55-634: Seo In-guk ( Korean : 서인국 ; born October 23, 1987) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He launched his singing career after winning the talent reality show Superstar K in 2009, and made his acting breakthrough in Reply 1997 (2012). Since then, he has starred in television series Master's Sun (2013), High School King of Savvy (2014), Hello Monster (2015), Squad 38 (2016), Shopping King Louie (2016), The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), Doom At Your Service (2021), Café Minamdang (2022), and Death's Game (2023). Seo
110-458: A cultural phenomenon in South Korea. To date, tvN dramas hold 28 spots of the 50 on the list of highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television . Along with sporting lineups aired on tvN – tvN Sports was launched as a standalone channel in 2022. The table below lists the top 20 dramas with the highest average audience share ratings (nationwide), corresponding episode with highest rating and
165-507: A dual role in Another Parting , a five-episode miniseries about a man and a woman who meet in the final moment of their lives and spend one special day together. In 2014, Seo released his first Japanese album titled Everlasting , which comprises his previously released singles "Fly Away" and "We Can Dance Tonight". The album also features a new track titled "Everlasting Love" with a total of 12 tracks. The album debuted at number nine on
220-416: A 24.850% nationwide audience share, making it the third highest ratings recorded by a Korean cable television drama . While Crash Landing on You became the first tvN drama to cross 20% ratings, and was critically acclaimed for its screenplay, direction and performances. Reply 1988 received both critical and audience acclaim, with its finale episode achieved an 18.8% nationwide audience share and making it
275-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
330-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
385-428: A fractured ankle, Seo was excused from conscription four days after entering and scheduled for a medical re-examination. His agency released the results, revealing Seo was diagnosed with Osteochondritis dissecans , a bone and cartilage condition. He was given a Grade 5 health rating and consequently exempted. Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ )
440-541: A later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of the Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations ,
495-562: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
550-411: A reason. Neither the media nor his management company stated if he had received treatment, but passed a physical to enlist. It was reported he would quietly enter the mandatory two-year military service period without media coverage. Seo opted instead to release a music video for his self-composed song, "Better Together", for his fans. The video was released on YouTube on March 26, 2017. However, due to
605-756: A rookie, from acting in his eyes, to handling lines and expressing emotions". As part of the drama's soundtrack, Seo recorded two duets with co-star Jung Eun-ji . The first duet "All For You", a remake of the song by Cool , topped weekly and monthly music charts and became one of the best-selling singles of the year on the Gaon Digital Chart. The single also won the Best OST award at the Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards that year. Seo appeared in MBC 's weekend drama The Sons (also known as Rascal Sons ) in
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#1733115457281660-571: A singer contract with AER Music. On June 14, 2022, Seo released his new single album Love&Love and its lead single "My Love", featuring Ravi , his first release after five years. A teaser for the music video was released on June 9, 2022, on YouTube. The same year, he played a profiler -turned- shaman in KBS2 drama Café Minamdang , alongside Oh Yeon-seo . On June 14, it was announced that Seo 'Heart & Love' fan meeting will be held at Yes24 Live Hall on July 30. On December 6, 2022, Seo will release
715-587: A supporting role in KBS 's Love Rain . According to Seo, his role in Love Rain came at a time when he was feeling anxious about the life of an entertainer, and fueled his desire for acting. He landed his first leading role later that year, in cable channel tvN 's '90s nostalgic hit drama Reply 1997 . Seo's portrayal of a teenage boy in unrequited love with his childhood best friend won praise from both audiences and critics. Yonhap News praised, "It's hard to believe he's
770-603: Is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from
825-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
880-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
935-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
990-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
1045-534: Is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by
1100-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
1155-511: The Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which
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#17331154572811210-523: The yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as the 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By
1265-643: The Mnet singing competition program Superstar K , winning the show's first season. On October 27, 2009, he released his debut extended play Calling , with the same-title lead single composed by Bang Si-hyuk topping multiple music sites on its release day. Seo signed with Jellyfish Entertainment in the same year and won the Male Newcomer of the Year Award at the 2009 Cyworld Digital Music Awards . In May 2010, Seo released his first single album Just Beginning with
1320-861: The Oricon Daily Chart. Seo later won the Best 3 New Artists (Asia) award at the Japan Gold Disc Awards . Following the cancellation of action noir film Wild Dog which would have been Seo's second big-screen appearance, Seo headlined cable romantic comedy series High School King of Savvy in which he played a high school student and star hockey player who leads a double life when he's forced to take on his elder brother's job as an executive at an IT company. Later that year, Seo starred in his first period drama The King's Face , playing illegitimate crown prince Gwanghae , who becomes his father King Seonjo 's rival in politics and love. In 2015, Seo joined
1375-570: The Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that the proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and
1430-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
1485-411: The highest rated drama in Korean cable television history for the next three years. In addition, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God was also a hit and consistently topped cable television viewership ratings in its time slot. Its final episode recorded an 18.680% nationwide audience share, the second highest ratings of a Korean cable television drama at the time. It received critical acclaim and became
1540-814: The 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
1595-408: The 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language )
1650-665: The age of 20 to pursue his dream of becoming a singer despite his father's objections. While studying Applied Music at Daebul University , Seo auditioned for various record agencies such as JYP Entertainment and DSP Media but to no success. After repeatedly being rejected and told to lose weight, he struggled with bulimia for a time. Seo later enrolled at Kyung Hee Cyber University , Department of Information and Communication. He also pursued Master's degrees in Performing Arts at Dongguk University and Practical Music (Composition) at Baekseok University . In 2009, Seo competed in
1705-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
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1760-624: The cast of SBS variety show Law of the Jungle from March to May, for the Indochina season. He was then cast as a genius profiler in the police procedural /romance series Hello Monster which premiered in June 2015 on KBS2. In 2016 Seo joined Law of the Jungle for the second time for the show's Mongolia season. He also starred in OCN 's workplace drama Squad 38 , playing a professional swindler. Seo called
1815-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
1870-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
1925-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
1980-618: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
2035-466: The language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until
2090-451: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
2145-756: The lead single "I Love U". Seo made a brief foray into acting for the single's music video , to which he described his first acting experience as "awkward", saying, "I felt my hands and feet shrivel." The album reached number seven on the Gaon Album Chart , while the single peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart . A repackage edition of the album titled My Baby U was released three months later. Having lost over 33 pounds (15 kg) since his debut through exercise and strict diet control, Seo's changes in his physical appearance brought about rumors of plastic surgery . In 2011, shifting his sound, Seo released
2200-508: The network has been headed by Kang Ho-sung . From June 28, 2010, to April 30, 2013, tvN Go was broadcast by renting a channel from Korea DMB. tvN dramas are exported to various countries in Asia and the Americas. tvN's highest-rated television series are Queen of Tears , Crash Landing on You , Reply 1988 and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God . The final episode of Queen of Tears recorded
2255-507: The population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by
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2310-468: The role a turning point in his acting career, and he received favourable press reviews for his ease of transformation into multiple character personas. The drama became the highest rated drama for OCN, and Seo won a special award for his role at the 11th Asian TV Drama Conference. He then took on the leading role in MBC 's romantic comedy Shopping King Louie , playing the role of an amnesic chaebol heir with childlike innocence. For his performance, Seo
2365-429: The role but decided to join the project following numerous discussions with director Yoo. Despite the drama's lackluster ratings, Seo's performance garnered positive press reviews. The Straits Times wrote, "It is a role that could easily slip into creepiness or smugness but Seo manages to pull off a delicate balancing act." Seo was set to star in film Hip Daddy but stepped down from the project in 2020 after production
2420-447: The same year, and also signed with Japanese agency Irving Entertainment . Seo joined the newly launched reality/variety show I Live Alone from January to June 2013. He returned to the music scene in April 2013 with the single With Laughter or with Tears , the first soulful ballad from his discography. Several weeks later, the song was followed by his Japanese debut with the release of
2475-660: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
2530-637: The single Fly Away . In June 2013, he was cast in Master's Sun , a drama series written by the Hong sisters , playing a former soldier who served in the Zaytun Division who becomes the head of security for a shopping mall company. In October 2013, he starred in his first big-screen leading role in No Breathing , a coming-of-age film about two swimming rivals, alongside Lee Jong-suk and Kwon Yuri . He then played
2585-671: The single "Fallen", the first single released in six months. Seo then starred in Kim Hong-sun's action thriller film Project Wolf Hunting as a criminal with Jang Dong-yoon , alongside Choi Gwi-hwa and Sung Dong-il . On February 8, 2023, Seo was confirmed to star in the upcoming TVING original series Death's Game . In February 2017, it was announced that Seo received his official military enlistment date, set to take place on March 28. He had previously pushed back his enlistment twice, starting in March 2015, and he gave his health condition as
2640-442: The single ''Broken'' incorporating choreography into his performance, as well as summer dance track ''Shake It Up'' in which he penned the lyrics for. Despite a successful debut, Seo reportedly received the " cold shoulder " treatment from the three major Korean public networks, as he was a cable television star. In 2012, Seo was part of the cast of the jukebox musical Gwanghwamun Love Song and made his onscreen acting debut with
2695-463: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF TVN (South Korea) tvN (originally standing for Total Variety Network ) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network owned by CJ ENM Entertainment Division . tvN programming consists of a variety of entertainment content focused on television series and variety shows . It is available on cable, on satellite through SkyLife , and on IPTV platforms in South Korea. Since 2014,
2750-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
2805-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
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#17331154572812860-712: Was awarded the Excellence Award at the 2016 MBC Drama Awards . On August 4, 2017, it was confirmed that Seo's contract with Jellyfish Entertainment had expired and that he would not be renewing his contract. On August 7, it was announced Seo had signed with BS Company. In 2018, Seo starred in mystery melodrama The Smile Has Left Your Eyes , a remake of the 2002 Japanese television series Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi . The drama reunited Seo with director Yoo Je-won, whom he had previously worked with in High School King of Savvy . Seo had initially contemplated taking up
2915-600: Was born on October 23, 1987, in Ulsan , where he lived with his parents and younger sister. He grew up in relative poverty; his mother worked as a recyclables collector and his father as a welder. Seo trained as a ssireum wrestler, learnt boxing and mixed martial arts in school and is a Hapkido 2nd dan . He decided to become a singer at the age of ten, after being inspired by the Korean rock musician Kim Jung-min and watching him perform ''Sad Promise''. Seo performed at family gatherings and school events, and moved to Seoul alone at
2970-487: Was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to the fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of
3025-535: Was put on hold. In May 2021, Seo made his small-screen return with fantasy romance drama Doom at Your Service as the personification of destruction. In the same month, he also returned to the big screen after eight years in Yoo Ha 's comedy-crime film Pipeline as a drilling expert involved in an oil heist . Director Yoo said about Seo's casting, "I was fascinated the first time I saw him. [...] His face showed so much different potential." In December 2021, Seo signed
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