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Seong (), also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon Korean family name. Overview The family name Seong is written with only one hanja character, meaning "succeed" or "accomplish" (). The 2000 South Korean Census found 167,903 people with this family name, up by six percent from 158,385 in the 1985 census. This increase was far smaller than the fifteen percent growth in the overall South Korean population over the same period. They traced their origins to only a single ''bon-gwan'', Changnyeong County. This was also the place where they formed the highest concentration of the local population, with 2,360 people (3.61%). In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 67.4% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Sung in their passports. The Revised Romanisation spelling Seong was in second place at 29.4%. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 3.2%) included Seung, Sh ...
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Chang (surname)
Cháng () is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cháng''). It was listed 80th among the Song Dynasty, Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames''. "Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames written Zhang (surname), Zhang in pinyin: one extremely common and written in Traditional Chinese and in Simplified Chinese, and another quite rare and written as in both systems. There is also a rare case of in Hong Kong written as Chang as well. For full details on them, see the "Zhang (surname), Zhang" and "Zheng (surname), Zheng" article. In Macao, this is the spelling of the surname "Zeng (surname), Zeng" . "Chang" is also a common spelling of the surname / (Chen (surname), Chen in Mandarin pinyin) in Peru. Romanization 常 is romanized as Ch'ang in Wade-Giles, although the apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized as Soeng and Sheung (surname), Sheung in Cantonese language, Cantonese; Seong and Siông in Minna ...
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Seong Hye-rang
Seong Hye-rang (; born 1937) is a North Korean defector and author. Early life Her father was a wealthy South Korean landowner who moved to the North for political reasons, while her mother was an editor of the official North Korean newspaper '' Rodong Shinmun''. Seong's younger sister Song Hye-rim, a popular actress, secretly began an affair with Kim Jong Il against his father Kim Il Sung's wishes in the late 1960s or early 1970s, which culminated in Hye-rim's forced divorce from her husband; Hye-rang first learned of the situation on 10 May 1971, when Kim came to her residence in the middle of the night and informed her that he had impregnated her younger sister. Five years later, Hye-rang would become responsible for raising Kim Jong-nam, the son resulting from that pregnancy; his father was unwilling to let him attend school for fear that the secret of his parentage would be revealed. Hye-rang moved into the household; she also brought her own son Lee Han-yeong and daughte ...
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Seong Nak-gun
Seong Nak-gun (born 26 February 1962) is a South Korean sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Seong attended Busan Sports High School ( 부산체육고등학교) and was active in track and field there. He went on to Dong-a University, and while a student there represented South Korea at the 1980 Juniors Track World Championships and the 1983 Asian Athletics Championships. Along with Jang Jae-keun, Kim Jong-il Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his death in 2011, when he was ..., and Sim Deok-seop, he was part of the team which won bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1986 Asian Games. His brother Seong Nak-gap was also a competitive sprinter in the 1990s. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Seong, Nak-gun 1962 births Living people At ...
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Sung Nak-woon
Sung Nak-Woon (, 2 February 1926 – 28 May 1997) was a South Korean football forward who played for the South Korea in the 1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June .... He also played for Seoul Football Club. References External linksFIFA profile 1926 births 1997 deaths South Korean men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers Men's association football forwards 1954 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games 1956 AFC Asian Cup players AFC Asian Cup–winning players Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea 20th-century South Korean sportsmen Asian Games silver medalists in football {{SouthKorea-footy-bio-stub ...
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Sung Yu-ri
Sung Yu-ri (; born March 3, 1981) is a South Korean actress and singer. She made her entertainment debut in 1998 as a member of the now-defunct K-pop group Fin.K.L. Sung turned to acting in 2002, starring in television dramas such as '' Thousand Years of Love'' (2003), ''The Snow Queen'' (2006), '' Hong Gil-dong'' (2008), and '' Feast of the Gods'' (2010). Early life and education Sung was born in 1981 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. Her father Sung Jong-hyun, a prominent professor of theology at the Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary, was studying at the time in West Germany. Sung's family returned to South Korea when she was four years old and she grew up in Gangdong District, Seoul. She attended Myung Elementary and Middle School, and Kwang Nam High School, and graduated from Kyung Hee University with a Post Modern Music major in 2005. Career When Sung was a high school student, she began her entertainment career in 1998 as the youngest member of ...
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Sung Yu-bin
Sung Yoo-bin (born 25 July 2000) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Web series Awards and nominations References External links * * * 2000 births Living people Male actors from Seoul South Korean male television actors South Korean male film actors {{SouthKorea-actor-stub ...
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Sung Si-kyung
Sung Si-kyung (; born April 17, 1979) is a South Korean singer, entertainer and television host. He debuted in 2001 and has released eight studio albums in Korean and two studio albums in Japanese. He has also hosted and appeared on numerous South Korean variety television shows including ''2 Days & 1 Night, Witch Hunt,'' ''Non-Summit, Duet Song Festival,'' '' Vocal War: God's Voice,'' ''Battle Trip,'' '' The Voice Of Korea 2020,'' '' On & Off.'' Career Sung was born and raised in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. He attended Korea University Korea University (KU, ) is a Private university, private research university in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1905 by Yi Yong-ik, Lee Yong-Ik, a prominent official of the Korean Empire, Korea University is among South Korea's oldest List of .... Sung's comeback track "난 좋아" (Even Now) released on his 7th album debuted at number 5 on Billboard's Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for the week of September 22. In 2019, Sung announced his fir ...
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Sung Ji-ru
Sung Ji-ru (born October 16, 1968) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * * * 1968 births Living people People from Gongju Male actors from South Chungcheong Province 20th-century South Korean male actors 21st-century South Korean male actors South Korean male film actors South Korean male television actors Long stubs with short prose {{SouthKorea-actor-stub ...
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Sung Hyun-ah
Sung Hyun-ah (; born July 23, 1975) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder who placed 2nd runner-up at Miss Korea 1994. Biography Sung Hyun-ah placed second runner-up (or third place) at the Miss Korea pageant in 1994. She was the country's representative at the 1994 Miss International pageant, where she was a semi-finalist and won Miss Photogenic. Sung made her acting debut in ''Salut D'Amour'', and continued to appear in TV dramas such as ''See and See Again'' (also known as ''Can't Take My Eyes Off You''), ''Should My Tears Show'', '' Hur Jun'', ''One Day Suddenly'', ''Bad Woman, Good Woman'', '' Yi San'', and '' Flames of Desire''. She also released an EP in 2004 titled ''Turn It Up'' under the name A.One. But Sung became best known for her strong, sexy roles in films such as Hong Sang-soo's '' Woman is the Future of Man'', Kim Tae-eun's ''The Intimate'', and Kim Ki-duk's ''Time''. She also appeared in ''The Scarlet Letter'' and ''The Customer Is Alw ...
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Song Hye-rim
Song Hye-rim (; 24 January 1939 18 May 2002) was a North Korean actress, best known for being the one-time favored mistress of Kim Jong Il. Early life and education Song was born in Changnyeong, Keishōnan Province, Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, Empire of Japan (now in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea). She entered the Pyongyang Movie College in 1955, but left in 1957 to give birth to a daughter. She later re-enrolled and graduated, having her film debut in 1959. She became a popular actress in the 1960s, appearing in movies including ''Onjŏngryŏng'' () and ''Baek Il-hong'' (). Most accounts of Song are drawn from the memoirs of her sister, Song Hye-rang. Her former friend Kim Young-soon published her memoir ''I was Song Hye-rim's Friend'', and revealed that she and her family were sent to a concentration camp for ten years after she found out Hye-rim's secret, namely, that she was Kim Jong Il's mistress, a fact that was hidden at the time even from Kim Il Sung. This ...
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Sung Hoon (singer, Born 1980)
Sung Hoon (, born August 29, 1980) is a South Korean singer and member of Brown Eyed Soul, signed under in Next Music. He released his debut solo album, ''Lyrics Within My Story'', on September 22, 2011. Discography Studio albums Singles Soundtrack appearances References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sung, Hoon 1980 births Living people South Korean rhythm and blues singers South Korean male pop singers 21st-century South Korean male singers ...
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Sung Han-bin
Sung Han-bin (; born June 13, 2001) is a South Korean singer and dancer. He is best known for competing on the Mnet reality competition show '' Boys Planet'', where he ranked second in the final episode, making him a member of Zerobaseone. Early life and education Sung was born on June 13, 2001, in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. He has a sister four years younger than him. With a background in street dance, Sung specializes in waacking and tutting, which he began participating in competitions for during high school. Prior to joining Studio GL1DE, Sung trained at Cube Entertainment. There, he developed a close friendship with fellow trainee Seok Matthew, who later competed alongside him on ''Boys Planet'' and debuted with Zerobaseone. During this period, he also worked at his mother's café and obtained a barista license. Sung began his career as a backup dancer while still in high school. In 2018, he performed as part of a dance crew with Wanna One for their song “Boo ...
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