Hi! I'm a Korean American male, I grew up in South Korea and now live in the U.S. I speak English, Korean, Chinese (conversational, increasingly rusty), and Japanese (basic, enough for simple conversations). I used to edit undera previous account (77,173 contribs) that I retired perWP:RTV, but I decided to come back.
I'm interested in almost every field of study, but edit mostly on Korea because I think I'm most useful to Wikipedia in that area.
I try to edit quickly and boldly, as coverage of Korea on Wikipedia needs significant improvement and the Korean-speaking community on enwiki is quite small. I try to prioritize topics that I think others are unlikely to work on and that are important or useful for non-Koreans, the Korean diaspora, and historians.
Here is adescription of what my scripts do. Please post on my talk page if you have any concerns with these edits.
I've uploaded many photos to Commons (old account,new account), almost all about Korea.
Seemy created pages. For table below, assume significant majority author, unless otherwise indicated.
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MOS:KO,WP:NCKO,WP:ROMANKO,WP:KO/RS | Led effort to completely rewrite style guidelines and reliable sources list for Korea-related articles. |
Gyeongbokgung | A royal palace and symbol of South Korea. WIP, finished history section. |
1883 Korean special mission to the United States![]() | The first time Koreans set foot in the Americas. They marveled at elevators and vacuum mail tubes. While returning, they became the first Koreans to circumnavigate the Earth. |
Sinhanch'on![]() | An enclave of Koreans in Vladivostok during the colonial period that was completely wiped out in a single day in 1937. |
March First Movement | A keystone moment in modern Korean history (but not in North Korean historiography). |
Hyochang Park![]()
| A Korean royal cemetery that Japan turned into a golf course, with the graves still on the course. |
Park Chung Hee | One of the most important Korean leaders in history, favored by the right. Wrote around 30% of the main article. |
Kim Ku | One of the most important Korean leaders in history, favored by the left. WIP; missing 1945 onwards. |
Deoksugung | A 20th-century royal palace in Seoul with a mix of Western and Korean buildings. |
Bukchon Hanok Village | One of Seoul's most popular tourist destinations. |
Chŏng Sangjin | A hero to Soviet-Koreans that was exiled from North Korea. Kim Il Sung called him handsome and allegedly stole his story. |
António Corea | Possibly the first Korean to set foot in Europe: a slave. |
Soda Kaichi![]() | A Japanese man that raised over 1,000 Korean orphans during the colonial period. |
Utoro, Uji![]() | An enclave of Korean squatters in Japan that dodged eviction for 65 years until they finally became legal occupants. |
Budae-jjigae![]() | A dish symbolic of South Korea's rise from poverty. It was originally made from smuggled food or garbage and is now a comfort food. |
Yonggeumok![]() | One of the oldest active restaurants in South Korea; beloved by North and South Koreans alike. |
The Korea Daily News![]() | A newspaper that advocated for Korean independence, run by a Brit. |
Gogi-guksu![]() | A noodle dish native to Jeju Island, born of its modern history. |
Koreans in Kamchatka | North Korean escapees in Russia that now align themselves with South Korea more. |
Stubs/starts for various categories/lists: | Wrote almost all articles on or in these. |