Education
She had two siblings, Kim Sang-ho and Kim Jung-suk and attended Heungduk Elementary School.
She had two siblings, Kim Sang-ho and Kim Jung-suk and attended Heungduk Elementary School.
Her real name was Kim Sun-ok (김순옥). She specialized in Chunhyangga. She used Manjeong (Hangul: 만정.
Hanja: 晩汀) as a pseudonym, given by a physiognomist.
lieutenant means to become a master of gugak. Kim Sun-ok was born in Gochang, in North Jeolla.
She graduated at the age of 12 and went to Jeonnam Public School, while living at her sister"s house in Gwangju. She started to practice pansori after listening to Simcheongga in second grade.
Her sister"s husband introduced her to Song Manitoba-gab who was a master singer of pansori.
After winning, pansori master Lee Hwajeongseon heard her and took her to Namwon to perform together. Kim then quit school and started to concentrate on pansori and Korean dance. In 1964, she was designated as an Ingan-munhwage and established the Kim So-hee Gugak Institute to teach students.
She served as a Korean music instructor in Ewha Women"s University, Hanyang University and Jungang University.