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unusual facts about Kim Young-sik


Bae Eun-sik

A fellow Kim impersonator, Kim Young-sik, called himself a "rising star" in contrast to the "falling star" of Bae.


Baek Yoon-sik

Playing an arrogant company executive—believed by the film's hero to be an alien from Andromeda Galaxy—Baek's performance won him a Best Actor Award from the 2003 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, as well as numerous best supporting actor mentions from local awards ceremonies.

Beris Dam

Located within Sik district in Kedah, the dam is a concrete-faced rockfill dam located in a narrow valley along Beris River, 1.6km upstream from the river's confluence with Muda River.

Che Uda Che Nik

Che Uda was elected to the Sik seat in the 2008 election with a 50 vote margin, defeating incumbent Othman Desa of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.

Cho Man-sik

On 3 November 1945, Cho also established his own political party: The Democratic Party of Korea.

Colour Blossoms

Colour Blossoms (桃色, Toh sik) is a 2004 Hong Kong art film written and directed by Yonfan, and the third in an informal trilogy of films inspired by Tang Xianzu's The Peony Pavilion.

Dong-Min Lim

At that time, Lim got a message of congratulations by Kim Young-sam, the president of Korea at that moment.

Gary Gach

2005: (Co-translator with Brother Anthony Of Taizé and Kim Young-moo) Ten Thousand Lives by Ko Un, introduction by Robert Hass, (Green Integer: Los Angeles) ISBN 1-933382-06-6

Gyeongsang

The region also has a significant role in modern Korean history, since a half of previous South Korean presidents, (Park Chung-hee, Roh Tae-woo, Chun Doo-hwan, Kim Young-sam, Roh Moo-hyun and Park Geun-hye) were born in the Gyeongsang region.

Gyeongsang dialect

From the Park Chung-hee to the Kim Young-sam governments (1961–1997), the Gyeongsang dialect had greater prominence in the Korean media than other dialects as all of the presidents (except Choi Kyu-hah) were natives of Gyeongsang province.

However, former president Kim Young-sam was criticised (when he was in office) for failing to pronounce precisely when giving a public speech.

Kim In-Sik

He was the manage of the Dongguk University baseball team from 1982-1985.

Kim Kyok-sik

Kim was then appointed commander of the 4th Army Corps and is widely believed to have commanded the November 2009 drills near the Northern Limit Line and the November 2010 shelling of Yeonpyeongdo.

He received command of the 2nd Army Corps in October 1994 and held it until April 2007, when he was appointed Chief of the General Staff replacing Kim Yong-chun, who had been appointed defence minister.

Kim Kyu-sik

Kimm was favored by the American occupation leader John R. Hodge, who saw him and Lyuh Woon-Hyung as moderate leaders on the right and left, respectively.

Kim Yong-Sik

The expansion of Japanese offensives during the Pacific War in 1942 led to the cessation of sporting competitions in the country and Kim's spell at Pyeongyang FC came to an end.

Kim's performance, attendance and behaviour slipped to the point he was expelled from the school, so he began attending a YMCA school where he was able to continue playing the game.

Despite performing well for his side, they lost out 0-1 in the final to the Soongsil University team.

During the war he was involved in several military sides, founding the Army Reserve Academy FC side as player-coach in 1950, and then joining the Republic of Korea Air Force FC in mid-1951.

Kim Young-Chul

Since moving to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma from Konkuk University, he has remained loyal to the Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, except for spells with Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo and Icheon Sangmu during his mandatory two-year period of military service.

Kim Young-Gwon

Kim played for South Korea national under-20 football team, South Korea Universiade team and South Korea national futsal team when he studied at Jeonju University.

Kim Young-ha

Kim, after graduating from Yonsei University in 1993, began his military service as an assistant detective at the military police 51st Infantry Division near Suwon.

Kim is also a successful screenwriter and along with John H. Lee won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2005 Grand Bell Awards for the script of A Moment to Remember.

Kim Young-kwang

Kim has walked the runways of numerous world-renowned designers including Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Etro and became the first Asian model to walk Dior Homme's show.

Kim Young-oh

Kim is responsible for creating the Banya stories of Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man (폭주배달부 반야, Pok Ju Baedal Bu Banya) of which there are five volumes.

Originally highly successful in South Korea, they tell of the adventures of Banya, a speedy, wild and savvy teen-age hero working for the Gaya Desert Post Office with its motto "Fast. Precise. Secure." with all the romance of the unstoppable Pony Express of the American wild west.

Koryo Hotel

For a time after 1946 the leader of North Korea's Democratic Party Cho Man-sik was kept under house arrest in the older Koryo Hotel.

Lee Hyun-woo

Other great veteran actors that will also participate in the filming of The Technicians include Kim Young-Chul, Go Chang-seok, Jo Dal-Hwan, Shin Goo, Im Joo-hwan and Jeong Man-Sik.

Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies

The International Advisory Board is composed of José E. Alvarez, André Bergen, Bernard Bot, Günter Burghardt, Luc Cortebeeck, Herman Daems, Bert De Graeve, Jan Egeland, Gareth Evans, Mark Eyskens, Jan Grauls, Beate Kohler Koch, Thomas Leysen, Edward Luck, Juan Méndez, Woo-Sik Moon, Hugo Paemen, Yasmin Sooka, Strobe Talbott, Frans van Daele, Walter van Gerven, Youquiang Wang, Thomas Weiss.

Nadir Belhadj

Belhadj scored the decisive penalty after the game had finished 2–2 in regulation time, holding his nerve to beat Kim Min-Sik.

Song Kwang-sik

In 2001, Kwang-sik provided music for several studio albums including Surprise by S.E.S, Polaris by Kangta, Dana: First Album by Dana, and Alone by Moon Hee-joon.

In 1999, he helped in house sessions and album productions for the popular idol groups H.O.T and S.E.S.

South Korean presidential election, 1992

On 22 January 1990, two opposition leaders Kim Young-Sam and Kim Jong-Pil led their parties merged into the ruling party Democratic Justice Party, formed as Democratic Liberal Party, led by President Roh Tae-woo.

Tim Howes

In 1999, shortly after AOL acquired Netscape, Howes left AOL to co-found Loudcloud with Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and In Sik Rhee.

Toma Sik

The International Institute of Social History keeps a vast collection of papers from Toma Sik in several languages, such as Hebrew, Hungarian, and English.

When Taekwondo Strikes

The film features experienced and well known martial arts actors such as Angela Mao, Jhoon Rhee, the father of American Taekwondo, Wong In Sik (Ing-Sik Whang), Carter Wong, Kenji Kazama, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen and Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan.

Yoo Byung-Soo

In his debut season in K-League, was is widely regarded as one of the best candidates for the Rookie of the Season award but eventually Gangwon FC's forward Kim Young-Hoo grabbed the award.

Young-ja

Kim Young-Ja (born 1949), South Korean former volleyball player


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