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Encyclopedia > Geesung Choi
Geesung Choi
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Hangul: 최기성
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Revised Romanization: Choe Gi-seong
McCune-Reischauer: Ch'oe Ki-sŏng

Geesung Choi is President and chief executive of the digital media division at Samsung Electronics, oversees the third-largest business group at the South Korean company, which includes televisions, flat-panel screens, MP3 players, personal computers, and other consumer electronics. He was the New York City torchbearers for the 2004 Summer Olympics relay. Hangul (Korean: 한글, hangeul) is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as opposed to the non-alphabetic hanja system borrowed from China. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Samsung Electronics (hangul: 삼성전자; hanja: 三星電子; revised: Samseong Jeonja; McCune-Reischauer: Samsŏng Chŏnja) is an electronics company headquartered in Seoul, Korea. ... A digital audio player (DAP) is a device that stores, organizes and plays digital music files. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ...


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