Kwang-sik, also spelled Kwang-shik or Gwang-sik, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 13 hanja with the reading " kwang" and 16 hanja with the reading "sik" on the

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

n government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: * Yi Gwang-sik (1493), Joseon Dynasty politician *

Myung Kwang-sik Myung Kwang-sik (; 2 April 1940 – 19 July 2009) was an early Korean hapkido practitioner and a pioneer of the art, first in Korea and then in the United States. He was the second student of Ji Han Jae's school in Ma Jang Dong, Seoul. He formed ...

(born 1940), South Korean hapkido pioneer *

Choe Kwang-shik Choe Kwang-shik (; born 1953) is a South Korean historian and museum curator who served as the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism under President Lee Myung-bak. Biography Choe Kwang-shik was born in 1953 in Seoul. He received his PhD in ...

(born 1953), South Korean politician * Ri Gwang-sik (born 1970), North Korean boxer *

Kim Kwang-sik Kim Kwang-sik (born March 6, 1972) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed the romantic comedy ''My Dear Desperado'' (2010) and the thriller (genre), crime thriller ''Tabloid Truth'' (2014). Career Early works Kim Kwang-sik ...

(born 1972), South Korean film director * Jeong Kwang-sik (born 1985), South Korean footballer * Song Kwang-sik, South Korean pianist

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