10 원 Tips : Election special : Funny candidate names on Korean campaign posters 
 Tagged : humor , Koreana , politics 
 Today is an election day in Korea . A lot of people have the day off , so why not enjoy it with some humorous campaign posters ? These are funny mainly because of the candidates ' names . Let ' s take a look . 
 First up we have candidate 강남구 ( Gang Nam - gu ) . Literally his name is " Gangnam District . " I really hope he ' s running to represent Gangnam . With a name like that , you sort of have to . 
 Here ' s candidate 지 무진 ( Ji Mu - jin ) and he wants folks to remember that the best kind of car to represent his district is a " limousine " so vote " ji mu jin " today . Hey , whatever gets your name stuck in people ' s heads . 
 Up next , candidate 왕 복근 ( Wang Bok - geun ) . His given name , Bokgeun , means " abdominal muscles " ( well , I doubt that ' s the Hanja behind it but anyway . ..) and of course his family name Wang means " king " but is often used to describe something massive or supersized . So his name is basically " Rock Hard Abs . " Something about his face makes me doubt that such are beneath that shirt . 
 Candidate 황희 순 ( Hwang Hui - soon ) is going old school , because the part of his name he is hilighting here , the Hwang Hui , is the same as a famous official from King Sejeong times . [ More : Hwang Hui - Wikipedia or 황희 - 위키백과 ] 
 Candidate 김옥수 ( Kim Oak - su ) is adding an extra 수 to his name to get the memorable " Oak - su - su " which means corn . It looks like he ' s going all out and not only spelling it with corn cobs , but has some delicious dried seaweed ( " kim ") there on his family name too . The hungry man ' s choice . Plus what ' s not to love about this picture ? He will literally bend over backward for you . 
 Candidate 김선배 ( Kim Seon - bae ) is clearly deserving of your respect . " Seon - bae " is a bit hard - to - translate . Basically it ' s somebody older than you . Your senior , your upperclassman , your elder , your superior , etc . 
 Candidate 강철 남 ( Gang Cheol - nam ) knows exactly what his name implies . Cheol - nam is literally the " Iron Man . " 
 This one is my absolute favorite . Meet candidate 이인자 ( Lee In - ja ) . Her name literally means " person in second place " or perhaps " runner up . " The fact that she ' s running for party 2 makes it more hilarious . Best wishes to her and here ' s hoping her name is wrong . 
 Candidate 추연어 ( Chu Yeon - ah ) promises that things will go great when the salmon return . That ' s because his name means " salmon . " I ' d love to add my touch here in nothing that his last name basically sounds like " chew . " Chew salmon . I can do that . 
 Forget what I said about the salmon guy above . Candidate 류 한우 ( Ryu Hanoo ) gets my vote , for being a delicious hunk of 100 % pure Korean beef ( hanoo ) . 
 Now this one has got to be a joke . Right ? I hope so . Candidate 이관종 ( Lee Guan - jong ) has a rather unfortunate name that is also a popular slang word for " attention whore . " Vaguely appropriate for a campaign , I guess . 
 Now we get into the real power players . These names are not exactly funny as they are the same names of famous leaders . Here ' s candidate 박정희 ( Park Chung - hee ) . You ' ll remember him as Ex - president Park Geun - hye ' s father , the dictator who for better or worse made modern Korea . I bet a lot of the old folks would love to see that name return to power . 
 And why not have another go ? Another candidate 박정희 ( Park Chung - hee ) , this time one that can appeal to the ladies . 
 If that ' s not your style , how about another former president ? Here ' s a brand - name edition of candidate 김대중 ( Kim Daejung ) . Will his Sunshine Policy benefit the citizens of Jeolla - bukdo ? 
 Of course we could go across the DMZ too and elect candidate 김정일 ( Kim Jong - il ) . We can all agree that that smiling face doesn ' t look Ronery . .. So Ronery . .. at all . 
 Or for a name that is very hot right now , try candidate 김정은 ( Kim Jong - un ) . She can play ball . .. with Dennis Rodman . And Trump . 
 Finally for you is candidate 방신 웅 ( Bang Shin - ung ) who ' s campaign poster provides this stunning example of unarguable logic : Admiral Lee Sunshin ' s wife was a Bang too ! So . .. vote for this Bang and relive the glory days . 
 And that ' s it . Don ' t forget to vote today if you ' re eligible . Naver and Kakao Maps have you covered if you need to find your polling place . And Google a doodle up . So does Naver . Here they are for posterity : 
 Tip of my Gat to @ adealornodeal for sharing these posters . 
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