-- Rep. Frelinghuysen, R-5th Dist., had a special reason for attending the reception at the Korean Embassy for Gen. Chung Hee Park, the new leader of South Korea.

Bursting from the lips of a charging cavalry trooper was the last sound heard on this earth by untold numbers of Cheyennes, Sioux and Apaches, Mexican banditos under Pancho Villa, Japanese in the South Pacific, and Chinese and North Korean Communists in Korea.

Shin Kyung-sook is a prominent South Korean author of the 20th and 21st centuries.

* 1989 – Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer ( 2PM )

* 2003 – The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

* 1970 – Park Myeong-su, South Korean comedian and singer

* 1980 – Ryu Seung-beom, South Korean actor

* 1985 – Hyun Jyu-ni, South Korean singer and actress

* 1973 – Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.

* 1976 – Lee Seung-Yeop, South Korean baseball player

* 1972 – Yoo Jae-Seok, South Korean comedian and actor

* 1981 – Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress

* 1980 – Hwangbo, South Korean singer, rapper, and actress ( Chakra )

* 1986 – Kim Oh-Sung, South Korean footballer

* 1977 – Park Yong-ha, South Korean singer and actor ( d. 2010 )

* 1980 – Jun Jin, South Korean singer and actor ( Shinhwa )

* 1987 – Kim Kibum, South Korean singer and actor ( Super Junior )

* A-Jax ( band ), a South Korean boy band

* 1963 – Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, screenwriter, and producer

* 1989 – Jo Kwon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor ( 2AM )

* 1972 – Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor

* 1976 – Kim Young-oh, South Korean illustrator

* 1980 – Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player

* 1982 – Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model

For instance, South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries sent PPS mobile generators to Cuba for the country's power grids.

South Korea eventually became the world's dominant shipbuilder with a 50. 6 % share of the global shipbuilding market as of 2008. Notable Korean shipbuilders are Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the world's four largest shipbuilding companies.

* Hyundai Excel, a car also known as the Hyundai Presto in South Korea

Hyundai Motor Company () (,, modernity ; ) is a South Korean multinational automaker headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

In 2006, the South Korean government initiated an investigation of Chung Mong Koo's practices as head of Hyundai, suspecting him of corruption.

In 2004, Hyundai Motor Company had $ 57. 2 billion in sales in South Korea making it the country's second largest corporation, or chaebol.

The Hyundai Tiburon, also known as the Tuscani in South Korea and as the coupe in Great Britain.

South Korean car maker Hyundai, which as per reports is also world ’ s fastest growing automaker and fourth largest car manufacturer across the globe, has launched a new car, Hyundai EON in October in India.

Hyundai Elantra LPI Hybrid ( or Avante in the local market ) was launched in the South Korean domestic market in July 2009.

* Hyundai Merchant Marine, a South Korean logistics company.

His Chief of Staff, Park Ji-Won, was sentenced to twelve years in prison in 2003 for, among other charges, his role in the Hyundai payment to North Korea for the North – South summit.

In 2009, Hyundai Heavy Industries acquired a majority stake in a company cultivating 10, 000 hectares of farmland in the Russian Far East and a wealthy South Korean provincial government secured 95, 000 hectares of farmland in Oriental Mindoro, central Philippines, to grow corn.

South Korea's shipyards are highly efficient, with the world's largest shipyard in Ulsan operated by Hyundai Heavy Industries slipping a newly-built, $ 80 million vessel into the water every four working days.

South Korea's " big three " shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, dominate global shipbuilding, with STX Shipbuilding, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, Hanjin Heavy Industries, and Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering also ranking among the top ten shipbuilders in the world.

This lead to the Cortina 80 at the end of its production life serving as a starting point for the first Hyundai Stellar which succeeded the Cortina line in South Korea, handing over some major technical components such as the steering rack and the transmission propelling shaft to the otherwise non-Ford successor.

Hyundai of South Korea, built the Hyundai Pony in 1975 using MMC's Saturn engine and transmissions.

Hyundai Group is a South Korean conglomerate ( Chaebol ) founded by Chung Ju-yung.

Nevertheless, Hyundai began South Korean tourism to North Korea's Kumgangsan.

Kia Motors (, ), headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1. 4 million vehicles in 2010.

* Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Shipyard, in South Korea, is currently the largest in the world and has the capability to build a variety of vessels including Commercial Cargo, Offshore and Naval vessels.