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Yun (Korean Name)
Yun () is a family name in Korea, which means "governor". The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yoon, Yune, Yiun, or Youn. According to the 2000 census, 948,600 people had the surname in South Korea. It derives from the Chinese character 尹. Clans and history Papyeong clan The Papyeong (파평, 坡平) Yoon clan, which has its seat in Papyeong-myeon, Paju City, is the most well-known Yoon clan. The 2000 South Korean census found 221,433 households claiming membership in the Papyeong clan, with a total population of 713,947. The clan's founding ancestor is General Yun Sin-dal, who assisted Wang Kŏn (later King Taejo) in founding the Goryeo Dynasty. Yun Kwan was a renowned general in the Goryeo Dynasty. He helped form the Byeolmuban forces to fight and defeat the Jurchen tribes in 1107. In 2002, a mummified woman with an unborn fetus was discovered in the tomb of Yun Jeong-jeong, a member of the Papyeong Yun clan. It is believed she was the granddaughter of Yun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Name
Korean names are names that place their origin in, or are used in, Korea. A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a given name, with no middle names. A number of Korean terms for names exist. For full names, (), (), or () are commonly used. When a Korean name is written in Hangul, there is usually no space between the surname and the given name. Most Korean surnames consist of a single syllable, although multisyllabic surnames exist (e.g. Namgung). In South Korea, upon marriage, both partners keep their full names, but children inherit the father's surname unless otherwise specified during the marriage registration process. Koreans have been historically grouped into Korean clans. Each clan is identified by a (; birthplace of the clan's founder) and the surname of the founder of the clan (with descendency determined patrilineally). For example, the Jeonju Yi clan comes from Jeonju and descends from . In 2000, a census showed that, in tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress Sunjeong
36-year-old Empress Sunjeonghyo in 1930 Empress Sunjeonghyo (; 7 September 1894 – 3 February 1966), was the second wife of Sunjong of Korea, and was also the only Empress consort of Korea. Biography Early life Sunjeonghyo was born Yun Jeung-sun () on 19 September 1894 in Seoul. She was born to Lady Yu of the and Yun Taek-yeong, a member of the Haepyeong Yun clan and an official of Joseon''.'' Her paternal grandmother, Lady Hong, was a 5th great-granddaughter of Princess Jeongmyeong, daughter of Seonjo of Joseon and Queen Inmok. Lady Hong was also a third cousin twice removed of Lady Hyegyŏng. Through adoptions within the Haepyeong Yun clan, she was a 13th great-granddaughter (or 13th great-grandniece, biologically) of Yun Du-su; as well as Yun Posun, the 2nd President of South Korea, was her ninth cousin three times removed. On her mother's side, Yun's maternal grandfather, Yu Jin-hak, was a maternal adoptive nephew of Queen Sinjeong; thus making her the adoptive gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon Bok-hee
Yoon Bok-hee (; born March 9, 1946) is a South Korean singer, musical actress, and songwriter. Her father is Yoon Bu-gil, a popular comedian and her mother is Sung Kyung-ja, a well known classical ballerina. She is known for being an early adopter of the miniskirt in South Korea in the 1960s and for her songs "Everyone" and "I'll Follow You". Career She debuted in 1951 at age five with the ''Nak-Rang Music Troupe'' in the Joong-Ang Theatre. Her first performances overseas took place in Manila and Guam in the early sixties. Stage performances She performed on stage in musical theatre and was an Ambassador for the Musical Festival. In 2006, she starred in ''Maria, Maria'' which premiered at the New York Musical Theatre Festival on September 22 through October 15, and was one of the original twenty-five member Korean musical cast which won four awards including the Best Musical, the Best Actress, the Best Book & Lyrics and the Best Composing awards at the Korean Musical Awards in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon Bo-sang
Yoon Bo-sang (; born 9 September 1993) is a South Korean footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Seoul E-Land FC in K League 2. Career Yoon played college football for University of Ulsan. Yoon Bo-sang joined K League Classic side Gwangju FC in January 2016. In 2022 season, he was traded with Kim Kyeong-min and joined Seoul E-Land FC Seoul E-Land FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul that competes in K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The club was founded in 2014 and is owned by the E-Land Group. Seoul E-Land play their home g .... References External links * * 1993 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers South Korean men's footballers Gwangju FC players Gimcheon Sangmu FC players Jeju SK FC players Seoul E-Land FC players K League 1 players K League 2 players 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon Bo-ra
Yoon Bo-ra (; born December 30, 1989), better known by the mononym Bora, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Sistar and its sub-group Sistar19. Early life and education Bora was born on December 30, 1989, in Seoul. She majored in Musical Theater in Myongji University, and graduated in February 2015. Career 2010–2011: Sistar and Sistar19 In June 2010, Bora made her debut as a member of Sistar on KBS' '' Music Bank'' with their debut single, Push Push. In 2011, Bora and group member Hyolyn formed as a sub-group Sistar19 with the single " Ma Boy". 2011–2013: Variety programs On October 17, 2011, it was revealed that Bora would be part of the new season of KBS2's '' Invincible Youth''. The first episode of ''Invincible Youth 2'' aired on November 11. On October 21, 2012, it was revealed that Bora would join one of four groups that would perform a new song for the SBS' '' Gayo Daejeon'' music spectacular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bora Yoon (American Musician)
Bora Yoon is an American experimental electroacoustic composer and musician known for her use of unconventional instruments and musical technology in her music. An interdisciplinary sound artist, vocalist and TED2014 Fellow, she gathers and uses instruments and timbres from various centuries and cultures, to create immersive audiovisual experiences, with architecture, and acoustics. As of 2023, she is an Assistant Professor of Music at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Early life Bora Yoon was born in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her undergraduate studies at Ithaca College, and in 2023 earned a Ph.D. in Music Composition from Princeton University. Body of work Yoon uses unconventional sound sources (everyday found objects, chamber instruments and digital devices) to generate music, and illuminate the invisibility of environment, sound, space, and architectural acoustics and psychoacoustics—to create a storytelling through sound. In her work, she has used the human voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon Bo-mi
Yoon Bo-mi (; born August 13, 1993), known mononymously as Bomi, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Apink. Yoon made her acting debut with a cameo role in the 2012 television series '' Reply 1997'', she then starred in various television series such as '' Because This Is My First Life'' (2017), '' Please Don't Date Him'' (2020), and gained attention through her supporting role in '' Queen of Tears'' (2024). Early life and education Yoon Bo-mi was born in Gwonseon District, Suwon, South Korea on August 13, 1993. She has one older sister and a younger brother. She was trained in the martial art of Taekwondo from the age of five and is a holder of a third degree black belt. She attended Youngshin Girls High School and later on, Korean Arts High School; from where she graduated in February 2012. Upon graduation from high school, she decided to postpone her further studies in college to concentrate on her music career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon Bo-hyun
Yoon Bo-hyun () is a South Korean physician and scientist in the medical area of obstetrics and gynecology. He researches in the area of preterm births, intra-amniotic infection or inflammation and fetal damage. For his theoretical and clinical academic achievements he received the Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea in 2012. Education Yoon was born in Seoul, South Korea and grew up there. He graduated from the medical college of Seoul National University in 1979, where he received his M.D. and Ph.D. After a residency in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the same college he joined the faculty there from 1988 until the present. Work Yoon's work focused on "intrauterine infection/inflammation, prematurity and fetal damage", which is one of the most important challenges to medicine. Cerebral palsy is a serious motor disorder which frequently appears in preterm newborn babies, and has been traditionally linked to hypoxic obstetric events. However, many stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon Bit-garam
Yoon Bit-garam (; or ; born 7 May 1990) is a South Korean professional association football player who currently plays for Suwon FC. Club career Yoon created the most chances among participants of the 2020 AFC Champions League, leading Ulsan Hyundai to the title. He was recognized for his performance, winning the Champions League MVP award. International career In the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, Yoon came on as a substitute against Iran in the quarter-final at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium. His extra-time goal ensured that South Korea defeated Iran and progressed to the semi-finals against Japan. Yoon scored against Petr Čech with a free kick in a 2–1 friendly victory over Czech Republic on 5 June 2016. Career statistics Club International :''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.'' Honours Ulsan Hyundai *AFC Champions League: 2020 *Korean FA Cup runner-up: 2020 South Korea U23 *Asian Games bronze medal: 2010 South Korea *AFC Asian Cup third place: 2011 Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon A-jung
Yoon A-jung (; born November 19, 1981) is a South Korean actress. Filmography Television series Film Variety show Awards and nominations References External links * * Yoon A-jungat Star K Entertainment Yoon A-jungat The Awesome Entertainment * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoon, A-jung 1981 births Living people South Korean television actresses South Korean film actresses Actresses from Gwangju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide writing in 16 languages. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by Paul Reuter. The Thomson Corporation of Canada acquired the agency in a 2008 corporate merger, resulting in the formation of the Thomson Reuters Corporation. In December 2024, Reuters was ranked as the 27th most visited news site in the world, with over 105 million monthly readers. History 19th century Paul Julius Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions of 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
