- Hong 10
Hong 10 (Real name: Kim Hong-Yeol, Hangul: 김홍열, born on 16 February 1985 in South Korea) is a male South Korean B-boy, commonly known as breakdancer. Currently he is a member of a Korean B-boy crew named Drifterz and a project team named Project Soul while he also performs as a solo dancer. He first became a well-known B-boy when his former crew, Expressions came first in the 2002 Battle of the Year, …
- U;nee
U;Nee, (Hangul: 유니, born Heo Yoon May 3, 1981 – January 21 2007) was a K-Pop South Korean songstress and actress. Before changing to music, she used a stage name Lee Hye-Ryeon (이혜련, 李慧蓮), which was believed to be her birth name until her death. She committed suicide by hanging herself; she had reportedly been suffering from depression.
- Rain
Rain (Real name: Jung Ji-Hoon, born on 25 June 1982 in Seoul) is a male Korean R&B and pop singer. He has become well-known throughout East and Southeast Asia-- including Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China, Vietnam and Thailand. In April 2006, he was mentioned in the "Time" magazine website article that named the "100 Most Influential People Who Shape Our World." In 2007, Rain topped Time Magazine's online user poll, …
- Mc Mong
MC Mong (MC 몽) is a South Korean hip hop artist. He was formerly a member of People Crew, which debuted in 1998. But because he was overshadowed by other "pretty members" in his group, it was not until 2003, MC Mong began to gain popularity when he acted in MBC's Non-Stop 4. His albums are known mostly for their comedic styles (aided by humorous music videos), although his most recent album has taken on a slightly more serious tone.
- Sejong The Great Of Joseon
Sejong the Great (May 6 1397 - May 18 1450, r. 1418 - 1450) was the fourth king of the Choson Dynasty of Korea. He is best remembered for creating the native Korean alphabet Hangul, despite strong opposition from the scholars educated in hanja (Chinese script). Sejong is one of only two Korean rulers posthumously honored with the appellation "the Great," the other being Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo.
- Bae Seul Ki
Bae Seul Ki (배슬기) is a K-pop singer. Her family consists of her parents and two younger siblings (brother and sister). Bae Seul Ki's religious affilitation is Catholic. She first appeared as a member of The Red, but has since become a solo singer.
- Kangta
Kangta (강타) is a South Korean singer, first known as the lead singer of legendary boy band H.O.T. (High-five of Teenagers). Kangta, his stage name, is the symbol for great hit in Hangul as An Chilhyun is his real name. He has been a vigorous songwriter and composer, having written over 100 songs for H.O.T.'s albums as well as for other groups and singers like NRG and Fly to the Sky.
- Ahyoomee
Ahyoomee Lee (Hangul: 이 아유미, born August 25, 1984, Tottori Prefecture, Japan) is a K-pop singer, dropping her surname for the music industry. Although Korean, she was raised in Japan for much of her younger life and is the reason for her Japanese accent; Ahyoomee is now fluent in both languages. Although Ahyoomee's name is commonly believed to be Japanese in origin, she has explained that her name is hanja-based. She has also attended Korea Kent Foreign School .
- Hong Kyung Min
Hong Kyung Min (Hangul:, born on February 9, 1976) is a K-pop singer known for his versatility. Originally starting off in 1997 as a rock ballad singer, he became popular in the 2000s as a Latin dance artist. His third album remains his best-selling, with 280,422 copies sold in its release year.. After serving his mandatory military duties, he returned in 2005 with a ballad album. "Evolution of Rhythm", his seventh album, was released in September 2006, …
- Kim Tae Woo
Kim Tae Woo (Hangul:), born May 12, 1981, is a K-pop singer, originally the lead singer of popular boy band g.o.d.. Kim was born in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, the third in a family of one son and two daughters. He attended Kyunghee University in the Post Modern Music Department. He debuted in the K-pop industry as the lead singer for g.o.d. (short for "groove overdose"); the group became one of the most popular groups in the 2000s.
- Yunjin Kim
Yunjin Kim (Hangul: 김윤진, Hanja: 金允珍, RR: "Gim Yun-jin", M-R: "Kim Yun-chin", born November 7, 1973) is a Korean American film and theatre actress, best known outside South Korea for her role as Sun Kwon on ABC television series Lost.
- Heo Jun
Heo Jun was a court physician during the reign of King Seonjo of Joseon Dynasty in Korea. He was appointed as a court physician at the age of 29. He wrote a number of medical texts, but his most significant achievement is "Dongui bogam", which is often noted as the defining text of Traditional Korean medicine. The work spread to China and Japan, where it is still regarded as one of the classics of Oriental medicine today.
- 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.
- Seongcheol
Seongcheol is the dharma name of a Korean Seon (Hangul: 선, Hanja: 禪) Master (Zen Master). He was a key figure in modern Korean Buddhism, being responsible for significant changes to it from the 1950s to 1990s. Seongcheol Seon Master was widely recognized in Korea as having been a living Buddha, due to his extremely ascetic lifestyle, the duration and manner of his meditation training, his central role in reforming Korean Buddhism in the post-World War II era, …
- Jeong Inji
Jeong Inji was a Korean neo-Confucian scholar and government minister. During the reign of Sejong the Great, he was vice-minister of education. He is perhaps best-known for having written the postscript of the "Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye", the commentary on and explanation of the Korean alphabet invented by Sejong in 1443. He also contributed to the "Goryusa", the official history of Korea, and the "Yongbi ǒchǒn-ga".
- Dae Hyeonseok
Dae Hyeonseok (Hangul:대현석, Hanja:大玄錫), otherwise known as King Gyeong, was the king of Balhae kingdom from 871 to 895.
- Seong Sammun
Seong Sammun was a scholar-official of early Joseon who rose to prominence in the court of King Sejong the Great (ruled 1418 - 1450). He was executed after being implicated in a plot to dethrone King Sejo (r. 1455 - 1468) and restore his predecessor King Danjong (r. 1452 - 1455), and is known as one of the "sayuksin" (사육신, the six martyred ministers) with reference to this plot. Seong Sammun was born in Hongseong (then Hongju), …
- Jang Yoon-Jeong
Jang Yoon-jeong (Hangul:) was the first runner-up of the Miss Universe 1988 beauty contest. She represented South Korea after being named Miss Korea in 1987. Porntip Nakhirunkanok was the winner of the competition. At the time of the 1988 Miss Universe pageant she was a high school student who was studying dance.
- 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.
- Biyu Of Baekje
Biyu of Baekje (?-455, r. 427-455) was the 20th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. According to the "Samguk Sagi", he was the eldest son of the 19th king Guisin. The traditional dates of Biyu's rule are based on the "Samguk Sagi". On the basis of more contemporaneous Chinese records, Best (1979) has suggested that the years 428 or 429-455 are more plausible.
- Choe U
Choe-U (?-1249) (Hangul : 최우 Hanja : 崔瑀) was the second Choe dictator of the Ubong Choe Military regime. He himself went out on the battlefield to lead in fighting off the Mongol invasions. Then he realized that the government was no longer safe at the capital city of Kaesong, and so he forced the king and his officials to flee to Kanghwa island. He took some of his armies and went to Kanghwa island with them.
- Harisu Ri-su
Harisu (Hangul: 하리수; Chinese: 河莉秀) is the stage name of Lee Kyung-eun (born Lee Kyung-yup, February 17, 1975), a transsexual pop singer, model and actress from South Korea. Despite being born male, she identified as female from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. She is noted for being South Korea's first transgender entertainer, …
- John Cho
John Yohan Cho (born June 16, 1972) is a Korean American film/television actor, known for his roles in the "American Pie" films and "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004).
- Lee Ji-Hyun
Lee Ji Hyun (Hangul:, born on October 12th, 1983) is a South Korean singer and actress. From 2001 to 2006, she was a member of the popular girl group Jewelry. She left to pursue an acting career. Along with comedian Lee Hyuk Jae, she was the co-host of "Happy Shares Company", a popular MBC program. She has recently left hosting Happy Shares Company to further pursue an acting career, which includes future plans to appear in korean TV-dramas.
- Mu Pai Nai
Mu Pai Nai was a Manchu leader who invaded the north of Joseon, but was defeated by Yi Sun Shin and his army in 1583. Right after his capture, he was executed by Yi Sun Shin. Despite his real name, the Koreans still refer to him as a Jurchen (Hangul: 여진족 Hanja:女眞族).
- Park Kyung-Lim
Park Kyung Lim (Hangul:, born on December 8, 1978) is a South Korean entertainer and a comedian known for her wit and kind behavior. Often, her less than appealing appearance is a source of much derision and jokes; she is often ridiculed for having a "square-shaped" face. After leaving to go to school in the United States, she returned to regain her popularity as an MC for SBS's popular show, …
- Gwangjong Of Goryeo
Gwangjong was the fourth emperor of the Goryeo which ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the founding of Joseon in 1392. Gwangjong was reformer. In order to strengthen the power of the central government, Gwangjong, the 4th King in the lineage and of the kingdom, first, made a series of laws including that of freeing slaves in 958, and one creating the exam for hiring civil officials(노비안검법,奴婢按檢法). second, Gwangjong was Era name decided.
- Yi Su-Gwang
Yi Su-gwang (Hangul:이수광) was a Korean scholar and a military officer who lived during the Joseon Dynasty.
- Buyeo Yung
Buyeo Yung (615-682) was one of the sons of King Uija, the last king of Baekje. He was appointed as heir to the throne in 644, and would have been the kingdom's 32nd ruler. After his father was overthrown by an alliance of Silla and the Chinese Tang Dynasty in 660, Buyeo Yung was sent into exile at the Tang capital Luoyang, along with his father. After the defeat of the Baekje restoration movement led by Boksin and Dochim at the Battle of Baekgang, …
- Pak Paeng-Nyeon
Pak Paeng-nyeon (1417-1456) was a scholar-official of the early Joseon Dynasty, and is known as one of the six martyred ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Suncheon Pak lineage, and was the son of high minister Pak Jung-rim. He passed the lower national service examination at a royal visitation in 1434, and was later appointed to the Hall of Worthies by Sejong.
- 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.
- Yu Gil-Jun
Yu Giljun was a Korean reformist and politician of Korea's late Joseon Dynasty. Born in Seoul, he went to Meiji Japan in 1881 to study at Keio University and returned the following year. He also traveled to the United States, where he studied mathematics at Governor Dummer Academy in 1884, as well as to several European countries, after which he was accused of supporting the "Gaehwadang" (party for enlightenment’).
- Nulji Of Silla
Nulji (reigned 417-458) was the nineteenth king ("maripgan") of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the son of King Naemul and Lady Boban, who was the daughter of King Michu. Nulji married the daughter of King Silseong of Silla, who nonetheless exiled Nulji's younger brothers as hostages to Goguryeo of northern Korea and Wa of Japan. Silseong also plotted to have Nulji killed, but with Goguryeo aid, Nulji was able to kill Silseong in 417, …
- Jang Yong Suk
Jang Yong Suk(Hangul: 장용석, born July 3, 1968 in Seoul, Korea) is an Korean sociologist who is best known for his work in organizations, new institutionalism and comparative political and economic sociology, particularly his research on the spread of theoretical and empirical exploration of the expansion of modern accounting as a global and institutional practice.
- Bak Il
Bak Il (Hangul:박일) is a Korean voice actor. He joined the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's voice acting division in 1970
- Chae Eui Jin
Chae Eui Jin is a Korean voice actor. She joined the Tooniverse voice acting division in 1997, which she left for the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's voice acting division in 1999.
- Eom Tae Kook
Eom Tae Kook(Hangul:엄태국) is a Korean voice actor. He joined the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's voice acting division in 1996
- Pyo Yeong Jae
Pyo Yeong Jae(Hangul:표영재) is a Korean voice actor. He joined the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's voice acting division in 1999.
- Shunpei Mizuno
is a Japanese author who used to write under the pen name. His primary area of writing is on Korean culture; he has also published instructional books for Korean learners of Japanese. By his own testimony, he became interested in Korea as a middle school student, after seeing hangul characters for the first time. He attended Noboribetsu South High School and then Nara Prefecture's Tenri University, where he majored in Korean language; in 1990, …
- Eddie Allen
Eddie Allen is an American folk musician. To date, he has produced two albums, "The Trempealeau Hotel" (1985) and "Faith in Gravity" (1990), both released by Weary Wolf Records, a division of Folked Up Musics (BMI). His musical style is firmly rooted in the folk tradition of the midwestern United States, and many of his songs describe the trials and tribulations of the lives of people in the working class. Both of his albums are out of print, …