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50 unusual facts about dong


71: Into the Fire

The film is based on a true story of a group of 71 undertrained and underarmed, outgunned student-soldiers of South Korea during the Korean War, who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, during the Battle of P'ohang-dong.

Anjaw district

The easternmost community in Anjaw is the village of Dong.

Antique Bakery

Directed by Min Kyu-dong, the movie stars (amongst others) Joo Ji Hoon (Goong/Princess Hours and The Devil) as the owner Jin Hyuk and Kim Jae Wook (Coffee Prince) as the genius patissier Son Woo.

Banpo-dong

The area is home of Seorae Village, a small French enclave, with its large concentration of French residents and European-style restaurants, dessert cafes, as well as wineries and cafes stand along its main street.

Bojihwayangdong buralsongseonsaeng

When Heo Mok was ordered to attend the academy of the more senior scholar Song Siyeol at Hwayang-dong, he made the journey and was forced to wait for a long time, only to find the appointment had been cancelled.

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.

According to investigators from the Suseo Police Station, on the night before his death, Cho drank three bottles of soju with his 40-year-old girlfriend, identified only by her surname Park, during which she told him she wanted to end their relationship.

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.

Digital Bounce

On July 20, 2010, Seven held a release party and press conference for Digital Bounce in the Cheongdam-dong area of Seoul, South Korea.

Ding-a-dong

On the night of the Dutch National Song Contest, the song had already been selected to be performed at the ESC, but there were two other singers competing for the honor of performing the song: Albert West and Debbie.

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.

Shin was Associate Organist at Marsh Chapel, Boston University and Interim Director of Music at Jesuit Urban Center, Boston, which is home to the historic 1863 Hook and Hastings Organ.

Dong-jun

Lee Dong-Jun (born 1980), naturalised South Korean basketball player

Dong-Min Lim

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

History of Korea

Jeulmun or Comb-pattern Pottery is found after 7000 BC, and pottery with comb-patterns over the whole vessel is found concentrated at sites in west-central Korea, where a number of settlements such as Amsa-dong existed.

History of Seoul

Prehistoric remains that are unearthed in the Amsa Prehistoric Site (암사선사유적지, Amsa Seonsa Yujeokji), located in Amsa-dong, Gangdong-gu, date back to about 3,000 to 7,000 years ago.

Hwamyeong-dong

Hwamyeong Station lies on the Gyeongbu Line, and is served by several Mugunghwa and Tonggeun trains daily.

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.

Ipbuk-dong

The highest point in the neighbourhood is over 160m above sea level, at the northern end of Chilbosan, where Dangsu-dong meets the city of Ansan to the west.

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.

Jungang-dong

Jungbu-dong, Gyeongju or Jungang-dong, an administrative dong of Gyeongju

Kim Du-han

Kim was the grandfather of South Korean actor Song Il-gook whose mother, Kim Eul-dong, is a politician and the daughter of Kim, who was one year old when he died.

Korea Electric Power Corporation

Currently located in Samseong-dong, Seoul, KEPCO headquarters is scheduled to relocate to the city of Naju in South Jeolla Province in August 2014 as part of a government decentralization program.

Korea University College of Political Science and Economics

The College of Political Science and Economics is located on the western edge of Korea University's main campus in Anam-dong, Seoul.

Lee Chang-dong

Notably, the film's starring role was played by Yoon Jeong-hee, who was returning to the screen after an absence of 16 years.

Lee Eon

He had been riding home from a party celebrating the last airing of Strongest Chil Woo, when his motorcycle hit the guardrail of an overpass in Hannam-dong, Seoul, at around 2 am.

Lee Eun-sung

She married rocker Seo Taiji on June 26, 2013, at Seo's newly built home in affluent Pyeongchang-dong in northern Seoul, with only family members present.

Lee Tae-Ho

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

Lee Wan

Lee enlist for mandatory military service on 12 July 2010, at the Nonsan military training camp for five weeks of basic training followed by active-duty soldier, for 21 months, with the Defense Media Agency of the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

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.

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.

Myeongdong Cathedral has been a frequent spot for many of these demonstrations and still is to this day.

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.

Okpo-dong

There are also Indian, Pakistani, Vietnamese and Turkish restaurants, and local franchises such as a 'Dunkin' Donuts', 'Quiznos', 'Baskin-Robbins' and 'Lotteria' (Korean fast food burger chain).

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.

Peace Village

Kijong-dong, sometimes romanized as Gijeong-dong, a village in Panmun-gun, North Korea.

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.

Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh

In 1851, she led an all-female army consisting of 6,000 warriors against the Egba fortress of Abeokuta.

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.

Suyu

Suyu-dong, a dong, neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea

Tongnip Sinmun

He rented a government-owned building in the Jung-dong district of Seoul, launched the Tongnip Sinmun newspaper company, and published its first edition in April 1896.

Uhm Bok-dong

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

Woo Seung-yeon

On 28 April 2009, Woo was found hanged at her home in Jamsil-dong, Seoul, in an apparent suicide.

Yeoksam-dong

AMI Korea, a subsidiary of American Megatrends, is headquartered on the third floor of 773-6 Yeoksam-dong.

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.

Yoo Yeon-seok

In his junior year in high school he decided to take up acting, so he followed his brother, who was studying another year to enter university, to Seoul and they lived together near the district of Samseong-dong.

Yu-ri Kim

On April 18, 2011, she was found dead at age 22 in her apartment in Samseong-dong, Seoul.


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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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/).