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Paek Sol-mi
Paek Sol-mi () is a North Korean actress. She was named Best Actress at the 2016 Pyongyang International Film Festival for her performance in the North Korean drama film '' The Story of Our Home''. Career Paek studied acting in Pyongyang. At age 24, she made her screen debut as Ri Jong-A in '' The Story of Our Home'', for which she was awarded Best Actress at the 2016 Pyongyang International Film Festival. Due to the success of the film, Paek was briefly introduced to international audiences as the film screened in South Korea and was presented at the Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (, Transliteration, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is a film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to .... Filmography References {{reflist Living people 21st-century North Korean actresses 21st-century North Korean people People from Pyongyang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paek (surname)
Baek (), also often spelled Paek, Baik, Paik, or Back is a Korean family name. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white. Baek (白) "白" has a Cantonese origin from the Yuan dynasty and Goryeo dynasty. *Baek Wu Kyung (白宇經) of the Suwon Baek clan, cousin of Bai Juyi of the Tang dynasty, is the origin of this name. Baek (苩) Some Baekje refugees from the late Silla age had this surname. *Paik Ga (苩加), Mahan ruler *Paik Yong (苩龍), Silla general *Paik Ki (苩奇), Baekje general *Paik Ga (苩加), Baekje painter Notable people Back * Back Hye-ryun (born 1967), South Korean prosecutor-turned parliamentarian * Back Min-chul (born 1977), South Korean retired football goalkeeper * Back Sang-won (born 1988), South Korean baseball player Baek *Baek A-yeon (born 1993), South Korean singer and songwriter *Baek Bong-ki (born 1980), South Korean actor * Cha-seung Baek (born 1980), Korean-American former prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyongyang International Film Festival
The Pyongyang International Film Festival is a biennial cultural exhibition held in Pyongyang, North Korea. Until 2002, the film festival was reserved to "non-aligned and other developing countries". History The event originated in 1987 as the Pyongyang Film Festival of the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries (). The maiden event, held from September 1 through September 10, showed short films, features, and documentaries that were judged for competitive awards. The film festival returned in 1990 and would be regularly held every other year. Recurrent subject matter included domestic cinema that commonly praised the high leadership such as a film shown at the 1992 film festival, verbosely translated, ''Glory of Our People in Holding the Great Leader in High Esteem'', and foreign films about revolutionary resistance. In 2000, officials widened the acceptable breadth of film watching by screening Japanese films for the first time when Yoji Yamada arrived to present six of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Our Home
''The Story of Our Home'' () is a 2016 North Korean drama film based on the life of Jang Jong Hwa, the "child mother" who adopted several orphans at a young age. Directed by Ri Yun-Ho, the film won the top prize at the 2016 Pyongyang Film Festival. In 2018, ''The Story of Our Home'' became the first North Korean film to be screened publicly in South Korea when it was presented at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Premise Eighteen-year-old Ri Jong-A cares for a family of orphaned children. The eldest of the siblings, Un-Jong, is unreceptive to the help. Cast *Paek Sol-mi as Ri Jong-A, the eighteen-year-old caretaker of several orphaned children *Kim Thae-Gum as Un-Jong, the eldest of the children cared for by Jong-A * Kim Pom-Gyong and O Hyon-Choi as Un-Hyang and Un-Chol, Un-Jong's siblings Release ''The Story of Our Home'' premiered at the 2016 Pyongyang International Film Festival, where it was recognized with the top film prize, the Torch Award. Paek Sol-mi w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyongyang
Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,288. Pyongyang is a Special cities of North Korea, directly administered city () with a status equal to that of the Provinces of North Korea, North Korean provinces. Pyongyang is one of the oldest cities in Korea. It was the capital of two ancient Korean kingdoms, Gojoseon and Goguryeo, and served as the secondary capital of Goryeo. Following the establishment of North Korea in 1948, Pyongyang became its ''de facto'' capital. The city was again devastated during the Korean War, but was quickly rebuilt after the war with Soviet Union, Soviet assistance. Pyongyang is the political, industrial and transport center of North Korea. It is estimated that 99% of those living in Pyongy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during Elections in the United States, US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (, Transliteration, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is a film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to 1959, it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1999. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films, translated as the International Federation of Film Producers Associations) paused the accreditation of the festival until further notice. The festival's top prize is the statue of Saint George slaying the dragon, as represented on the Coat of Arms of Moscow. Nikita Mikhalkov has been the festival's president since 2000. Over the years, the Stanislavsky Award—"I Believe. Konstantin Stanislavsky" for acting achievements was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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21st-century North Korean Actresses
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People From Pyongyang
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
