Korean Job Discussion Forums

YiSunSin · Joined: 08 Jun 2003

I'm down with Yi Sun Sin.

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

YiSunSin · Joined: 08 Jun 2003

I bought his memoirs from Yonsei University. I will make a movie about him one day. Is there an old movie about his life?

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

gypsyfish · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Won Hyo, a Buddhist monk who like to travel and father kids.

Hyalucent · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: British North America

Since 10,000 Won is the highest denomination of currency, I'll have to vote for King Sejung. Very Happy

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

He's not Korean, but he's an important figure in Korean history. I'll have to go with Henrik Hamel, the Dutch seaman who was shipwrecked and held captive in Korea for 12 years. If I were Catholic, I'd say he should be named the patron saint of waygooks in Korea.

Joe Thanks · Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: Dudleyville

Any Korean that dates or marries people of other races and nationalities.

That young guy who - after being battered beyond belief - helped survivors in that Pusan Air China crash a few years back.

Jeon Tae-il.

There is a film about him. Its English title is A SINGLE SPARK.

Young guy gave his life for human rights. Many Koreans get uncomfortable when you mention his name.

I'd add the 150 young boys and girls slaughtered by Rhee Seong-meon's goons on Cheju-do, and all who died during the Kwangju massacre.

They were real heroes that Korean history books refuse to talk about.

Cheers,

Joe

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Mashimaro · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: location, location

I'd have to say Baek Ji Young

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

masuro · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:18 pm Post subject:

I'd have to say Kim Suro of Kaya. It's not that he did anything special but I like the story of his life as found in the Samgukyusa. He married an Indian princess named Heo Hwang-ok and is (probably) the first recorded international marriage in Korea. My favourite part is when the princess is walking up to the king's tents and stops to offer her underwear to the Mountain Spirit. But then I'm a bit of a perv. Smile

Suro and Hwang-ok also spent a number of nights in the king's tent before getting married and entering the castle. Shocking stuff, no?
The next time someone tells you how pure the Korean race is (I find most sensible educated people don't subscribe to that idea) just remind them that the second generation of Kims were half Indian. That'll learn 'em.

helly · Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Location: WORLDWIDE

This crazy little man who sells pottery in my old neigborhood. Always singing to himself, smiling and dusting things with a feather brush. He must be 200 years old.

Kyrei · Joined: 22 Jan 2003

I am most interested in Wang Geun, the man who took the "Unified" Shilla kingdoms and forged the "Goryeo" dynasty out of it in the early 900s - coincidentally about the same time Charlemagne was doing the same sort of thing with the French. Interesting how history spawns similar types of characters at similar times in vastly different parts of the world.

Kyrei

Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

I'd have to go with Kim Sun-myung the worlds longest serving political prisoner who was behind bars from 1951 to 1995 for trying to keep his freedom of conscience. Kim and other like minded inmates maintained their own little North Korea in the prison, calling each other "comrade" and comunicating their emotions by tapping morse code on the walls. Their lives were not much different from the lives of other convicts until Park Chung-hee decided to compel them to write letters renouncing communism.