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Hwang Min-hyun (황민현)

Hwang Min-hyun (황민현), born 1995 in Busan, is a South Korean singer-actor: NU'EST member from 2012, Wanna One via Produce 101 season 2, solo debut with the 2023 EP Truth or Lie, and lead roles in Alchemy of Souls and Study Group.

Hwang Sa-yeong

Hwang Sa-yeong (황사영, 1775–1801) was a Korean Catholic layman executed for treason in 1801 after writing a silk letter appealing to the West for the persecuted church.

Hwang Sa-yeong's White Paper Incident

Hwang Sa-yeong's White Paper Incident (황사영 백서사건) was the 1801 interception of a secret silk letter asking the West to end Korea's Catholic persecution; Hwang was executed.

Hwang So-yoon (황소윤)

Hwang So-yoon (황소윤), also So!YoON!, born 1997, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist, leader of indie band SE SO NEON and solo artist behind Smoke Sprite with RM and the 2025 album NOW.

Hwang Sok-yong

Hwang Sok-yong (황석영, born 1943) is a South Korean novelist, a leading realist writer whose fiction traces workers, migrants, and political dissidents through modern Korean history.

Hwang Ui-jo (황의조)

Hwang Ui-jo (황의조), South Korean footballer born 1992 in Seongnam; forward/attacking midfielder for Alanyaspor, formerly Seongnam, Gamba Osaka, Bordeaux, Nottingham Forest; 62 South Korea caps, 2018 Asian Games gold, 2022 World Cup squad.

Hwang Woo-suk (황우석)

Hwang Woo-suk (황우석), South Korean veterinary scientist at Seoul National University whose 2004 and 2005 Science papers claiming cloned human embryonic stem cell lines were found fabricated; his dog clone Snuppy was verified genuine.

Hwang Yeong Jo

Hwang Yeong Jo (황영조, Hwang Young-cho), born 1970, South Korean marathon runner who won the 1992 Barcelona Olympic marathon in 2:13:23, Korea's first athletics medal, and set Korean records of 2:08:47 and 2:08:09.

Hwangbo In

Hwangbo In (황보인, 1387–1453) was a civil official of early Joseon Korea who served as Left and Chief State Councillor and was killed in the 1453 Gyeyu Jeongnan coup.

Hwange National Park

Hwange National Park (formerly Wankie), Zimbabwe's largest park at 14,650 km² in the northwest, holds about 45,000 elephants and depends on over 100 solar-powered boreholes for dry-season water.

Oct 15, 2026

Hwange power station

Hwange Power Station, also called Hwange Thermal Power Station, is a coal-fired plant in northwestern Zimbabwe operated by the Zimbabwe Power Company, expanded to 1,520MW in 2023.

Oct 15, 2026

Hwange, Zimbabwe

Hwange, formerly Wankie, is a coal-mining town in north-western Zimbabwe built around the colliery that has worked the Hwange coalfield since 1902, and the site of the country's largest power station.

Hwanghae-bukto

Hwanghae-bukto (황해북도, North Hwanghae Province) is a southwestern province of North Korea, created in 1954 from Hwanghae-do, with its seat at Sariwon, an economy based on metal industry and mining, and low rankings on child wellbeing and climate resilience.

Hwanghae-namdo

Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae Province, 황해남도) is a North Korean province created in 1954 from southern Hwanghae, capital Haeju, area 8,450.3 km², population about 2.29 million (2008), and the country's leading rice-producing grain belt.

Hwangjoga

Hwangjoga (황조가) is an ancient Korean song attributed to King Yuri of Goguryeo, preserved in Chinese translation in the Samguk Sagi and dated to 17 BC.

Hwangnyongsa

Hwangnyongsa (황룡사) was the largest Buddhist temple of Korea's Silla kingdom, founded in Gyeongju in 553 as the state temple and burned by Mongol forces in 1238.

Hwangok

Hwangok (환곡) was the grain loan system of Joseon Korea, in which the government lent grain to farmers in spring and collected it with interest after the autumn harvest.

Hwangseong Sinmun

Hwangseong Sinmun (황성신문, 皇城新聞, "Capital Gazette") was a nationalist Korean-language daily newspaper of the Korean Empire, published in Seoul from 1898 until Japan's 1910 annexation of Korea.

Hwangtosgil Folk Village

Hwangtosgil Folk Village (황톳길민속촌) is a small theme park and tourist attraction in Uichang-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea, near Myeonggok Girls' Middle School and Changwon Civic Stadium.

Hwanung

Hwanung (환웅, 桓雄) is the divine figure of the Gojoseon founding myth who descended from heaven to Mt. Taebaek and fathered Dangun, Korea's legendary founder.

Hwarang (화랑)

Hwarang (화랑, 花郎), or Hwarangdo, was Silla's state-sponsored youth organization for training aristocratic young men in martial arts, ethics, music, and Maitreya Buddhist devotion, founded under King Jinheung; distinct from the disputed Hwarang segi manuscript.

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (화랑) is a 2016-2017 KBS2 Korean drama, 20 pre-produced episodes set in Silla, starring Park Seo-jun, Go Ara, Park Hyung-sik, Minho, and BTS's V, inspired by the historical hwarang youth institution.

Hwasa (안혜진)

Hwasa (화사), born Ahn Hye-jin (안혜진) 1995, Jeonju, is a South Korean singer in Mamamoo and a soloist ('Twit', Maria) who moved from RBW to P Nation in 2023.

Oct 15, 2026

Hwaseong (Samsung campus)

Hwaseong is Samsung Electronics' semiconductor manufacturing and research campus in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, home to the S3 and V1 foundry lines and producing DRAM, NAND flash, and advanced EUV chips.

Oct 20, 2026

Hwaseong Fortress

Hwaseong Fortress (華城), Suwon's Joseon-dynasty walled fortress built 1794-1796 by King Jeongjo for his father Crown Prince Sado's tomb; 5.74 km walls, 48 structures, UNESCO World Heritage since 1997.

Hwaseong, Gyeonggi

Hwaseong (화성특례시, Hwaseong Special City) is a special city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, promoted January 1, 2025 as Korea's fifth special city; population over 1.07 million, four districts since 2026, semiconductor-driven economy with Samsung Electronics.