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Seoul, South Korea
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://english.seoul.go.kr/
Population:
10,276,968 (2003)
SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Ha-Joon Chang |
Economist |
7-Oct-1963 |
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Kicking Away the Ladder |
| John Cho |
Actor |
16-Jun-1972 |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
| Seung-Hui Cho |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1984 |
16-Apr-2007 |
Virginia Tech Massacre |
| Min-sik Choi |
Actor |
27-Apr-1962 |
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Oldboy |
| Lee Jong-Wook |
Administrator |
12-Apr-1945 |
22-May-2006 |
Director-General of WHO, 2003-06 |
| Jay C. Kim |
Politician |
27-Mar-1939 |
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Congressman from California, 1993-99 |
| Jeong H. Kim |
Business |
c. 1961 |
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President of Bell Laboratories |
| Jim Yong Kim |
Administrator |
8-Dec-1959 |
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President of the World Bank |
| Yunjin Kim |
Actor |
7-Nov-1973 |
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Sun Kwon on Lost |
| Jung-Jae Lee |
Actor |
15-Mar-1973 |
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New World |
| Sung Hi Lee |
Actor |
1-Apr-1970 |
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Playboy model, Actress |
| Nam June Paik |
Artist |
20-Jul-1932 |
29-Jan-2006 |
Korean-American video artist |
| Chan-wook Park |
Film Director |
23-Aug-1963 |
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance |
| Psy |
Singer/Songwriter |
31-Dec-1977 |
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Gangnam Style |
| Rain |
Singer |
25-Jun-1982 |
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How to Avoid the Sun |
| Hines Ward |
Football |
8-Mar-1976 |
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Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Steven Yeun |
Actor |
21-Dec-1983 |
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Glenn on The Walking Dead |
| John Yoo |
Government |
10-Jun-1967 |
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Thinks Geneva Conventions are obsolete |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Wilbur J. Cohen |
Government |
10-Jun-1913 |
17-May-1987 |
HEW Secretary, 1968-69 |
| Kim Dae-Jung |
Head of State |
3-Dec-1925 |
18-Aug-2009 |
South Korean President, 1998-2003 |
| Lee Dong-Won |
Politician |
1926 |
18-Nov-2006 |
Foreign Minister of South Korea, 1964-66 |
| Park Chung Hee |
Head of State |
30-Sep-1917 |
26-Oct-1979 |
President of South Korea, 1961-79 |
| Kim Young Sam |
Head of State |
20-Dec-1927 |
22-Nov-2015 |
President of South Korea, 1993-98 |
| Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-Hwan |
Religion |
8-May-1922 |
16-Feb-2009 |
Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, 1968-98 |
| Chung Ju Yung |
Business |
25-Nov-1915 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Founder of Hyundai |
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