The Ho-Am Prize in Community Service was established in 1990 by Kun-Hee Lee, the Chairman of Samsung, to honour the late Chairman, Lee Byung-chul, the founder of the company. The Ho-Am Prize in Community Service is one of six prizes awarded annually, covering the five categories of Science, Engineering, Medicine, Arts, and Community Service, plus a Special Prize, which are named after the late Chairman's sobriquet, Ho-Am.
Lee Hyo-jung is a South Korean former badminton player.
Lao Sung or more commonly Lao Soung is an official Laotian designation for highland dwelling peoples of Hmong, Yao and Tibeto-Burman origins in Laos. Lao Soung make up 9% of the Laotian population in Laos.
Chung Hae-soung is a South Korean football manager and former player.
Lee Yong-dae is a professional badminton player from South Korea who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, Jung Jae-sung, Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seong in men's doubles, and Lee Hyo-jung in mixed doubles. He won a total of 43 Superseries titles, 37 in the men's doubles, the most of any doubles player in one discipline, and 6 in mixed doubles. He was ranked world number 1 in men's doubles for 117 consecutive weeks with his last partner, Yoo Yeon-seong.
Lee Chung-yong is a South Korean footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club Ulsan HD and is a South Korean international.
The South Korea men's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has competed in the Olympic Games eight times, but has not featured since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The national team's best performance at the Olympic Games was 5th place at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, California, United States. The national team at the FIVB World Championship competed nine times, with their best result at 4th place in 1978. On continental level, The national team won three gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978, 2002 and 2006. And at the Asian Championship, the national team won four gold medals, two of these was at home in 1989 Seoul and 2001 Changwon and the other two are in 1993 and 2003. The national team now ranks 28th in the FIVB World Rankings.
Lee Yong-rae is a South Korean football player who plays as a midfielder for Daegu FC. Although he mainly plays as defensive midfield for both club and the national team, his tactical awareness allows him to operate as a box-to-box midfielder, side midfielder, and full-back in emergencies.
The Cycling Events will be held from 9 December to 14 December 2009 with 8 gold medals up for contention.
Jung Yong-hwa, also known mononymously as Yonghwa, is a South Korean singer, musician and actor. He is the leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band CNBLUE. Jung made his television debut in You're Beautiful (2009), and has since starred in television dramas Heartstrings (2011), Marry Him If You Dare (2013), The Three Musketeers (2014), The Package (2017) and Sell Your Haunted House (2021). On the music front, Jung also made his solo debut with the album One Fine Day in 2015.
The Manhae Prize is a series of awards in the following categories: Peace, Social Service, Academic Excellence, Art, Literature, and Buddhist Missionary Work awarded by The Society for the Promotion and Practice of Manhae's Thoughts in memory of Buddhist reformer and anti-Japanese independence activist Han Yong-un (1879–1944).
Rooftop Prince is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television drama, starring Park Yoo-chun, Han Ji-min, Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Tae-sung, Lee Tae-ri, Jung Suk-won, and Choi Woo-shik. It is about a Joseon crown prince who, after his wife dies mysteriously, time travels to the future where he encounters familiar faces, modern-day devices, and corporate intrigue. The series aired on SBS from March 21 to May 24, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. It is available on Netflix.
Sung-min, also spelled Seong-min, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" and 27 hanja with the reading "min" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Sung-min was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1970, rising to second place in 1980, where it remained in 1990.
Lee Jae-yong, anglicized as Jay Y. Lee, is a South Korean business executive who has been serving as the executive chairman of Samsung Electronics since October 2022. He is the only son of Lee Kun-hee and Hong Ra-hee. As of 17 April 2024, Lee has an estimated net worth of US$11.5 billion, making him the richest person in South Korea.
Lee Yong-woo is a South Korean actor and dancer. He graduated from the Korea National University of Arts with a degree in Dance and joined the modern dance company Laboratory Dance Project in 2001. Lee made his acting debut in 2009 and has since starred in television dramas such as Style and Birdie Buddy. He is also one of the coaches/judges in the reality competition show Dancing 9.
Kang-Yell Choi is a professor of biotechnology at Yonsei University, and has a joint appointment position as a CEO of CK Regeon Inc. in Seoul, Korea. He has been performing researches related to cellular signaling, especially for the Wnt/β-catenin pathway involving various pathophysiologies. Choi has been leading the Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control (TRCP), a Korean government supported drug development institute, as a director for 10 years. Choi has been carrying out R&D to develop agents controlling the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Choi's main interest is development of the agents to treat intractable diseases that suppress tissue regeneration system through overexpression of CXXC5 and subsequent suppression of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling.
My Only Love Song is a 2017 South Korean television series produced by Netflix, starring Lee Jong-hyun and Gong Seung-yeon. It also has elements of fantasy since it involves time travel and a "magical van".
The United Koreans in Japan official football team represents the Korean population living in Japan. The team includes players holding passports from North Korea, South Korea and Japan. The team, run by the United Korean Football Association in Japan (UKFAJ), joined ConIFA in 2015, and played its first matches at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup.