Kim Jong-dae | |
Hangul | 김종대 |
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Hanja | 金鍾大 |
Revised Romanization | Gim Jongdae |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chongdae |
Kim Jong-dae (born September 21,1992) is a male freestyle wrestler from South Korea. He participated in Men's freestyle 60 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics losing in the 1/8 of final with Murad Ramazanov.
Kim Dae-jung was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the 8th president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.
Kim Jong-pil, also known colloquially as JP, was a South Korean politician and the founder/first director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He served as Prime Minister twice, from 1971 to 1975 during the presidency of Park Chung Hee (1961–1979) and from 1998 to 2000 during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003). He was a nine-term National Assembly member.
North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 175 competitors, 116 men and 59 women, took part in 97 events in 19 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Seoul, a traditional Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 300 competitors, 189 men and 111 women, took part in 160 events in 25 sports.
The Kia Tigers are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are members of the KBO League and are the most successful team in Korean baseball, having won the Korean Series championship twelve times with a perfect 12–0 record. Their home stadium is Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 18 December 1997. The result was a victory for opposition candidate Kim Dae-jung, who won with 40% of the vote. When he took office in 1998, it marked the first time in Korean history that the ruling party peacefully transferred power to the opposition party.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 18 December 1992, the second democratic presidential elections since the end of military rule in 1987. Voter turnout was 81.9%.
South Korea participated in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar on 1–15 December 2006. South Korea ranked 2nd with 58 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.
South Korea competed at the 2009 East Asian Games held in Hong Kong from October 29, 2005, to November 6, 2005.
Kim Jong-Shin is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler.
The North Korean cult of personality surrounding the Kim family has existed in North Korea for decades and can be found in many examples of North Korean culture. Although not acknowledged by the North Korean government, many defectors and Western visitors state there are often stiff penalties for those who criticize or do not show "proper" respect for the former leaders of the country, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, officially referred to as "eternal leaders of Korea". The personality cult began soon after Kim Il Sung took power in 1948, and was greatly expanded after his death in 1994.
The North Korea women's national volleyball team and Amega represents North Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. They won bronze medal in the 1970 Women's World Championship and at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River, also known as Kim Seon-dal, is a 2016 South Korean period satire adventure comedy film based on an ancient novel of satire and humor about Kim Seon-dal who sold off the Taedong River. The filming began on June 5, 2015, and finished September 30, 2015.
People's Athlete is a North Korean honorary title awarded to sportspeople. It was created in 1966. It is usually reserved to those who have won in the Olympic Games or have won a world championship, as it is the most prestigious award for North Korean sportspeople.
2000 inter-Korean summit was a meeting between South Korean president Kim Dae-jung and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-il, which took place in Pyongyang from June 13 to June 15, 2000. It was the first inter-Korean summit since the Korean War 1950–1953.
Kim Jong-o is a South Korean wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 52 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
The Great Show is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Song Seung-heon, Lee Sun-bin, and Lim Ju-hwan. It aired on tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:30 (KST) from August 26 to October 15, 2019.