Nam-sun, also spelled Nam-soon, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends 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 five hanja with the reading "nam" and 31 hanja with the reading "sun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *

Paek Nam-sun Paek Nam-sun ( or ; March 13, 1929 – January 2, 2007) was the North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 until his death. He was one of the few North Koreans to frequently be in the international spotlight. Early life Paek was ...

(1929–2007), North Korean male politician * Lee Nam-sun (born 1961), South Korean female speed skater * Kim Nam-soon (born 1980), South Korean female archer Fictional characters with this name include: *Nam-soon, male character in 2011 South Korean film ''

Pained ''Pained'' (; lit. "Pain") is a 2011 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Kwak's first feature in three years, it is a romantic melodrama set in Seoul, which is a departure from the director's previous Busan-based masculine thrillers and ...

'' *Go Nam-soon, male character in 2013 South Korean television series ''

School 2013 ''School 2013'' () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Jang Nara, Choi Daniel, Lee Jong-suk, Park Se-young and Kim Woo-bin. The teen drama depicts the struggles and dilemmas that modern-day Korean youth face, such as bullying, stude ...

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