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Yongyue Intelligence (涌跃智能)

Yongyue Intelligence (涌跃智能) is a Chinese AI startup founded in June 2025 by Chen Weipeng, formerly of Baichuan, known for Loopit, an AI interactive content app.

Yongyule: Lantern Festival

Yongyule: Lantern Festival (永遇乐·元宵), known by its first line "Luori rong jin," is a ci poem by Li Qingzhao contrasting Lantern Festivals before and after the Northern Song's fall.

Yongyule: Recalling the Past at Beigu Pavilion

Yongyule: Recalling the Past at Beigu Pavilion (永遇乐·京口北固亭怀古) is a 1205 ci poem by the Southern Song poet Xin Qiji, written at Beigu Pavilion in Zhenjiang.

Yongzhen Reform

The Yongzhen Reform (永贞革新) was a failed 805 Tang court reform led by Wang Shuwen and Wang Pi, ended when eunuchs forced Emperor Shunzong's abdication.

Yongzheng Emperor (雍正帝)

Yongzheng Emperor (雍正帝), personal name Yinzhen (胤禛), 1678–1735, son of Kangxi, Qing emperor 1723–1735; created Grand Council, reformed taxes (tanding rumu), turned deficit to surplus, father of Qianlong.

Yongzhou (city)

Yongzhou (永州市), anciently Lingling, is a prefecture-level city in southern Hunan with two urban districts, Lingling and Lengshuitan; area 22,400 km2, 4.95 million residents (2025), GDP 282.958 billion CNY, established 1995.

Yongzhou Ba Ji

Yongzhou Ba Ji (永州八记, "Eight Records of Yongzhou") is a set of eight landscape essays written by Tang dynasty writer Liu Zongyuan during his exile in Yongzhou, Hunan.

Yonhap News Agency (연합뉴스)

Yonhap News Agency (연합뉴스, YNA) is South Korea's national key news agency, formed in 1980 from Hapdong News and Orient Press, designated under the 2003 promotion law, KONAC-majority-governed, publishing 3,000+ items daily in seven languages.

Yoni (योनि)

Yoni (योनि) is a Sanskrit word meaning vulva, womb, source, or origin; in Hindu ritual it names the feminine base that receives and activates the liṅga, the emblem of Shiva.

Yoni massage

Yoni massage is a tantric-style sensual bodywork focused on the vulva (Sanskrit yoni), aimed at body awareness and relaxation rather than sex; the technique is a 20th-century neo-Tantric development by figures like Joseph Kramer, not an ancient lineage, and is unaccredited and often outside licensed massage practice.

Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers Raceway, opened 1899 as Empire City Trotting Club by William H. Clark, is a half-mile harness track in Yonkers, NY; renamed 1950, Rooney family 1972, MGM 2019, home of Empire City Casino and the Messenger Stakes.

Yonkers, New York

Yonkers, New York: Westchester County's largest city and New York State's third largest, on the Hudson River just north of the Bronx; about 212,000 residents, named for the Dutch jonkheer van der Donck.

Yonsei University (연세대학교)

Yonsei University (연세대학교) is Korea's oldest private university, tracing to the 1885 Gwanghyewon hospital and the 1915 Chosun Christian College, and formed in 1957 by the merger of Yonhi University and Severance Medical School, with campuses in Sinchon, Wonju, and Songdo.

Yonyou

Yonyou (用友网络, Yonyou Network Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Beijing-based enterprise software company founded by Wang Wenjing in 1988, ranked first in China's ERP market and listed in Shanghai.

Yoo Ah-in

Yoo Ah-in (유아인), birth name Uhm Hong-sik, born 1986 in Daegu, is a South Korean actor famous for Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Burning, The Throne, and Voice of Silence, later investigated in a 2023 propofol and marijuana drug case.

Yoo Byung-eun (유병언)

Yoo Byung-eun (1941–2014) was a South Korean businessman and religious leader who co-founded the Evangelical Baptist Church and was linked to the Sewol ferry that sank in 2014.

Yoo Dong-soo

Yoo Dong-soo is a South Korean politician of the Democratic Party of Korea and a certified public accountant who chairs the National Assembly's National Policy Committee since 2026.

Yoo Hae-jin (유해진)

Yoo Hae-jin (유해진) is a South Korean actor, born in 1970, who moved from thuggish supporting roles to leads in four films that each passed 10 million admissions.

Yoo Hwe-seung

Yoo Hwe-seung (유회승; born 1995) is a South Korean singer and musical theater actor, the main vocalist of the rock band N.Flying since 2017.

Yoo In-na (유인나)

Yoo In-na (유인나), born 1982 in Seongnam, is a South Korean actress and former radio DJ. After an 11-year trainee period, she broke out in Secret Garden (2010), won a Baeksang Best New Actress award, and played Sunny in Goblin (2016).

Yoo Jae-suk (유재석)

Yoo Jae-suk (유재석, 劉在錫), born 1972 in Seoul, is South Korea's leading TV MC and comedian. Debuting at the 1991 KBS Comedian Festival, he hosts Infinite Challenge, Running Man, You Quiz on the Block, and holds 21 grand prizes, distinguishing him from any other Korean broadcaster named Yoo Jae-suk.

Yoo Ji-tae (유지태)

Yoo Ji-tae (유지태, born 1976) is a South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter. A former model, he played Lee Woo-jin in Oldboy, directed Mai Ratima (2012), and champions independent cinema through long-running screenings.

Yoo Jun-sang (유준상)

Yoo Jun-sang (유준상, 劉俊相), born 1969, is a South Korean actor of film, television, and musicals (Moss, Hong Sangsoo films, Liver or Die, Frankenstein) who also directs films such as Spring Song (2021).

Yoo Seung-ho (유승호)

Yoo Seung-ho (유승호; 俞承豪), born 1993 in Incheon, is a South Korean actor and former child star whose 2002 film The Way Home sold over 4 million tickets; later known for I'm Not a Robot, Memorist, and The Deal.

Yoo Seung-jun (유승준)

Yoo Seung-jun (유승준, Steve Yoo), born 1976 in Seoul, is a first-generation K-pop dance soloist whose 2002 US naturalization amid draft controversy brought an entry ban and two decades of visa litigation.

Yoo Yeon-seok (유연석)

Yoo Yeon-seok (유연석), real name Ahn Yeon-seok, is a South Korean actor born 1984, known for Reply 1994, Dr. Romantic, Mr. Sunshine, Hospital Playlist, and musicals like Hedwig.

Yoo Young-chul (유영철)

Yoo Young-chul (유영철), South Korean serial killer who murdered 20 people in Seoul in 2003–2004, targeting wealthy elderly people then sex workers; sentenced to death in 2005, never executed, still on death row.

Yoo Youngkuk

Yoo Youngkuk (유영국, 1916–2002) was a Korean painter and founding figure of abstract art in Korea, known for reducing mountains to geometric forms in saturated color.

Yoo-hoo

Yoo-hoo is a shelf-stable American chocolate drink created by Natale Olivieri in 1920s New Jersey, not chocolate milk; endorsed by Yogi Berra and now owned by Keurig Dr Pepper.

Yooh

Yooh is a Japanese music producer and DJ who works in hardcore, trance, and EDM. He gained initial attention in 2012 through the rhythm game SOUND VOLTEX.