Search results for "Korean Won" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Sohn Kee-Chung (August 29, 1912 – November 15, 2002) became the first Korean athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won the gold medal in ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 15:58, 14 October 2022
- and Gyo (doctrinal, scholastic) sects of Korean Buddhism, which had been ... or advisor for the king. Throughout Korean history, even in emergencies ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- programs. Winning a 3.5 billion Korean won funding grant in Brain ... program received funding of 9.9 billion Korean won from the Ministry of Science ...11 KB (1,562 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- quot;Eighty-Thousand Tripitaka") is a Korean collection of the Tripitaka ... Korean Buddhist scholars first carved the Tripitaka Koreana beginning ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- in the southwestern portion of the Korean Peninsula and are collectively ... The dolmens provide the earliest archeological evidence of the Korean ...7 KB (1,041 words) - 03:57, 24 May 2024
- Won Buddhism, Wonbulgyo, a compound of the Korean won (circle) and bulgyo (Buddhism), means literally Circular Buddhism, or Consummate Buddhism ...8 KB (1,141 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- of a Mongol warrior. That combination won the respect and dread of the ... "Flower Youths." Hwa is the Sino-Korean (hanja) character for flower ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean Peninsula and parts of Manchuria ... four commanderies in northern parts of the Korean Peninsula. Three fell quickly ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- at the Russian consulate, proclaiming the Korean Empire. Faced with increasing ... The Korean Empire replaced the Joseon Dynasty which had ruled Korea ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 04:27, 8 June 2024
- cost to civilian lives throughout the Korean Peninsula, ultimately resulting ... and death test as a unified nation on the Korean Peninsula. Standing at the ...9 KB (1,252 words) - 19:58, 9 November 2022
- Lee Myung-bak's election to the South Korean presidency in 2008. Articulated ... climate from the authoritarian South Korean regimes before 1992. South ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. He was ... Buddhist streams that flowed into the Korean peninsula at the time. He ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- Suppression of the rebellion by the South Korean army was brutal, resulting ... in southern and northern parts of the Korean Peninsula, respectively. ...12 KB (1,861 words) - 04:44, 31 July 2022
- Sejong the Great (세종대왕, 世宗大王 in Korean),May 6, 1397 ... King Sejong is one of only two Korean rulers honored with the appellation ...12 KB (1,738 words) - 17:29, 6 June 2024
- To appreciate the value and the richness of the Korean Sirhak, one ... the Northern Learning school, like Park Chi-won, briefly introduced below ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- likely have been the founder of a new Korean dynasty. The Joseon dynasty ... Chun-an. His father opened a Sau-dang, or Korean grammar school, in which ...15 KB (2,253 words) - 09:08, 6 June 2024
- Chaebol refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate, an ... The Chaebol originates from Korea's culture and society. Korean ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- November 9, 1878 – March 10, 1938) was a Korean independence activist and ... for the moral and spiritual renewal of the Korean people through education ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- Jang Yeong-sil was a fifteenth century Korean scientist and astronomer ... The Celestial Globe invented by Jang appears on the back of each Korean ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 16:10, 8 February 2023
- religion. Among them were the fervent Korean priest Andrew Kim Taegeon ... too close to Pyongyang and was attacked by Korean forces. Thus, he became the ...20 KB (2,320 words) - 05:51, 8 June 2024
