Kim Yushin (595 – 1 July 673) was a general in 7th-century Silla. He led the unification of the Korean peninsula by Silla under the reign of King Muyeol of Silla and King Munmu of Silla. He is said to have been the great-grandchild of King Guhae of Geumgwan Gaya, the last ruler of the Geumgwan Gaya state. This would have given him a very high position in the Silla bone rank system, which governed the political and military status that a person could attain.

Much of what we know about Kim's life comes from the detailed account in the Samguk Sagi, Yeoljeon 1-3, and the much briefer record in the Samguk Yusa, vol. 1.

Kim Yushin was the son of General Kim Seohyeon and Lady Manmyeong, who was a daughter of King Jinheung of Silla. He was born in Gyeyang, Jincheon County in 595, became a Hwarang warrior at just 15 and was an accomplished swordsman and a Gukseon (국선, 國仙; Hwarang leader) by the time he was 18 years old. By the age of 34 (in 629) he had been given total command of the Silla armed forces. Three years after Princess Deokman became Queen Seondeok of Silla, who kept Kim Yushin as commander in chief of the royal army.

Yeon Gaesomun (Hangeul:연개소문 Hanja:淵 蓋蘇文 or 伊梨 柯須弥)(603–666) was a powerful and controversial military dictator and Generalissimo^{[citation needed]} in the waning days of Goguryeo, which was one of the Three Kingdoms of ancient Korea. Yeon is also remembered for a number of successful resistance in military conflicts with Tang Dynasty under Emperor Li Shimin and his son Emperor Gaozong. Their failure to Yeon was the only defeat that Emperor Li Shimin ever suffered on the battlefield.

Traditional Korean histories paint Yeon as a despotic leader, whose cruel policies and disobedience to his monarch led to the fall of Goguryeo. However, his achievements in defending Goguryeo against Chinese onslaughts have inspired Korean nationalist historians, most notably the 19th century Korean historian and intellectual Shin Chaeho, to term Yeon the greatest hero in Korean history. Many Korean scholars today echo Shin and praise Yeon as a soldier-statesman without equal in Korean history, though other scholars strongly disagree. Chinese and Japanese scholars continue to hold an unfavorable view of Yeon^{[citation needed]}.

Uhm Tae-woong (born April 5, 1974), known as "Uhm-force" among his fans, is a popular actor from South Korea. He is the younger brother of singer-actress Uhm Jung-hwa.

His father was a music teacher at a public school. He had a motorcycle accident and died when Uhm Tae Woong's mother was pregnant with him so he never saw his father. After his father's death his family (mother and three sisters)faced serious financial problems. His sister Uhm Jung-hwa released her first album in 1993. She is known as the Madonna of Korea and the queen of pop. After that he decided to have a career in acting. Because his father is dead he's the youngest fof the family. His two sisters are married. He and Uhm Jung-hwa aren't married. He has dated actress-model Lee Young-jin from 2007 to 2009.

In an interview he said that he'd chosen to be an actor because of a girl. "In order to win over my first love, I wanted to show her my vision and enrolled in to the theater department. But she ended up leaving. I was wandering, wondering what to do, when I met the manager I work with now, and then I started acting in earnest. I went to that school to win her, but thinking about it now it’s like I went to meet that friend. I think that’s fate." He made his first appearance in The Happenings in 1998. After some years he acted in Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang in 2005. After Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang he acted as the main character in drama Resurrection. It's ratings were not high but Uhm Tae Woong became very popular with the drama. he acted in vairous roles and in 2007 he acted in Devil. In 2009 he acted as General Kim Yushin. He acted in several movies and dramas and in 2012 he started acting as Kim Soon Woo inn Equator Man. His acting has gathered lots of attention.