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Yoo-gun (name)
Yoo-gun is a Korean male given name. People with this name include: * Jo Jeong-ik (born 1983), stage name Yoo Gun, American-born South Korean actor Fictional characters with this name include: * Jung Yoo-gun, in 2013 South Korean television series '' Iris II'' See also *List of Korean given names This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ... References {{given name Korean masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Gun
Jo Jeong-ik (born 21 January 1983), better known by his stage name Yoo Gun, is an American-born South Korean actor. Early life Jo Jeong-ik was born in Arizona, United States to Korean American parents. He came to South Korea in the 1990s as a teenager. He is a first cousin of coloratura soprano Sumi Jo. Career Under the stage name Yoo Gun, he began his entertainment career in 1997 as a singer in South Korean boy band Oppa. Yoo rose to popularity through his first leading role in the 2006 television drama '' Hello, God!'' ( 안녕하세요 하느님); he played a mentally challenged character based on "Charlie" in the novel ''Flowers for Algernon''. Supporting roles followed in the comedy films ''Dasepo Naughty Girls'', '' Project Makeover'', '' Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K'', and ''My Mighty Princess''. Yoo underwent six months of martial arts training for his next leading role in the action drama ''Fight'', which aired on cable in 2008. Besides appearing in the TV ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris II (TV Series)
''Iris II: New Generation'' () is a 2013 South Korean espionage television series. Starring Jang Hyuk, Lee Da-hae, Lee Beom-soo, Oh Yeon-soo, Yoon Doo-joon, Im Soo-hyang, Lee Joon, and Kim Yeong-cheol, the sequel to 2009's '' Iris'' continues the story of National Security Service agents going up against the mysterious organization known as IRIS. It aired on KBS2 from February 13 to April 18, 2013, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 for 20 episodes. Synopsis Premise ''IRIS II: New Generation'' explores the aftermath events of '' IRIS'' as well as '' Athena: Goddess of War''. The story explores the origins of the former Director of the NSS and IRIS agent, Baek San ( Kim Yeong-cheol), and the protagonist Jung Yoo-gun ( Jang Hyuk). After agent Kim Hyun-jun ( Lee Byung-hun) was killed by a sniper shot from IRIS agent Ray ( David Lee McInnis), IRIS went into remission to recover and reconnoiter. Three years have since passed and NSS is no longer a secret black-ops division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Korean Given Names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a small number of one-syllable names. Originally, there was no legal limitation on the length of names, but since 1993, regulations in South Korea have prohibited the registration of given names longer than five syllable blocks, in response to some parents giving their children extremely long names such as the 16-syllable Haneulbyeollimgureumhaennimbodasarangseureouri (). Lists of hanja for names are illustrative, not exhaustive. Names by common first and second syllables G or k (ㄱ), n (ㄴ), d (ㄷ) M (ㅁ), b (ㅂ) S (ㅅ) Vowels and semivowels (ㅇ) J (ㅈ) and ch (ㅊ) T (ㅌ) and h (ㅎ) Native Korean names ''Goyueo ireum'' are Korean given names which come from native Korean vocabulary, rather than Sino-Korean root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Masculine Given Names
Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language **See also: North–South differences in the Korean language Places * Korean Peninsula, a peninsula in East Asia * Korea, a region of East Asia * North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea * South Korea, the Republic of Korea Other uses *Korean Air, flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea See also *Korean War, 1950–1953 war between North Korea and South Korea *Names of Korea, various country names used in international contexts *History of Korea The Lower Paleolithic era in the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago. Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825. The earlies ..., the history of Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
