Gwangju

Gwangju Baseball Stadium is a stadium in Gwangju, South Korea. The new home stadium of Kia Tigers. The will be used after 2014.

Moon Geun-young is a multi-talented South Korean award-winning actress, commercial film star, and model. Affectionately called "Korean nation's... little sister," Moon started modeling at the age of 12 and appeared in the documentary film On the Way the following year. She came into the spotlight through her role as the young Eun-suh in the hugely popular television drama series Autumn Tale . Her major breakthrough as a star was the horror film A Tale of Two Sisters directed by Kim Ji-woon. Later, she starred in such hit films as My Little Bride in 2004 and Innocent Steps in 2005. Moon Geun Young's recent drama is Mary Stayed Out All Night with Jang Geun Suk . Moon has been loved as a proper and pure “Korea's younger” ever since she debuted as a child actress in the 2000 TV drama Autumn in My Heart. Unlike other teenage celebrities who have already physically matured, she had the look of a young girl, she studied hard and acted well. People called her flawless and unspoiled. Moon read the eulogy to fellow actress, Lee Eun-joo, on February 22, 2005. Moon was in the same management agency as Lee.
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Trish Doan is the bassist of the all-woman band Kittie. She joined in August 2005 along with Tara McLeod. Doan is a niece of Sudbury, Ontario MPP... Rick Bartolucci. In addition to bass, she has also played guitar since the age of 13. She has several body modifications: Piercings include a 14g tongue stud, two 16g lip rings, 18g nose stud, 18g nose ring, 00g stretched ears, 2x 12g ear lobes, 4x 16g lobes, and 14g helix, and several tattoos, including one on her left wrist of a formation of the symbol Gwangju, the city in which she was born. In 2006, Doan graduated from Sheridan College, earning a diploma in Media Arts: Film and Television Production. On June 28, 2007 Doan announced that she would be taking a hiatus from Kittie, "due to pressing personal health matters". Her stand-in replacement for the Sweet Revenge tour would be Jeff Phillips from Thine Eyes Bleed. On March 4, 2008 it was officially announced that Doan had left the band Kittie due to the eating disorder Anorexia-Athletica-Nervosa that she had been struggling with for almost two years.
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Byung-Hyun Kim is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the NEXEN Heroes of Korea Baseball Organization. He is best known for his years... with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox. In 2001, Kim took over mid-season as the Diamondbacks' closer and saved 19 games, then saved 3 games while giving up no runs in the first two rounds of the playoffs. In the 2001 World Series, however, Kim twice gave up ninth-inning leads, taking the loss in Game 4 and leading to an extra-innings loss for the Diamondbacks in Game 5, though the Diamondbacks rebounded to win the Championship in 7 games. Kim went on to save 36 games for the Diamondbacks in 2002 and 16 for the Red Sox in 2003, and played in the 2002 All Star Game. Kim has also played for the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins in Major League Baseball. Kim is a 1997 graduate of Gwangju-Jeil High School. Jae Seo and Hee-seop Choi were Kim's teammates in 1996 and they are very close friends.
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Moon Geun-young is a multi-talented South Korean award-winning actress, commercial film star, and model. Affectionately called "Korean nation's... little sister," Moon started modeling at the age of 12 and appeared in the documentary film On the Way the following year. She came into the spotlight through her role as the young Eun-suh in the hugely popular television drama series Autumn Tale . Her major breakthrough as a star was the horror film A Tale of Two Sisters directed by Kim Ji-woon. Later, she starred in such hit films as My Little Bride in 2004 and Innocent Steps in 2005. Moon Geun Young's recent drama is Mary Stayed Out All Night with Jang Keun Suk . Moon has been loved as a proper and pure “Korea's younger” ever since she debuted as a child actress in the 2000 TV drama Autumn in My Heart. Unlike other teenage celebrities who have already physically matured, she had the look of a young girl, she studied hard and acted well. People called her flawless and unspoiled. Moon read the eulogy to fellow actress, Lee Eun-joo, on February 22, 2005. Moon was in the same management agency as Lee.
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Lee Seung-hyun , known by his stage name Seungri or V.I , is a South Korean singer, dancer, actor, record producer and composer, best known as a... being a member of popular South Korean boy group Big Bang. Before joining the group, he was a member and leader of a dance team in Gwangju. He first appeared on television on the reality television series Let's Cokeplay: M.Net Battle Shinhwa, a show in which Shinhwa attempted to create a boy band that could be a "second Shinhwa". Although he was noticed for his dance skills, his lack of vocal skills led to his elimination. He was later scouted by the record label YG Entertainment and joined the group Big Bang. Although he was initially cut on the ninth episode of the group's documentary series, he was given another chance to impress YG Entertainment's CEO Yang Hyun Suk and succeeded in becoming a member of Big Bang. Seungri has released his first album "VVIP" in 2011. Seungri is known for his dance skills. In his hometown, Gwangju, he was part of the dance group II Hwa.
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Yoon Jeong-hee is a South Korean actress active since 1967. Yoon debuted as an actress in 1967 as starring in Cheongchun geukjang directed by Gang... Dae-jin after elected in a recruit held by Hapdong Film. Yoon was commonly referred to as one of the "Troika" along with her rival actresses, Moon Hee and Nam Jeong-im of the 1960s. Yoon married a noted pianist Kun-Woo Paik in 1974. The couple has a daughter who is a violinist. Yoon has resided in Paris, France with her family since her retirement in the mid-90s, but she made her comeback in 2010 to star in Lee Chang-dong's Poetry, which won her the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress. *Note; the whole list is referenced.
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Goo Hara is a South Korean idol singer and actress, known for being a member of girl group Kara formed by DSP Entertainment in 2007. Goo Hara was... born on January 13, 1991, in Gwangju, South Korea. Before debuting, she participated in the SM's youth appearance tournament in 2005. In 2007, she auditioned for JYP, however, she lost the runoff. She was also an online shopping mall model, having been scouted after her photos were uploaded onto DSP's homepage. Thus, Goo Hara became a member of Kara. Currently, she is attending at Sungshin Women's University. On June 28, 2011, Cube Entertainment announced that Hara and Yong Jun Hyung from Beast are in a relationship. DSP Media also announced; “They do have good feelings towards one another, but they’re still getting to know each other." Kara debuted on March 29, 2007. In 2008, however, a member, Kim Sunghee, left the group. DSP Entertainment replaced her with two new members, Goo Hara and Kang Jiyoung, and Kara made a comeback with Rock U, which changed their image from "Hip-hop" to "cute and playful". On December 4, 2008, Kara started their comeback on M! Countdown with "Pretty Girl".
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Lee Seung-hyun , known by his stage name Seungri , is a member of Korean group BIG BANG. Before joining the group, he was a member of a dance team in... Gwangju, South Korea. He first appeared on television on the reality television series Let’s Cokeplay: M.Net Battle Shinhwa, a show in which Shinhwa attempted to create a boy band that could be a “second Shinhwa”. Although he was noticed for his dance skills, his lack of vocal skills led to him being eliminated. He was later scouted by the record label YG Entertainment and joined the group BIG BANG in 2006. Although he was initially cut on the ninth episode of the group’s documentary series, he was given another chance to impress YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun Suk and succeeded. Seungri is known for his dance skills. In his hometown, Gwangju, he was part of the dance group II Hwa. He has competed against his fellow BIG BANG member Taeyang in several dance competitions, as well as against Super Junior’s Eunhyuk, tvxq’s Yunho, and SHINee’s Taemin. Seungri also choreographed some of Big Bang’s dance. Seungri became the first member of BIG BANG to act in a musical with the performance in Sonagi in 2008. His next musical, Shouting, was performed in 2009 alongside another BIG BANG member Daesung, who was unable to perform at the last minute due to a car accident. Seungri made his film debut in with the movie Why Did You Come to My House?, followed by My 19 alongside another Big Bang member T.O.P . The movie was released on November 12, 2009. Although his first solo song Next Day was recorded as part of BIG BANG’s album track, his second solo song Strong Baby was released as a promotional single for the group’s second Korean album. In order to shed the “youngest member” look from BIG BANG Seungri promoted the single with a more mature look along with a stylized dance.
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