Min-chul, also spelled Min-chol, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the

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, wh ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "

min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Am ...

" and 11 hanja with the reading " chul" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *

Kang Min-chol Kang Min-chol (born 1948) is a North Korean politician. He is Minister of Mining Industries in the Cabinet of North Korea, and an alternate member of the politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). He was a delegate ...

(born 1948), North Korean politician * Jung Min-cheul (born 1972), South Korean baseball pitcher *

Kang Minchul Kang Minchul (born 16 March 1973) is a South Korean yongmudo practitioner (Grand Master) and a professor in the Department of Oriental Martial Arts at Yong In University Yong In University is a private university located in Samga-dong, Cheo ...

(born 1973), South Korean yongmudo practitioner *

Park Min-chul Park Min-Chul (born 23 December 1974) is a Korean handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the ...

(born 1974), South Korean handball player *

Choi Min-chul Choi Min-chul (born November 9, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He starred in film such as '' Way Back Home'' (2013) and '' The Throne'' (2015). Filmography Film Television series Theater Musical References External links Choi Min ...

(born 1976), South Korean actor * Back Min-chul (born 1977), South Korean football goalkeeper * Kim Min-chul (born 1983), South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler * Son Min-chol (born 1986), North Korean football centre back (Japan Football League) *

Jang Min-chul Jang Min-chul (, born June 17, 1991), better known as MC, is a former Korean professional ''StarCraft II'' player, playing as the Protoss faction. MC has accumulated more than $500,000 in tournament winnings, and won the Global StarCraft II Le ...

(born 1991), South Korean professional StarCraft player * An Min-chol, North Korean politician * Kang Min-chul (c.1955 – 18 May 2008), North Korean soldier and one of the three perpetrators of the 1983

Rangoon bombing The Rangoon bombing of 9 October 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth president of South Korea, in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar). The attempt was orchestrated by North Korea. Although Chun survive ...

. He was sentenced to

life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted people are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives or indefinitely until pardoned, paroled, or otherwise commuted to a fixed term. Crimes for ...

by a court in

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

and died in prison while serving his sentence

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{{reflist Korean masculine given names Masculine given names

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