Yeom, also spelled as Yum or Youm, is a

Korean surname This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean name), Kim (), followed by Lee (Korean name), Lee () and Park (Korean surname), Park (). These three sur ...

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Yŏm Chang Yŏm Chang (, ? - ?), also mentioned as Yŏm Mun, was a Silla general who is best known for assassinating Jang Bogo. Yŏm had been a subordinate of Jang Bogo, but their relationship apparently deteriorated as he was once punished by Jang Bogo f ...

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

general who is best known for assassinating Jang Bogo * Yeom Shin-bi (1350–after 1387), King Gongmin's wife and royal consort

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* Yeom Dong-gyun (born 1983), South Korean football goalkeeper *

Yum Dong-kyun Dong-Kyun Yum (; born November 10, 1950, in Okcheon, North Chungcheong Province) is a former professional boxer from South Korea. He is a former Lineal and WBC junior featherweight champion. Boxing career Yum turned professional on March 7, 1 ...

(born 1950), South Korean boxer * Yeom Dong-yeol (born 1961), South Korean politician * Yeom Han-woong (born 1966), South Korean physicist *

Yeom Hye-ran Yeom Hye-ran (; born October 30, 1976) is a South Korean film, television, and theater actress. She is known for her roles in Korean drama, dramas ''When the Camellia Blooms'' (2019), ''The Uncanny Counter'' (2020–2023), ''The Glory (TV series ...

(born 1976), South Korean actress *

Yeom Hyo-seob Yeom Hyo-Seob () is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the bantamweight division (-63 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Controversial final At the 2009 World Champions ...

, South Korean taekwondo practitioner *

Yum Jung-ah Yum Jung-ah (; born July 28, 1972) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Her notable films include '' A Tale of Two Sisters'' (2003), '' The Big Swindle'' (2004), '' The Old Garden'' (2007), and ''Cart'' (2014), as well as t ...

(born 1972), South Korean actress *

Yeom Ki-hun Yeom Ki-hun (; born 30 March 1983) is a South Korean association football, football manager and former player. Early life Yeom was a Modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete while attending elementary school, but started playing football at Nons ...

(born 1983), South Korean football player *

Youm Kyoung-youb Youm Kyoung-youb (born March 1, 1968) is a South Korean former baseball player and the current manager of the KBO League team LG Twins. He previously managed the Nexen Heroes and the SK Wyverns. Youm played in the KBO from 1991 to 2000 for the ...

(born 1968), South Korean former baseball player *

Yeom Sang-seop Yeom Sang-seop () (1897–1963) was a South Korean novelist and freedom fighter. He was an early pioneer of modern narrative in Korea and a "writer of the period of dissatisfaction". In this role, he was one of the first naturalistic and rea ...

(1897–1963), South Korean novelist and freedom fighter *

Yeom Seung-suk Yeom Seung-suk (; born 1982) is a South Korean novelist. From 2005, she has steadily published literary works as a novelist, and has also been working as a literary critic since 2017. In 2005, she made her formal debut piece called ''Baemkkoriw ...

(born 1982), South Korean novelist *

Andrew Yeom Soo-jung Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (; born 5 December 1943) is a Korean prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Seoul from 2012 to 2021, while also holding the title of Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pyongyang in North Korea. P ...

(born 1943), South Korean prelate *

Yeom Yoon-jung Yeom Yoon-jung is a South Korean curler. She was the alternate on the South Korean National Women's Curling Team from 2015–16. Career Yeom played second for Gim Un-chi at the 2009 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships where the team won ...

, South Korean curler * Yeom Hye-seon, South Korean volleyball player

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