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Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by ddoolin on Monday August 28, 2017 @06:25PM (#15120637)
When writing Korean names, like Chinese and probably others, the last name comes first, and more often than not that holds true when they're written in English, too. So his last name is Kim and his given name is Jong-Un. Separating the two syllables of the given name makes no sense, as in "Mr. Un". Mr. Jong-Un would be more appropriate, but Mr. Kim would be even more appropriate, as in Korean you don't refer to someone as "Mr. GivenName".
Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by LyndsySimon on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @11:43AM (#15125047)
In light of this, I've tried to eradicate the term "last name" from my vocabulary. Instead, I use "given name" and "family name".

Yes, I know that's not universal either, but it's close enough that it helps me conceptualize names when I'm writing code that must deal with them :)

Re:North Korea Missile Appears to Have Flown Over Japan, Abe... by KGIII on Monday August 28, 2017 @06:29PM (#15120672)
Thanks. I will keep that in mind for the future, however. Mr. Kim has a nice ring to it.

Edited because I read your post more carefully.