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Uhm Bok-dong

Uhm Bok-dong (1892-1951) was a Korean cyclist active during the Japanese colonial era.


71: Into the Fire

For 11 hours, they defended P'ohang-dong girls' middle school, a strategic point for safeguarding the Nakdong River, from an attack by overwhelming North Korean forces, the 766th Unit.

A Season of Good Rain

Timely like the spring rain, so has he come back into my life... Dong-ha is a thirty-something Korean man on a business trip to Chengdu, China where his company is carrying out construction projects to rebuild the city after the earthquake of 2008.

Asphalt Man

His younger brother Dong-seok (Jung Woo-sung) hates their father, and leaves the country to become a car racer in the United States.

Ban Pong

Ban Pong, tambon of Hang Dong District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Bundang-gu

Bundang is home to many Koreans who lived overseas and the European-styled cafe streets serving brunch and pastas in Pangyo Avenue France, Baekhyeon-dong and Jeongja-dong reflect their culture.

Business cluster

In the late 1990s, the Seoul Metropolitan Government in South Korea developed the Digital Media City (DMC), a 135 acre complex, four miles outside of the city's central business district in the Sangam-dong district.

Cho Sung-min

On January 6, 2013, Cho's body was discovered by his girlfriend, hanged in the bathroom of her apartment in Dogok-dong, southern Seoul, at around 5:26 a.m.

Didier Ibrahim N'Dong

Born in Lambaréné, Gabon, Didier Ibrahim moved to Tunisia, where he made his professional debut playing for CS Sfaxien during the 2011–12 CLP-1 season.

Do Ji-won

Aside from the occasional leading role in series such as Our Happy Ending (2008), Do has remained active on television mostly in supporting roles, notably as Ahn Nae-sang's estranged wife in Three Brothers (2009), and as Ji Chang-wook's mentally challenged mother in Smile Again (also known as Smile, Dong-hae, 2010).

Dong people

Best Weather Day - Jiang Yingfang, the "Robin Hood" of the Dong people who led a rebellion in the 1800s, is celebrated on this day.

Dong Zhuo

After his subordinates, Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen, and Lu Bu, were defeated by Sun Jian at Yangren, Dong Zhuo sent an eloquent Li Jue to propose a marriage between Sun's son and Dong's daughter, the lobbyist promised Sun Jian that the country could be split between the two families.

Dong-ill Shin

Later at Yonsei University in Seoul he studied with Dr. Tong-soon Kwak and completed his Bachelor of Music degree in 1997.

Donghua Li

Donghua Li (Chinese: 李东华, Pinyin: Lǐ Dōng Huá, born December 10, 1967 in Chengdu, China) is a Swiss gymnast from China.

Đông Sơn drums

It is classified into the bigger and heavier Yue drums including the Dong Son drums, and the Dian drums, into 8 subtypes, purported to be invented by Ma Yuan and Zhuge Liang.

Gachongil College

The campus is located in Ganseok-dong, Namdong-gu, not far from Sinyeonsu Station on the Incheon Subway.

Gongyang Zhuan

Later, Dong Zhongshu authored Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, Interactions Between Heaven and Mankind and Strange Calamities of Yin and Yang, in which he popularized his mysticism interpretation of Gongyang Zhuan.

Gyeongju Folk Craft Village

The Gyeongju Folk Craft Village is a village at the foothills of Toman mountain, in the neighborhood of Ha-dong, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea.

Hwasong-5

This process was accompanied by the construction of a missile-building infrastructure, of which the main elements were the 125 factory at Pyongyang, a research and development institute at Sanum-dong and the Musudan-ri Launch Facility.

Insa-dong

Among the historically significant buildings located in the area are Unhyeongung mansion, Jogyesa - one of the most significant Korean Buddhist temples, and one of Korea's oldest Presbyterian churches.

Jangan-gu

With Korean food widespread across the district, there is also Vietnamese food available by North Suwon Homeplus, Datzzang Japanese donkas by Manseok Park, Chinese lamb skewers by Sungkyunkwan University, and Pizza Hut by Cheoncheon-dong's Lotte Mart.

Jenjarom

Jenjarom has a significant Chinese (Hokkien) population, and the village is the site of the Dong Zen Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple and Institute in Sungai Jarom.

Jeong Da-bin

On February 10, 2007, Jeong was found hanged with a bath towel in the bathroom of her boyfriend's house in Samseong-dong, Gangnam District, southern Seoul.

Jokbal

The area of Seoul Subway Line 3 Dongguk University Station are Jangchung-dong in Seoul, South Korea is known for its numerous jokbal restaurants.

Kam–Sui languages

Nearly all speakers of Kam–Sui languages originate in the Qiandongnan (Dong) and Qiannan (Sui, Then, Mak, Ai-Cham) Prefectures of Guizhou, as well as the prefecture-level cities of Hechi (Mulam and Maonan) and Guilin (Chadong) in northern Guangxi.

Kim Dong-Sung

" Kim Dong-Sung revealed on an episode(June 6, 2012)of the South Korean TV talk show Golden Fishery that he never said such things to Apolo Anton Ohno.

Kumho

Geumho Station, Seoul Metro station in Geumho-dong, Seungdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Lee Tae-Ho

Currently, he is managing Dong-eui University in Busan and Chinese Taipei national team.

Lee Yong-Chan

On September 6, 2010, Lee was arrested in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul on drunk driving charges after the police caught him in hit-and-run crash.

Long Dong Silver

He received new fame in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate in 1991, as Anita Hill alleged that Thomas had mentioned to her that he was a viewer of Long Dong Silver's films.

Myeong-dong

Major insurance, securities, financial services companies, and investment firms with headquarters in Myeongdong include Citibank, SK Corporation, Kookmin Bank, Korea Exchange Bank, Lone Star Funds, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, AIG Korea Insurance, Hana Bank, and HSBC.

Myeongil-dong

Currently, Myeongil-dong is well known for the location of Myungsung Presbyterian Church, E-mart Myeongil branch, Home plus Gangdong branch and neighborhood of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School.

Notsensibles

In 2013, after Baroness Thatcher's death, "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher" received additional publicity when there was an online campaign to boost the record's re-entry into the charts as a download, to counter the promotion of the song "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" by anti-Thatcher activists.

One Crazy Ride

The bikers chronicle their attempt to travel from Tawang in west Arunachal to Dong in the east without entering the state of Assam.

Phrom Phiram District

They found remains of the city wall, Chedi basements and Sukhothai Celadon on the way of Phra Ruang road from Sukhothai in Tambon Si Phirom and Dong Prakham.

Ruth Duccini

When Margaret Thatcher died, those who had disliked the former British Prime Minister for so many years tried to propel "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" on the radio charts to celebrate her death.

Sejong University

Yu Ha, film director, screenwriter and poet, English major; was nominated for Korea's premier film awards for directing/screenwriting several times; his film credits include: "A Day of Poet Goobo" (1990), "We Must Go to Apgujeong-dong on Windy Days" (1993), "Marriage Is a Crazy Thing" (2002), "Once Upon a Time in High School" (2004), "A Dirty Carnival" (2006), "A Frozen Flower" (2008) and "Howling." (2011; TBA)

Shin Dong-hyuk

Shin Dong-hyuk was born in Kaechon internment camp ("Camp #14"), a slave labor camp where prisoners usually stay for life and die by age 45.

Silmido

On 1968, January 21, North Korea’s guerrillas infiltrated the border and reached till Segumjunggogae (Sinyeong-dong, Jongno-gu) of Seoul to attack the Blue House to assassinate the President Park Chung-hee.

Sinchon-dong

Sinchon is also one of the major entertainment districts with bars, karaoke rooms, PC-rooms, DVD rooms, Korean billiards halls and restaurants lining the streets covered in neon lights at night.

Sohn Kee-chung

When the Dong-a Ilbo, published a photograph of Sohn at the medal ceremony it altered the image to remove the Japanese flag from his running tunic.

Son Dong-woon

Dong Woon attended High School Hanyoung and currently attends Konkuk University majoring in image and film.

That Happy Feeling

The song was composed by Ghanaian musician Guy Warren in 1956 under the original title "An African's Prayer (Eyi Wala Dong)".

The Berlin File

Confronting the possibility of a double agent within Berlin's North Korean embassy where his wife Ryun Jung-hee (Jeon Ji-hyun) is a translator, Pyo discovers that Pyongyang security authorities have dispatched ruthless fixer Dong Myung-soo (Ryoo Seung-bum) to sort out potentially conflicting loyalties at the consulate.

Tong Li Publishing

(Chinese: 東立出版社, Hanyu Pinyin: Dōng Lì Chūbǎnshè), most known as Tong Li Comics, is a publishing company which distributes a variety of domestic and imported comics in Taiwan.

Transcription into Japanese

For example, the dish 東坡肉 "Dongpo pork", in pinyin dōngpōròu (dōng·pō·ròu), is represented in Japanese as ドンポーロウ donpōrou, or more commonly トンポーロウ tonpōrou. Note that in Chinese pinyin ō represents a high tone, while in Japanese ō represents a long vowel, and /d/ is pronounced differently (Chinese /d/ is similar to Japanese or English /t/).

Yi Chong-jun

Secret Sunshine, directed by Lee Chang-dong (2007), was using the plot provided by the short story A Story of a Worm.


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