- Kim Jong-Il
Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born February 16, 1942 in Vyatskoye, Soviet Union) is the leader of North Korea. He is the Chairman of the National Defense Commission, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (the ruling party since 1948). He succeeded his father Kim Il-sung, founder of North Korea, who died in 1994. - Grace Park
Grace Park (born March 14 1974) is a American-Canadian actress of Korean descent. She is best known as Sharon Valerii (and the various iterations of Number Eight, a humanoid Cylon) on "Battlestar Galactica", as well as Shannon Ng in the Canadian television series teen soap "Edgemont". Born in Los Angeles, California, Park and her family moved to Canada when she was 22 months old. She was raised in a Korean community in Vancouver. - Lee Jun Ki
Lee Jun Ki is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He has a mother, father, and one younger sister. He graduated from the Seoul Arts College with a major in Acting, and is a 1st degree in both Hapkido and Taekyon, and 3rd degree in Taekwondo. Besides Korean, Lee also speaks some Japanese and English. - May
MAY ("also known as": Mei, メイ, 메이) is a Korean singer, well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle". She is able to speak Korean, Japanese, and English. MAY was born on May 6, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea. She started her music career in South Korea in late 2005 singing "Miracle", a well known song in South Korea. Within a month she was chosen by Avex's Show Case Live because she was able to speak Japanese. - Se7en
Se7en (Korean: 세븐, born Choi Dong-Wook, Hangeul: 최동욱, Hanja: 崔東昱, November 9, 1984) is a South Korean R&B singer. He began training under a management agency YG Entertainment at the age of 15. After 4 years of training in voice and dance, he made his debut in 2003 and became successful throughout Asia. He has released a total of 5 albums (4 Korean, 1 Japanese) and various singles. - Ariel Lin
Ariel Lin is a Taiwanese actress and singer. After appearing in several television roles in Taiwanese dramas during the early 2000s, she came to fame for playing the role of Yuan Xiang Qin in the hit drama series "It Started With a Kiss" opposite Joe Cheng. She has recently appeared in "Tokyo Juliet" as Lin Lai Sui with Wu Zun and Simon Yam, another drama for which she was highly praised. - Boa
Boa Kwon (born November 5 1986 in Guri, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) is a South Korean singer, commonly known by her stage name BoA. She is currently active in both South Korea and Japan. She has released a total of ten full-length albums. Sold in many parts of Asia, she has sold over ten-million copies. - Jin Yong
Jin Yong, born February 6, 1924, pen name of Louis Cha, OBE, is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists. Co-founder of the Hong Kong daily "Ming Pao", he was its first editor-in-chief and held this position until 1993. Cha's fiction has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. - Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II born (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from October 16, 1978, until his death more than 26 years later, making his the second-longest pontificate in modern times after Pius IX's 31-year reign. He is the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Adrian VI in the 1520s. - Park Seung
Park Seung (born February 16, 1936) was the Governor of the Bank of Korea; his four-year term will ended in March 2006. He kept South Korean interest rates at historic lows but was blamed for contributing to a real-estate market that saw spiraling prices and controversial accusations of speculation. A 1961 graduate of Seoul National University, he earned a Master's Degree and PhD in economics from the University at Albany. - Lee Kun-Hee
Lee Kun-hee (born January 9, 1942) is the current chairman of Samsung Group. Lee has an Economics degree from Waseda University in Tokyo and an MBA from George Washington University in the United States. He speaks Korean, English, and Japanese. In 1996, Lee became a member of the International Olympic Committee. With an estimated net worth of $3.4 billion, he and his family rank among the Forbes richest people in the world. - Yoon Son-Ha
Yoon Son-ha (born 15 October 1976, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea) is a Korean actress, singer and television personality ("gaijin tarento"). Since making her debut in the MBC dramas, she has acted in Korea and Japan, probably due to her fluency in Japanese as well as in her native Korean, where she has gained popularity from starring in the Fuji TV drama, Fighting Girl with co-star Kyoko Fukada. In Japan, however, she is known as "Yun Sona" (ユンソナ). - Mai
Mai (born February 19, 1987) is a Japanese vocalist. She is from Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan. Her blood type is AB. Her special talents are guitar and Korean. - Fred Lukoff
Fred Lukoff (November 12, 1920 - August 13, 2000) was an American linguist who specialized in the study of the Korean language. A student of Zellig Harris, with whom he wrote "The phonemes of Kingwana-Swahili" in 1942, Lukoff received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1947, his master's from the same institution in 1948, and his doctorate--also from Penn--in 1954. At MIT in 1956, he wrote a seminal paper on generative phonology, … - Edwin O. Reischauer
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer was the leading U.S. educator and noted scholar of the history and culture of Japan, and of East Asia. From 1961–66, he was the U.S. ambassador to Japan. - Shin Jung-Hwan
Shin Jung-hwan (born 10 May 1975, Seoul) is a Korean singer and entertainer. Known first for being part of K-pop groups Roo'ra and Country Kko Kko, he has since become a "gagman", or an entertainer, on various variety shows. In November 2005, he encountered some controversy after he was caught gambling and he subsequently quit all his shows, including SBS's "Love Letter". Five months later, however, he re-emerged on his previous shows and regained his popularity. - Yoichi Sai
Yoichi Sai (崔洋一 Japanese: "Sai Yōichi", Korean: Choi Yang-il (Hangul: 최양일, Hanja: 崔洋一, Revised Romanization: "Choe Yang-il", McCune-Reischauer: "Ch'oe Yang-il"), born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan) is an ethnic-Korean Japanese film director. His 2004 film "Chi to hone" won four Japanese Academy Awards, including two for Sai himself, for Best Director and Best Screenplay. - Toby Dawson
Toby Dawson (Korean: 김수철, Kim Soo-cheol, born 김봉석, Kim Bong-seok November 30, 1978 in Pusan, South Korea) is an American mogul skier. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. - Jung Kyung-Ho
Jung Kyung-Ho is a South Korean football player, who playing Gyeongnam FC. His name is same pronounciation in Korean to Chung Kyung-Ho who playing Ulsan Tigers. - Samuel Martin
Samuel Elmo Martin (born 1924) is a former professor of Far Eastern Languages at Yale University and an author of books on the Korean and Japanese languages. He also developed the Yale romanization system for transliterating Korean, which is extensively used by linguists. His "Reference Grammar of Korean" is a detailed description of 20th century Korean that also shows the Middle Korean origin of morphemes, … - Kim Yu-Na
Kim Yu-Na (born September 5, 1990 in Gunpo, South Korea), is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2007 World bronze medalist, 2006 World Junior Champion, 2006 Grand Prix Final Champion and a four-time South Korean national champion. - Ju Sigyeong
Ju Si-gyeong was one of the founders of modern Korean linguistics. He was born in Bongsan County (봉산군; 鳳山郡), Hwanghae Province. He and his students helped standardize the Korean language, based spelling and grammar of the vernacular. He studied the Chinese language from his childhood. After studying modern linguistics in Seoul, he established the Korean Language System Society (조선문동식회; 朝鮮文同式會) in 1896. - George M. McCune
George McAfee "Mac" McCune was co-developer, with Edwin O. Reischauer, of the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean. He was born in P'yŏngyang as the son of an American educational missionary, George Shannon McCune. His brother, Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune (born 1913), was a geographer who authored several books on Korea for the general public. - Taebin
Danny Im (Hangul:), also known by his Korean name Taebin, is a Korean singer and the youngest member of the Korean hip hop group 1TYM and YG Family. Born on May 6, 1980, he debuted as part of 1TYM in 1998. On June 12, 2004 he released his first solo album under the name Taebin. Using Danny during his 1TYM days, he is known for his smooth R&B vocals, and often performs with his friend and fellow k-pop artist SE7EN. - Wei Man
Wei Man(chinese:卫满) also known as Wiman in Korean, was a general from the State of Yan of China who established a kingdom in north-western Korea in the 2nd century BC. He was the first figure in the history of Korea to have been recorded in documents from the same time period. The "Records of the Grand Historian" simply calls him Man, so the surname Wei was probably added later. - Henry Appenzeller
Rev. Henry Gerhard Appenzeller (February 6, 1858-June 11, 1902) was a Methodist missionary and one of two American missionaries (the other being Horace Newton Allen) who introduced Protestant Christianity into Korea in 1885. He was born in Suderton, Pennsylvania, in 1858. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1882, and later attended the Drew Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the ministry and appointed as a missionary to Korea in San Francisco in 1885. - Seol Chong
Seol Chong was a leading scholar of the Unified Silla period. He studied Confucian writings and the related Chinese classics. He is also known by the alias "Chongji" (총지/聰智), and by his pen name "Bingwoldang" (빙월당/氷月堂). Seol was the son of the prominent Buddhist figure Wonhyo and the Silla princess Yoseok, the daughter of King Muyeol. He was of head-rank six in Silla's bone rank system. An account of his life is found in the "Samguk Sagi", … - Little Astrology Prince
Little Astrology prince is a famous astrologer in Hong Kong who has kept his identity a secret. He has written books on astrology. He appears on radio shows and TV programs. His first astrology book "Little Astrology Prince Astrology book" was published in 1997 in Hong Kong. According to his website, it was ranked the top seller for 5 months. Created in 1999, his website is written in 4 languages- Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. - Linda Park
Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a Korean American actress who is best known for her portrayal of communications officer character Hoshi Sato in the television series "Star Trek: Enterprise". Recently, Park played Michelle Lance, a police officer, in the NBC television drama "Raines". Park was born in South Korea and raised in San Jose, California. - Cho Chikun
Cho Chikun "25h Honinbo" "Honorary Meijin" "Judan" (Japanese: 趙治勲, チョウチクン Chō Chikun, Korean: 조치훈, 趙治勲, RR: Jo Chi-hun, MC-R: Cho Ch'i-hun, born on June 20, 1956 in Busan, South Korea) is a professional Go player. His total title tally of 71 titles is the most in the history of the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. Cho is the first and only player to hold the top three titles-Kisei, Meijin, and Honinbo simultaneously. - Daewon Song
Daewon Song (born February 19 1975, Korea) is a professional, goofy-footed skateboarder. He is recognized for his technical street skateboarding. He co-owns Almost Skateboards with fellow pro Rodney Mullen, and skates for the team. Daewon was born in Seoul, Korea on Feb. 19, 1975. When he was 13, a neighborhood kid gave him his board. He quickly got some money together and bought a used board. - Janice Vidal
Janice M. Vidal is a female singer in Hong Kong. She is of mixed parentage with a Filipino father and a mixed Chinese and Korean mother. As a Hong Kong singer she had chosen the Chinese name "Wei Lan" (衛蘭), although most of her fans refer to her simply as "Janice". In the past she went under the name "Renee" in her musical work prior to her debut album in 2005 and "Ming Lok Tai" (明樂蒂) in a EEG singing competition in 2000. - Sean Mann
Sean Mann (Born April 6, 1932-Died October 31, 1988) was the Allan K. Wood Distinguished Professor of Bioethics and Korean language at the University of California, Berkeley. - Young-Oak Kim
Colonel Young-Oak Kim (Korean: 김영옥, RR: "Gim Yeong-ok", M-R: "Kim Yŏng-ok", 1919 - December 29, 2005) was a highly decorated U.S. Army veteran who fought in World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team and led many critical battles into victory in Italy and France during World War II. - Brian Tee
Brian Tee (born March 15, 1977 in Okinawa, Japan) is an Asian American actor of half Korean and half Japanese descent. At the age of two, he moved to Hacienda Heights, CA and was raised there ever since. He attended Glen A. Wilson High School and was ASB president and a star captain of the football team. He is most famous for his appearance as D.K. in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. He speaks Korean, Japanese, Chinese and English. - Richard L. Walker
Richard Louis "Dixie" Walker was an American scholar, author, and ambassador to South Korea. He was married to the late Celeno Kenly Walker for 45 years and had three children. His Chinese name was 吳克 ("Wú Kè") and in Korean was transliterated as 리처드 워커 ("Richadeu Wokeo"). Walker was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. degree in 1944 from Drew University and his M.A. in 1947 and Ph. D. in 1950 from Yale University. - Valery Kan
Valery Kan (Russian: Валерий Кан; Korean: 발레리 강; born 1978 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (present Uzbekistan)) is Deputy of the urban Duma in the city of Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, and head of the Voyage Taxi Company (Вояж-такси). He is of Koryo-saram descent, and has been active in promoting economic cooperation between Ussuriysk and South Korea. Aged 25 when first elected, he is the youngest member of the Ussuriysk Duma. - Han In Sang
Han In Sang (b. December 10, 1939) was a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1991 and 1996. Han was the first Korean Latter-day Saint to become a General Authority of the LDS Church. Han was born in Seoul. In 1957, Han was baptized a member of the LDS Church. He was ordained an Elder in the church by Gordon B. Hinckley, who was then an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. - Pak Tu-Jin
Pak Tu-jin (or Park Tu-jin) (1916-September 16, 1998) was a Korean poet, born in Anseong 40 miles from Seoul in modern-day South Korea. His family was too poor to give him any formal education. His first publications were two poems that came out in 1939. During Japanese colonial rule over Korea between 1910 and 1945, the Japanese forbade any publications in the Korean language. Later in his life, he became a renowned writer, contributing to Korea's modern literary voice. - Woo Jang-Choon
Woo Jang-choon (Japanese: 禹 長春 U Nagaharu or 須永長春 Sunaga Nagaharu, Korean: 우장춘, 禹長春, RR: U Jangchun, MC-R: U Chang-ch'un, 1898-1959) was a renowned Korean-Japanese agricultural scientist and botanist. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. When Korea earned its independence in 1945, Woo left his family in Japan, and came to Korea to lead the country in botany and agriculture. There is a museum in the port city of Busan in honor of Woo.
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