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- an Olympic medal when he won the gold medal in the Marathon in the 1936 Berlin ... and wear a Japanese uniform. One newspaper in Seoul went so far as to remove ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 15:58, 14 October 2022
- The Peace Cup is a football (soccer) tournament held every two years ... (WANGO), which holds youth soccer events in over 35 countries in the developing ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 04:55, 3 November 2025
- UNESCO designated the fortress a World Heritage site in 1997. Hwaseong ... Hwaseong Fortress stands as a symbol of Korea's encounter with ...9 KB (1,374 words) - 16:40, 19 July 2024
- harvest festival and a three-day holiday in both North and South Korea ... During this time the ancestors are honored in special ceremonies. ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Bribery is a crime involving a sum of money or an item given in order ... the actions as an official or other person in discharge of a public or legal ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... York City or Tokyo. Almost one fourth of South Korea's population lives ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- South Korea's contemporary culture has been shaped by the passionate ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- Horse racing is an equestrian sport which has been practiced over ... of events varies very much by the country in which the race is occurring ...28 KB (4,562 words) - 07:56, 19 July 2024
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민êµ, ... become the most popular spectator sport in South Korea. ...42 KB (5,874 words) - 16:22, 25 August 2025
- de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's world governing body ... Soccer, or football as most the world calls it, officially began in ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- or long track speed skating) is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed ... longer distances. An individual and relay sport, it is known to challenge ...27 KB (4,168 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- Middle school, also known as Junior High school, is a school in the ... The middle school years are a significant time in compulsory schooling ...18 KB (2,763 words) - 09:09, 31 May 2025
- AH-see-ahn in English (the official language of the bloc), is a political ... The member states of ASEAN are growing in importance internationally ...32 KB (4,413 words) - 19:27, 18 March 2026
- The Olympics) are the worlds premier multi-sport international athletic competition ... The original Olympic Games began in c. 776 B.C.E. in Olympia, Greece ...28 KB (4,240 words) - 18:08, 19 August 2025
- known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams ... hands or arms to propel or catch the ball in general play. The team that ...36 KB (5,773 words) - 15:50, 4 February 2025
- and one of the four "big cats" in the Panthera genus, along with ... which are either all-black or very dark in coloration, are known as black ...20 KB (3,051 words) - 19:53, 11 March 2025
- Physical fitness is used in the context of two meanings: General fitness ... muscles to function at optimum efficiency. In previous years, fitness was ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2025
- facilitating transport and communication in some of the most isolated locations ... . "General purpose" does appear in connection with the vehicle ...24 KB (3,439 words) - 09:20, 23 December 2024
- at an elevation of 1,700 feet (520 m) in the country's central ... The city lies in the center of the Santiago Basin, an enormous bowl ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- American football, known in the United States simply as football, ... American football descended from rugby football, played in the United ...32 KB (5,140 words) - 17:50, 7 February 2025
