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Cheong Chi-yong

While studying at Whimoon High School, he published the literary magazine Bulletin (Yoram) with contemporaries like Park Palyang.


A Dream of Good Fortune

"A Dream of Good Fortune" (돼지 꿈) was written by Korean author Hwang Sok-yong (황석영) and originally published in Sedae magazine in 1973 (Pihl, B. Fulton, and J. Fulton 102).

Akdong Musician

After nine months of winning K-pop Star 2, SBS Variety Department’s Nam Seung Yong CP revealed to Star News on January 7 that Akdong Musician will make their long awaited debut through SBS's Good Sunday TV program K-pop Star 3 by the end of February.

An Yong-bok

The An Yong-bok incident occurred in the spring of 1693 when Korean fishermen from Busan and Ulsan clashed with other fisherman from Otani and Murakawa at Ulleung-do.

Battle of Mount Qi

To supply the defensive forces, Wei's Yong Province Governor, Guo Huai, asserted his influence upon local nomadic tribes and received plenty of food from them.

Beongeoli Sam-ryong

In 1964 Shin Sang-ok directed Deaf Sam-yong, a remake of Beongeoli Sam-ryong which won the Grand Bell (Daejong) Award in 1965 for Best Picture.

Bisu

Kim Taek-Yong or Bisu (born 1989), professional StarCraft player from South Korea

Chen Dao

As a captain of the imperial guards, Chen Dao assisted Liu Bei's escape to Baidicheng (former name of Yong'an) after the disastrous Battle of Xiaoting.

Choi Yong-Soo

In Australia and Pakistan, Yong-Soo is known as "Younis Choi", given to him in recognition of his low, swerving shots on goal - much like the signature delivery bowled by Pakistani cricketer Waqar Younis.

Daniel Zaragoza

He successfully defended his title four times, which included wins over future champion Valerio Nati, Paul Banke (16-3-0), Frankie Duarte (47-7-1), and former champion Chan-Yong Park.

Dave Teo

The last time such an incident occurred was on 6 August 1984, when Teo Yong Kuan from the 30th Singapore Combat Engineering Battalion in Khatib Camp was involved in stealing an AR-15 and 30 live rounds.

Eul-Yong Ta

Eul-Yong Ta influenced new terms such as Eul-Yong Chook and "Zidane-Ta" in South Korea when Zidane headbutted Marco Materazzi during the final round of the 2006 World Cup.

Fo Shou tea

Fo Shou (佛手; pinyin: fó shǒu; literally "Buddha's hand") is a Yongchun (永春; pinyin: Yǒng Chūn) and Wuyi Oolong tea with a light and somewhat peculiar taste.

Francis Hong Yong-ho

The Pontifical Yearbook continues to describe as "missing" the man who was the bishop of Pyong-yang at the time, Monsignor Francis Hong Yong-ho, who today would be a hundred years old.

Francis Hong Yong-ho (Korean: 홍용호 프란치스코, 洪龍浩 프란치스코) (born 12 October 1906 – death unknown, but acknowledged in June 2013) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was imprisoned by the communist regime of Kim Il-sung in 1949 and later disappeared.

Ha Dae-Sung

Soon, along with teammates Lee Keun-Ho and Kim Seung-Yong, Ha formed the famous Bupyeong Trio, helping his school win three national competitions.

High Kick!

She asked for a divorce from Min-yong, wishing to study abroad in Moscow, but came back to Korea in short time.

Hwang Sok-yong

The novel is still topical today after Kim Dae-jung’s visit to North Korea and meeting with Kim Jong-il led to reunion programs for separated families, and talk of reunification.

The English-language edition, called The Old Garden, was published in September 2009 by Seven Stories Press, and was published subsequently in England by Picador Asia under the title The Ancient Garden.

Impatiens namchabarwensis

This new species was discovered in the Namcha Barwa canyon in Tibet in the summer of 2003 by Yuan Yong-Ming and Ge Xue-Jun.

Jae-yong

Kwak Jae-yong (born 1959), South Korean director and screenwriter

Jang Hoon

In 2012 Jang, Kang Hyeong-cheol and E J-yong made short films for Samsung Galaxy Note's ambitious PPL-film project Cine Note starring Ha Jung-woo.

Jeffrey Yong

Jeffrey Yong (born November 29, 1958) is a Malaysian Luthier best known for his use of local Malaysian wood, such as Monkeypod, Rengas and Malaysian Blackwood.

Jeong Yak-yong

His eldest brother Yak-hyeon (若鉉, 1751–1821) was the son of a first wife, while Jeong Yak-jong (若鍾, 1760–1801), Yak-jeon (若銓, 1758–1816), and Yak-yong were the sons of their father’s second wife, Suk-in (淑人, 1730–1770) from the Haenam Yun 尹 family.

The new king, King Sunjo, was still only a child of 11 and power fell into the hands of the widow of King Yeongjo, often known as Queen Dowager Kim or Queen Jeongsun.

Dasan’s older brother, Jeong Yak-jong (Augustinus) was the leader of the first Catholic community and one of the first victims of the purge launched against Southerners, but especially against Catholics, in 1801, after the sudden death of King Jeongjo.

Jin Kab-yong

In February 1993, while attending Busan High School in Busan, South Korea, Jin was selected for the South Korea national baseball team as a high schooler to compete in the 17th Asian Baseball Championship in Perth, Australia.

Jin received a military exemption for winning the gold medal, along with the fellow gold medalists Park Chan-Ho, Seo Jae-Weong and Kim Byung-Hyun.

Julian Tan Kok Ping

He is the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Stampin constituency in Sarawak, representing the Democratic Action Party (DAP) after winning the seat for the opposition party for the first time after the Malaysian general election, 2013, wresting the seat from long time MP Datuk Yong Khoon Seng.

Kim Jin-Yong

So Gyeongnam FC board made a decision to blank his back number for 2009 season.

In 2008 season, he finally came back in the pitch and showed good plays for Gyeongnam FC Fans.

Kim Yong-Dae

Despite not playing for South Korea since 2008, he is considered one of South Korea's best goalkeepers even to the point where he has been nicknamed by fans as "Yong Der Sar" in reference to former Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar of Manchester United and the Netherlands.

Konstantinos Kypriotis

In the same year, he was awarded with the title of Master - 4th Dan in Tang Soo Do by Yi Sang Yong, a 7th Dan Korean Instructor.

Kwa Geok Choo

She had three sisters, Mrs Cheah, who was a teacher at Methodist Girls School; Mrs. Yong Nyuk Lin (wife of retired cabinet minister Yong Nyuk Lin); and the late Mrs. Earnest Lau, who was also for a time a teacher at Methodist Girls School.

Lee Myong-Seung

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Lee qualified for the second time in the men's marathon, along with his teammates Kim Yi-Yong and Lee Bong-Ju.

Manglietia

Manglietia sapaensis, Vũ Quang Nam & Xia Nian-He & Sima Yong-kang in 2010 (in Hoàng Liên National Park, Sa Pa District, Lào Cai Province, Vietnam).

Ngeh Koo Ham

In one of his more famous cases during his legal career, Ngeh Koo Ham represented Sitiawan businessman Yong Kon Fatt, who was sued by Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) in January 2005 for refusing to pay RM1,074 for sewerage services purportedly provided to his house at Taman Samudera in Lumut.

Qi County, Kaifeng

Cai Wenji (177--?), poet and composer of Han Dynasty, Cai Yong's daughter.

Roberto Yong

Roberto Yong, aka "The Young One", aka "Exile", is an American streetball player from Sacramento, California.

Shi Yong

During the Fang La campaign, Shi Yong is assigned to attack the enemy city of Shezhou (present-day She County, Anhui).

Silk Street

Beijing Subway: Yong'anli Station on Line 1 has direct tunnel to the basement of Silk Street via Exit A.

Su Sen-yong

He was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and spent his adolescent years in the city of Zhangzhou, Fujian, where he attended the Longxi middle and high schools.

Tang poetry

The "Fields and Gardens Poets Group" (田园诗派) include Meng Haoran (孟浩然, 689 or 691-740), the famous poet and painter Wang Wei (王维, 701-761), Chu Guangxi, (儲光羲, 707-760), Chang Jian (常建), Zu Yong (祖咏), Pei Di (裴迪), Qiwu Qian (綦毋潜), Qiu Wei (丘为), and others.

Yang Yong

After defeating the general Yuchi Jiong, who rose against him, he had Yang Yong created the Duke of Changning and the commandant of Luoyang, with authority over all of the old territory of Northern Qi (which Emperor Xuan's father Emperor Wu destroyed in 577.

Yao Chong

He soon frequently clashed with his aunt Princess Taiping, however, on matters of politics, and Princess Taiping tried to spread the sentiment that Li Longji should not be crown prince, and that his older brother Li Chengqi the Prince of Song, who was born of Empress Liu, or his cousin Li Shouli the Prince of Yong (the son of Emperor Ruizong's older brother Li Xian (note different character than Emperor Zhongzong)) should be crown prince.

Yong Pung How

That same year, Yong was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation.

Yong Vui Kong v. Public Prosecutor

Following this case, the appellant Yong Vui Kong unsuccessfully challenged the process by which the President grants clemency to convicted persons on the advice of the Cabinet.

YongSeo

The husband is singer and actor Jung Yong Hwa (also written as Yonghwa, Yong-hwa, or Yong-Hwa), and the wife is singer Seohyun (also written as Seo Hyun, Seo Joo-hyun, or Seo Joo-Hyun).

Yuan Yong

Emperor Xianwen yielded the throne to Tuoba Yong's oldest brother, Emperor Xiaowen, in 471, and died subsequently in 476, probably murdered by Tuoba Yong's stepgrandmother, Empress Dowager Feng, who then proceeded to assume regency over Emperor Xiaowen.


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