Word: kyung
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...best known of the Korean family Chung, Violinist Kyung-Wha, set the standard in 1967, when she shared top honors with Pinchas Zuckerman in the important Leventritt International Competition in New York City. She was 19. In 1971 Cellist Myung-Wha, then 25, took first place in the Geneva International Competition. Last July, Myung-Whun was second-place winner at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, an achievement he quickly followed up with an impressive debut recital in Manhattan's Carnegie Hall two weeks...
...Myungs. Because six of the Chungs have the first name Myung (which means "bright, shining like a star"), and even Kyung shares her middle name, Wha, with a sister, individual members are identified to outsiders by the instrument they play.* "Name choosing in Korea is not an easy matter," observes Pianist-Brother Myung-Whun. "A parent just doesn't go to a phone directory. You go to a specialist in making names, maybe a fortuneteller. I'm happy my parents went to the trouble to do it right...
...serve liquor or food to guests at weddings or funerals; anyone who wears mourning dress during funeral periods, uses funeral flags, or displays more than three wreaths at family ceremonies stands to get fined up to $1,250. Too many social customs, explained Health and Social Affairs Minister Lee Kyung Ho, are "wasteful in terms of money and time. They must be corrected...