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UK Checkmate official MV released on the June 4, 2021 Source : Apeace's official YouTube account

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UK (YeoungUk) Apeace member

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The 335 years war is the longest war in history. It was fought between an island off the coast of the UK called Scilly and the Netherlands. Scilly decided they wanted to go to war with Netherlands over some trade issues and never fought. There was no peace treaty and people just forgot about it or 335 years until the Dutch made apeace treaty

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About UK 🥂

note : I will add the different video extracts and photos later on Scene name : UK Full name : Jeong Yeong-Uk | 정영육

Nationality : South Korean Date of birth : 14.05.1995, time and city of birth are unknown Blood type : A

Facts :

He was part of a Jpop band called Apeace from 2010 to 2021. The band originally consisted of 21 artists divided into three subunits of 7 members. But then the number of members decreased with time. The artists were all South Korean and produced under the label Xing Entertainment.

Yeonguk was part of the Lapis5 subunit. In an interview recently given in France, as he was one of the artist guests at Japan Expo, he explaine that his band used to perform regularly in a theater and that his subunit would produce up to 18 times a month. (X)

In the same interview, he explained that he practiced Taekwondo as a child and intended to become a professional martial artist. However, for personal reasons, he could not achieve that goal. He thus thought about what he wanted to do in life and came up to the conclusion that he loved being in movement above anything else. He thus took interest in dancing and singing.

He also participated to the program G-EGG. He was a part of Team D with 4 other artists. This project was meant to form a band of both Japanese and Korean artists.

He debuted his solo career in 2021 with the title CHECKMATE, during the pandemic. Back then he was back in Korea. Shortly after, he had to do his military service. He said he also had the opportunity to focus on his studies. (X)

He is a Michael Jackson fan. He loves dancing and is good at beatboxing. (I was able to witness that in person, he's really good at it. Also I could sense his Michael Jackson influences. Looking back at it, he did a lot of Moonwalk inspired moves, his gesture and the fluidity of his movements were kinda similar to Michael's. Also he often references to Black and/or white. Even in his outfits on stage, there were a lot of black and white contrast and the color only came from a few accessories or the lighting on stage).

He apparently has three older sisters, one of which was also an idol. Her name is Jeong Sol and she was part of the girl group Skarf from August to December 2012.

He has a nephew that, according to him, looks just like him. (X)

Yeonguk is very dedicated to his work. He trains regularly and takes his job very seriously. He updates about his training or the vocal warmups he does when he's about to perform on his social media. You can clearly see how his taekwondo training plays a role in his physical abilities cause he is super flexible and agile.

He stated that his military service in Korea lead him to reflect on what to do if he were to be in a leading position in his every day life or how to act if a war were to happen. He said that he became more conscious of the impact of his decisions and tries to transfer what he learned at the military in his career as an artist. (X)

He seems to enjoy drawing though he says he's not that good at it. And he plays the piano. (X) (X)

He was and is still pretty close with the artists he worked with in the past, as he mentioned at Japan Expo. (X)

He enjoys coffee and likes to sit in coffee shops to write lyrics. (X)

He attended the Japan Expo convention in Paris from the 11th to the 14th of July 2024 as a guest star. He performed the four days at least two to three times a day, either alone or with French dance groups that covered trendy Kpop hits. His presence on stage is intense and you can feel the passion he has for music. He was very cheerful and friendly with the crowd, he kept interacting with the fans that were on the front row, even the people that were here out of curiousity, taking their phones so they would get better videos of him to post on their socials. He was really smooth with the crowd and the way he occupied space. He was very professional, you could feel his experience in the way he spoke and how he was hyping up the room. I didn't know him at all and to be honest with you I'm very picky when it comes to music. I can guarantee you not a single soul got bored during the live show. And by the end of his stage he held photocalls with the fans. The dedication this guy has, I swear. Poor guy was exhausted and all sweaty and still held a photocall event a few minutes after his performance.

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UK updates

During the month of January, UK will be participating to a casting in Japan for the role of the Little Prince in the play of the same name (星の王子様 in japanese). Fans will be able to attend the auditions. Other artists are applying for the role as well. Depending on how well UK does, he will be casted in the main role. He had already played this role in the past when he was a member of Apeace, if my data is correct.

Other than that, UK officially announced that he will be attending the Japan Expo convention in Marseilles in February 2025 as a guest artist. He will be showcasing there to promote his mini album Vivid UK.

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He’s been going at it with the girlfriend camera again 🤣 He’s unstoppable!

Other than that, since I asked him if his fans had a specific name (like other artists do, i.e. Stray Kids and Stays), UK has been suggesting fans to think of a name for themselves for the past two lives 😊

He himself thought of the word KUKI which he thought was cute because it would be pronounced as Cookie, it has his name (UK) spelled backwards in it meaning that the fans are a part of him and furthermore it is similar in pronounciation to the japanese word kuuki 空気 which means air. And to UK the fans are the air or the wind blowing beneath his wings and supporting him.

Suggestions by fans included :

To U in reference to one of his songs

UinK (=wink)

MoonK or 🌙K since the shape of the moon is similar to a slanted U

Cake spelled ケーキ or Kki

U目 pronounced similarly to yume , Japanese word for Dream

Angel in reference to Angelpeace (Apeace fandom name)

Ukuti (as UK’s nickname is Uku)

Puppy

Sky

Shine

Star

Flower

Promise (since that’s a word that he likes a lot)

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UK Checkmate official MV Practice released in June 2021 Source : Apeace official YouTube

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UK (YeoungUk) , Apeace member

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UK (YoungUk) Apeace member

solo project "CHECKMATE"

release : 20.JUL.2021

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