# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-kwang-seok
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:16:21.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-kwang-seok"
name: "Kim Kwang-seok"
slug: "kim-kwang-seok"
description: "Kim Kwang-seok was a popular and influential South Korean folk rock singer. He debuted in 1987 as a member of Noraereul Channeun Saramdeul, an activist folk band. He achieved widespread popularity as a member of the folk band Dongmulwon, which debuted in 1988. The following year, in 1989, he released his first solo album."
tagline: "South Korean musician (1964–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kim_Kwang-seok_performing_live_in_1992.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-01-22"
deathDate: "1996-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.59
  momentum:             3.06590257879656
  historical:           12.364412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kks.storyhouse"
    handle:    "kks.storyhouse"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/990527"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kwang-seok"
    title: "Kim Kwang-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kwang-seok"
    title: "Kim Kwang-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kwang-seok"
    title: "Kim Kwang-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Gvangszok_(%C3%A9nekes)"
    title: "Kim Gvangszok (énekes)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kwang-seok"
    title: "Kim Kwang-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kwang-seok"
    title: "Kim Kwang-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%82%AF"
    title: "キム・グァンソク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EA%B4%91%EC%84%9D"
    title: "김광석"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Ким Кван Сок (певец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kwang-seok"
    title: "Kim Kwang-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA"
    title: "Кім Кван Сок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%85%89%E7%9F%B3"
    title: "金光石"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b2ba5630-972f-400b-9c6b-e98bcf4137a8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q625517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump