Hong Jeong-ho

Hong Jeong-ho, South Korean footballer

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Born: August 12, 1989
Age in 2026: 37
Zodiac sign: Leo
Birth year: 1989

About Hong Jeong-ho

Hong Jeong-ho is a South Korean footballer who plays for K League 2 club Suwon Samsung Bluewings as a centre-back. He also played for the South Korea national team at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The investigation discovered that gangs had deposited ₩4 million unsolicited into his bank account, and he had later returned the funds. Hong Jeong-ho (Korean: 홍정호; Korean pronunciation: or; born 12 August 1989) is a South Korean footballer who plays for K League 2 club Suwon Samsung Bluewings as a centre-back.

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The world when Hong Jeong-ho was born

Hong Jeong-ho was born in 1989. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1989

#1 song"Look Away" – Chicago
Top movieDriving Miss Daisy
Top TV showRoseanne
Best-selling bookThe Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentSan Francisco earthquake interrupts the World Series
Top headlineFall of the Berlin Wall signals end of the Cold War
Technology milestoneWorld Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee
Defining fadGame Boy
Notable inventionGame Boy
World population5.19 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
Also wonDetroit Pistons (NBA)
U.S. population246.8M

1989 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Hong Jeong-ho's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1989	2026
Gas	$1.02	$3.45/gal
Average home	$93,100	$435,000
Average income	$34,213	$67,500
Minimum wage	$3.35	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$3.97	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.25	$0.73
Population	246.8M	341 million

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