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| Seo Gyeong-seok | |
| Hangul | 서경석 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 徐敬錫 |
| Revised Romanization | Seo Gyeongseok |
| McCune–Reischauer | SŏKyŏngsŏk |
Seo Gyeong-seok (born April 9,1970) is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul,he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event.
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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 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 226 competitors, 154 men and 72 women, took part in 134 events in 24 sports.
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 Korean independence movement was a military and diplomatic campaign to achieve the independence of Korea from Japan. After the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910, Korea's domestic resistance peaked in the March 1st Movement of 1919, which was crushed and sent Korean leaders to flee into China. In China, Korean independence activists built ties with the National Government of the Republic of China which supported the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (KPG), as a government in exile. At the same time, the Korean Liberation Army, which operated under the Chinese National Military Council and then the KPG, led attacks against Japan.
Empress Myeongseong is a 2001 and 2002 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2.
Taejo Wang Geon is a 2000 Korean historical period drama. Directed by Kim Jong-sun and starring Choi Soo-jong in the title role of King Taejo. The drama aired from April 1, 2000 to February 24, 2002 in a total of 200 episodes. In the scene dealing with the end of Gungye, it gained a lot of popularity, recording the highest viewership rating of 60.4% in the metropolitan area.
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 32nd in the FIVB World Rankings and their current head coach is Im Do-heon.
Modern Boy is a 2008 South Korean film about a rich, hedonistic playboy played by Park Hae-il who cannot care less that his country was colonized, and falls head over heels in love with a beautiful independence fighter.
High Kick Through the Roof was a popular South Korean situation comedy revolving around the life of the Lee family.
The Face Reader is a 2013 South Korean film starring Song Kang-ho as the son of a disgraced noble family who goes around Joseon and a gwansang expert. He is able to assess the personality, mental state and habits of a person by looking at his or her face. His talents bring him to the royal courts where he becomes involved in a power struggle between Grand Prince Suyang and general Kim Jong-seo, a high-ranking loyalist to King Munjong. It is the first installment of the Jupiter Film's three-part film project on the Korean fortune-telling traditions and was followed by two sequels, The Princess and the Matchmaker and Feng Shui in 2018.
Kyung-seok, also spelled Kyung-suk or Kyong-sok, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 20 hanja with the reading "seok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Kim Yoon-seo is a South Korean actress.
Hwang Seok-jeong is a South Korean actress. She has mostly played supporting roles in films and television series, notably Secret Love (2013), Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014) and She Was Pretty (2015).
The Good Wife is a South Korean television series starring Jeon Do-yeon, Yoo Ji-tae and Yoon Kye-sang. It is a Korean drama remake of the American television series of the same title which aired on CBS from 2009 to 2016. It replaced Dear My Friends and aired on the cable network tvN every Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) for 16 episodes from July 8 to August 27, 2016.
My Mother Is a Daughter-in-law is a 2015 South Korean morning comedy-drama series broadcast by SBS starring Kim Hye-ri, Shim Yi-young and Kim Jeong-hyeon. The program premiered on June 22, 2015, and ended on December 31, 2015, airing every Monday to Friday at 8:30am for 136 episodes.
On the Way to the Airport is a South Korean television series starring Kim Ha-neul, Lee Sang-yoon, Shin Sung-rok, Choi Yeo-jin, and Jang Hee-jin, about married individuals who meet by fate and become more involved in each other's lives. It aired from September 21 to November 10, 2016 on KBS2's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 KST time slot for 16 episodes.
Miss Lee is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Hye-ri, Kim Sang-kyung, Uhm Hyun-kyung and Cha Seo-won. Created by Studio Dragon and produced by Logos Film, it aired on tvN from September 25 to November 14, 2019.