Jinsop

Jinsop Ho Odirling, known as "Jinsop" (Seoul, South Korea, 1959 – Santa Elena, Ecuador, June 24, 2012) was an Ecuadorian singer of Korean and American heritage who sang Spanish ballads, pop, and rock music. He reached fame in the 1970s and 1980s in Latin America. The name "Jinsop" means "Fire Star" in Korean. Jinsop was born in Seoul, South Korea, during the South Korean War. His father was an American diplomat named Fred Odirling, and his mother was a Korean woman named Myonghui. When he was a child in South Korea he was discriminated against for being the product of an interracial relationship. He then moved to the United States because his father got work as an electrical engineer at NASA. When he was 15 years old he moved to Quito, Ecuador where his father began work as a diplomat at the research station. His parents returned to the United States, but he ramained in Ecuador because he liked the country. At sixteen he studied at the Cotopaxi Academy and Anderson College where he met his wife Silvia Jarrin, who taught him Spanish with beginning language books, and with whom he had three children; Jinsop Junior, a business manager in South Carolina, Alexander, who studied Systems Engineering in Quito, and David, who has a doctorate in Economics.[2]