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This paper investigates the current state of Russian Cyrillic orthography of Korean names. With the rise of Hallyu or the Korean wave, an accurate translation and orthography of the names of Korean actors, singers and literary writers is an important issue. Different Cyrillization of the same name only exacerbates confusion. There are two types of Russian Cyrillic orthography to transcribe Korean words – the Holodovich System and the Kontsevich system. There exists controversy on some of the issues between the two systems. Among the differences in opinions among researchers, this paper categorizes the most urgent issues in Cyrillization of Korean proper nouns into four groups. Examples where such issues arise are collected and analyzed. Although there are various arguements around each of the types of Cyrillization, this paper attempts to narrow the differences in arguements and proposes alternatives that are believed to be more appropriate. Findings in this paper may contribute to developing a standard for Cyrillization of the Korean language.