassination of her husband, Park Chung-hee. Early life Yuk was born in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, Korea in 1925, the second of three daughters of a prosperous self-made landlord. She graduated from Baehwa High School for Girls (presently known as Paihwa Girls' High School). In August 1950 she met Park Chung-hee through a relative who was serving under Park. On 12 December 1950 she married Park Chung-hee. While her mother supported her choice of husband, Yuk's father was against the match, so she married without his blessing. First Lady When Park Chung-hee was in the mission as the chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, Yuk Young-soo's main interest was handling civil complaints. Jeong Jae-hoon, a disciple and secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chun Young-soo
Chun Young-soo ( Korean: 전영수; born February 19, 1963, in South Korea) is a South Korean former footballer who played as a forward. He started professional career at Ulsan Hyundai, then known as Hyundai Horangi in 1986 and he transferred to Yukong Elephants in April 1989. He was winner of Top assists award in 1986 Professional Football Championship References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chun, Young-soo 1963 births Living people Men's association football forwards Ulsan HD FC players Jeju United FC players K League 1 players South Korean men's footballers Sungkyunkwan University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Young-soo
Shin Young-Soo ( Hangul: 신영수; born ) is a South Korean male volleyball player. He currently plays for the Incheon Korean Air Jumbos Incheon Korean Air Jumbos ( ko, 인천 대한항공 점보스) is a South Korean professional volleyball team. The team was founded in 1969 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Incheon and are members of the Korea Volleyball Fe .... References External links Shin Young-sooat the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) 1982 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists in volleyball Universiade gold medalists for South Korea Sportspeople from Daejeon 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Soo (Korean Name)
Soo, also spelled Su, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Of Sino-Korean origin, its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name As a family name, Soo may be written with two different hanja, each indicating different lineages. The 2000 South Korean Census found a total of 199 people and 54 households with these family names. The more common name means "water" (; 물 수). The surviving '' bon-gwan'' (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) as of 2000 included Gangneung, Gangwon Province (46 people and 12 households); Gangnam, Seoul (41 people and 9 households); Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province (17 people and four households); Gosan (today Wanju County), North Jeolla Province (11 people and three households); and nine people with other or unknown ''bon-gwan''. According to the ''Joseon Ssijok Tongbo'' (조선씨족통보; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bae Young-soo
Bae Young-Soo (; born May 4, 1981, in Daegu, South Korea) is a former South Korean starting pitcher who played 18 seasons in the KBO League. He batted and threw right-handed. He was well known as a franchise player for his former hometown club, the Samsung Lions. In 2004, Bae finished the season with a record of 17-2, leading the KBO league in wins and winning percentage (.895), and won his first KBO MVP award, as well as the KBO League Golden Glove Award for pitcher nomination. In 2005, Bae won the strikeout title and was runner-up in ERA (2.86) with a record of 11–11. After the season, he was named to the South Korean national team for the 2006 World Baseball Classic. After 2014 season, Bae earned free agent status for the second time in his career. He failed to agree on a new contract with Samsung Lions within primal negotiation term, and this meant the end of Bae's fifteen years of commitment for the Lions. Seven days later Bae signed a three-year contract with Hanwha Eag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yun Young-su
Yun Young-su (; born 1952) is a South Korean writer. Life Yun Young-su was born in 1952 in Dongsung-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. She graduated from Gyeonggi Girls’ Middle School and Gyeonggi Girls’ High School. In 1975, she graduated from Seoul National University in historical education. Afterwards, she became a teacher at Yeouido Middle School. In 1979, she transferred to Daebang Girls’ Middle School before stopping teaching in 1980. She began writing in 1987, when she took a fiction writing class at the Culture and Arts Foundation. In 1990, when she was thirty eight, her short story “Saengtaegwanchal” (생태관찰 Ecology observation) was published in ''Modern Fiction and'' won the Modern Literature New Writer’s Prize. Later, she pursued an active career, publishing various collections such as ''Jaringobiui jukeumeul aedoham'' (자린고비의 죽음을 애도함 Mourning the death of a miser), ''Nae yeojachingu-ui gwi-yeoun yeonae'' (내 여자친구의 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Im Yong-su
Im Yong-su ( ko, 임용수; born February 9, 1980) is a North Korean weightlifter. He won a gold medal in the men's 62 kg division at the 2002 World Weightlifting Championships in Warsaw, Poland, with a total of 315.0 kilograms. He also captured two silver medals at the Asian Games (2002 in Busan, South Korea, and 2006 in Doha, Qatar). Im competed for the same division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but he neither completed the event, nor claimed an Olympic medal. Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Im qualified for the third time in the men's featherweight category (62 kg), as a 28-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second from the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Im, however, did not finish the event, as he successfully lifted 138 kg in the single-motion snatch, but failed to hoist 168 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YoungSoo Kim
YoungSoo Kim (; born April 7, 1978) is a South Korean chemist. Kim is an associate professor iDepartment of Pharmacyat Yonsei University. Education Kim completed his B.A. degree in biochemistry from New York University in 2001, with Professor Young-Tae Chang as an undergraduate research advisor. He then studied bioorganic chemistry under the supervision of Professor Kim D. Janda at Scripps Research and obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemistry in 2006. Academic career In 2006, Kim joined Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) as a research scientist. In 2010, after his military service duty, he became a principal investigator of Brain Science Institute at KIST and associate professor of biological chemistry at Korea University of Science and Technology (UST). In 2017, he moved to Yonsei University as an assistant professor of bio-convergence (ISED) and pharmacy. In 2020, he was promoted to an associate professor of pharmacy. In addition to Department of Phar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Young-su
An Young-su (Hangul: 안영수, Hanja: 安榮水; born February 20, 1964, in Seoul, South Korea) is a retired amateur boxer from South Korea, who won the silver medal in the men's welterweight division (–67 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In the final he was beaten by Mark Breland of the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... Results References External links * * 1964 births Living people Boxers from Seoul Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in boxing South Korean male boxers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Choi Young-su
John Choi Young-su (; March 2, 1942 – August 31, 2009) was the South Korean Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Daegu from 2007 to 2009. Young-su was ordained a Catholic priest on November 6, 1970, and was elevated to Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Daegu in 2000. He was further appointed the Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu on February 3, 2006. Young-su became Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Daegu on March 29, 2007, succeeding Paul Ri Moun-hi Paul Ri Moun-hi (14 September 1935 – 14 March 2021) was a South Korean Roman Catholic archbishop. Ri Moun-hi was born in South Korea and was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served as auxiliary bishop, coadjutor archbishop The term co .... He remained Archbishop until his resignation on August 17, 2009, due to health concerns. Young-su died on August 31 at the age of 67. References External linksCatholic Hierarchy: Archbishop John Choi Young-su † 1942 births 2009 deaths S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
