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- Born: September 2003YouTube: Ha Youngwoong's YouTube Channel
- Birthplace: Seoul, South KoreaYouTube: Ha Youngwoong's YouTube Channel
- Youngwoong has never had formal music lessons; sings by earYouTube: Ha Youngwoong's YouTube Channel
- Video of Youngwoong singing "Hey Jude" by the Beatles uploaded by his parents in 2007YouTube Video: Hero Prodigy Our Kid Star Baby Beatles On KBS-TV (Time: 8:57)
- Youngwoong began singing at age two; he can sing about 40 Beatles songsYouTube: Young Boy Performs "Hey Jude" (Time: 1:42)
- Youngwoong was a winner of the Korean talent show Wunderkids in 2008YouTube: Hero Performs on Wunderkids (Time: 9:52)
- Hopes to learn to play the guitarYouTube: Young Boy Performs "Hey Jude" (Time: 1:42)
- Youngwoong's MySpace site lists several of his heroes, including The Beatles, Mozart, Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson and QueenOfficial MySpace Site: HeroisComing
- Favorite television shows and movies include American Idol, Happy Feet and The Sound of MusicOfficial MySpace Site: HeroisComing
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Ha Youngwoong is a South Korean child who became an Internet sensation with his renderings of well-known songs by the Beatles. A YouTube video of a diaper-clad Youngwoong, also known as "Hero," singing "Hey Jude" had been viewed nearly six million times in July of 2008.YouTube: Young Boy Performs "Hey Jude" (Time: 1:42)
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"Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr. And then Youngwoong. Total five."YouTube Video: Hero 5th Beatle Tot Rock Prodigy TV & News Worldwide... (Time: 4:40)—Ha Youngwoong, when asked to name the members of the Beatles"I want to travel all around the world to perform like the Beatles. Please come and see me."YouTube Video: Hero 5th Beatle Tot Rock Prodigy TV & News Worldwide... (Time: 4:40)—Ha Youngwoong
"I want my son to find a teacher who can open a decent path for his life and give him chances."YouTube Video: Hero 5th Beatle Tot Rock Prodigy TV & News Worldwide... (Time: 4:40) - Seo Ji-na, Youngwoong's mothe