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Seona Dancing
Seona Dancing: English new wave duo (1982–1984) of Ricky Gervais and Bill Macrae; two failed 1983 London Records singles, yet 'More to Lose' became a radio anthem in the Philippines.
Seong Chunhyang (성춘향)
Seong Chunhyang (성춘향) is Shin Sang-ok's 1961 Korean color CinemaScope film adapted from Chunhyangjeon, starring Choi Eun-hee; it beat Hong Seong-gi's rival version, set a 380,000-admission record, and was Korea's first postwar film exported to Japan.
Seong Gi-hun (성기훈)
Seong Gi-hun (성기훈) is the main protagonist of the South Korean survival drama Squid Game. He is played by Lee Jung-jae and wins the 45.6 billion won prize.
Seong Gyeong-Hwa
Seong Gyeong-Hwa (성경화, Sung Kyung-Hwa), born 1965, South Korean women's handball player; silver at the 1984 Olympics and gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics for Republic of Korea.
Seong Hon
Seong Hon (성혼, 1535–1598), pen name Ugye, was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar and official who synthesized the philosophies of Yi Hwang and Yi I in mid-Joseon.
Seong of Baekje
Seong of Baekje (성왕, 聖王) was the 26th king of Baekje from 523 to 554, who moved the capital to Sabi and renamed the state Nambuyeo.
Seong Sam-mun
Seong Sam-mun (성삼문, 1418–1456) was a Joseon scholar who helped create the Korean alphabet and was executed in 1456 as one of the Six Martyred Ministers.
Seong-Jin Cho (조성진)
Seong-Jin Cho (조성진), South Korean classical pianist born 1994 in Seoul; 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition winner (first South Korean), exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, Berlin-based, Ho-Am Prize 2023.
Seongdeok of Silla
Seongdeok of Silla (성덕왕) was the 33rd king of Silla, reigning from 702 to 737, who restored ties with Tang China and first distributed jeongjeon land to the people.
Seongeup Folk Village
Seongeup Folk Village (성읍민속마을) is an inhabited designated folk village in Pyoseon-myeon, Seogwipo, Jeju, National Folklore Material No. 188 (1984), former center of Jeongui Hyeon, distinct from the recreated Jeju Folk Village.
Seonggyungwan
Seonggyungwan (성균관) was the supreme Confucian school and state academy of Korea, serving as the national university under the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties until 1911.
Seongho Saseol
Seongho Saseol (성호사설) is an encyclopedic collection of essays by the late Joseon scholar Yi Ik (1681–1763), compiled by his nephews and central to his Silhak thought.
Seonghwa
Seonghwa (성화), Park Seong-hwa, born 1998 in Jinju, is the eldest member of K-pop group ATEEZ (debuted October 24, 2018, KQ Entertainment). Rapper-turned-vocalist known for precise dancing, the MATZ unit with Hongjoong, solo song "Skin", and acting debut in Imitation.
Seongil Im
Seongil Im (임성일) is a South Korean applied physicist and materials scientist, a professor at Yonsei University known for work on thin-film transistors and 2D semiconductor devices.
Seongjong of Goryeo
Seongjong of Goryeo (성종; personal name Wang Chi, 960–997) was the sixth king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea, reigning from 981 to 997 and establishing its Confucian, centrally administered state.
Seongjong of Joseon
Seongjong of Joseon, personal name Yi Hyeol, was the ninth king of Joseon who reigned from 1469 to 1494 and completed the Gyeongguk daejeon law code.
Seongjong's Confucian reforms
Seongjong's Confucian reforms (성종의 유교정치) were the state reorganization under Goryeo's King Seongjong (r. 981–997) that made Confucianism the governing ideology, based on Choe Seung-ro's 28-article Simu 28-jo memorial.
Seongnam-si (city)
Seongnam (성남시, 城南市) is a Gyeonggi Province city southeast of Seoul with Sujeong, Jungwon, and Bundang districts. Promoted to city status in 1973, it grew through the Bundang (1989) and Pangyo new towns and Pangyo Techno Valley, peaking near one million residents in 2005.
Seongri jeonseo
Seongri jeonseo, or Seongri daejeon (성리대전), is the compendium that systematized Song-dynasty Neo-Confucian doctrine, imported from Ming China under King Sejong and abridged by Kim Jeong-guk into a handbook of statecraft.
Seongsan byeolgok
Seongsan byeolgok (성산별곡, "Song of Seongsan") is a Korean gasa lyric poem by Jeong Cheol, written around 1578 and praising the scenery of Seongsan in Damyang County.
Seongsu Bridge (성수대교)
The Seongsu Bridge (성수대교) is a road bridge across the Han River in Seoul whose 1994 collapse killed 32 people and prompted South Korea's infrastructure safety reforms.
Seonhyecheong
The Seonhyecheong (선혜청, 宣惠廳) was the financial office of Joseon Korea, established in 1608 under King Gwanghaegun to administer the Daedong tax until its abolition in 1894.
Seonjo of Joseon (이연)
Seonjo of Joseon (이연, Yi Yeon, 1552–1608), 14th Joseon king (r. 1567–1608): sarim rise, start of faction politics in 1575, flight during the 1592 Imjin War, Ming intervention, and removal of Admiral Yi Sun-sin.
Seonjong of Goryeo
Seonjong of Goryeo (선종) was a king of the Goryeo dynasty who reigned from 1083 to 1094, remembered for close ties with Song China and Buddhist scholarship.
Seopungji Folk Village
Seopungji Folk Village (서풍지민속촌, Seopungjiminsokchon) is a theme park in Jisan-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu, South Korea, at 35.82886° N, 128.64597° E, near Joilji reservoir and Beommul Station on Daegu Metro Line 3.
Seorak Waterpia
Seorak Waterpia (설악 워터피아) is Hanwha Resorts' hot spring theme park and water park in Sokcho, Gangwon-do, South Korea, using natural alkaline hot spring water, with about 11 attractions on 80,000 m² near Seoraksan National Park.
Seoritsu Farra
Seoritsu Farra is the largest of Venus's nine named farra, a 230 km group of steep-sided pancake domes at 30°S 11°E near Alpha Regio, named for a Japanese stream goddess in 1994.
Seosan Daesa
Seosan Daesa (서산대사), dharma name Hyujeong, was a Korean Seon Buddhist monk who organized and commanded the monk militia against the Japanese invasion during the Imjin War from 1592.
Seoul (서울)
Seoul (서울), capital of South Korea at 37.34°N, 126.59°E; ancient Baekje capital Wiryeseong, Joseon capital Hanyang from 1394, special metropolitan city since 1949, population about 10 million.
Seoul Arts Center (예술의전당)
Seoul Arts Center (예술의전당), Korea's first combined arts complex, opened 1988–1993 in Seocho-gu, Seoul: seven venues including the 2,505-seat Concert Hall and 2,283-seat Opera Theater, plus three art museums, on a hillside campus.