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- Korean literature is the body of literature produced in Korea or by ... The development of Korean Literature is quite unique due to the creation ...33 KB (5,273 words) - 00:25, 8 May 2021
- Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its ... Korean Buddhism today consists mostly of the Seon lineage. Seon has ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
- Korean painting includes paintings made in Korea or by overseas Koreans ... spontaneity, and naturalism. Although Korean art was strongly influenced ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refer to persons of Korean ethnic ... During the Joseon dynasty, many poor Korean farmers migrated to China ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- The Korean War is the name given to a civil war between the nations of North Korea and South Korea, which were created out of the occupation ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- North Korean defectors are Koreans who have fled North Korea seeking ... Immediately following the truce ending the Korean war, South Korea ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- dating back more than 1000 years. Most Korean temples have names ending ... ==Brief History of Korean Buddhism== :See Korean Buddhism for more ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
- came to be known in Korea as Sinmiyangyo (Korean: 신미양요 ,Western Disturbance ... On receiving the letter, the Korean government faced a dilemma: they ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- Geom-mu refers to a traditional sword dance practiced in Korea. Korean ... "Mu," (舞) meaning dance. That name applies to the basic forms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
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- by the Daewongun and conservatives in the Korean court. In 1866, distressed ... In the first battle, the Korean infantry division suffered heavy losses ...8 KB (1,114 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- Gija in northern (or in the northwest of) Korean Peninsula. Most of the Chinese ... Koreans point to Gija as a co-founder of Korean civilization along ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- October 1920 between the Japanese army and Korean independence forces during ... in 1905 under the Treaty of Eulsa, the Korean army was officially decommissioned ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- quot;Eighty-Thousand Tripitaka") is a Korean collection of the Tripitaka ... as the "Goryeo Tripitaka" the name "Goryeo," the name ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- wrote some of the first books introducing Korean culture to the western world. ... the benefit of western medicine to the Korean public and initiated a close ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- Geom-mu refers to a traditional sword dance practiced in Korea. Korean ... "Mu," (舞) meaning dance. That name applies to the basic forms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- the longest period of history on the Korean Peninsula from as early as ... History of South Korea for accounts of the Korean history from the Three Kingdoms ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 11:25, 26 June 2022
- Sangosa and has been researched by South Korean, North Korean, and Chinese ... in Liaoning, south Manchuria and northern Korean Peninsula. ...10 KB (1,333 words) - 21:05, 31 October 2022
- {{Infobox Korean name|tablewidth=280| hangul=손기정| ... his name in Japanese and signed only his Korean name, and would even sketch ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 15:58, 14 October 2022
- The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refer to persons of Korean ethnic ... During the Joseon dynasty, many poor Korean farmers migrated to China ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- Ewha Womans University (Korean: 이화여자대학교, Hanja: 梨花女子大學校 ... {{Infobox Korean name |hangul = 이화여자대학교 |hanja = 梨花女子大 ...11 KB (1,562 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- Korean empress Queen Min was assassinated in the early hours of October ... Both the Korean and Japanese governments accept that the incident ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- The South Korean government awarded Namdaemun, officially called Sungnyemun ... #1 because in 1962, when the South Korean government inaugurated the ...7 KB (1,106 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- been active for more than 1400 years. The name of the temple means "Buddha ... headquarter temples for the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, Korean's largest ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- 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
- inspired the military traditions throughout Korean history. ... "Flower Youths." Hwa is the Sino-Korean (hanja) character for flower ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- Yu Gwansun (December 16, 1902 – September 28, 1920) was a female ... independence movement for 21 months, her name remains a source of strength ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 14:11, 28 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
- 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
- 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
- in the north east of China and the Korean Peninsula between the fifth ... epitaph contains the date 357, the personal name Dong Shou (冬壽), his title ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- in 1886, King Gojong endorsed its official name, Pai Chai Hak Dang (Hall for ... The Pennsylvania native baptized his first Korean convert on Easter ...11 KB (1,655 words) - 13:51, 8 February 2022
- 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
- Korean mythology represents Dangun Wanggeom as the founder of Gojoseon ... Although myth shrouds the origins of the Korean people, the message ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- Jongmyo's unique dedication to ceremonies honoring departed Korean ... * Haeoe Hongbowŏn (Korea). 2003. Guide to Korean cultural heritage ...6 KB (863 words) - 19:53, 4 May 2024
- 1146) was the seventeenth emperor of the Korean Goryeo dynasty. He was the ... Samguk Sagi, the oldest extant record of Korean history, by Kim Busik. It ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- {{Infobox Korean name| hangul=명종| hanja=明宗| rr=Myeongjong| ... Queen Munjeong governed the nation in his name. After he came of age, she ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- there were repeated efforts made by the Korean monarchy (who feared European ... eventual martyrdom under the repressive Korean monarchy, as it desperately ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 17:52, 27 July 2023
- Ahn Jung-Geun or An Jung-Geun (September 2, 1879 - March 26, 1910) (Baptismal name: Thomas) was a Korean independence activist. In 1909, during ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- Jizi (chinese:箕 子) (Gija in Korean)The character "zi" ... have been developed into key persons in Korean history who brought civilization ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- Chuseok (Korean: 추석; hanja: 秋夕), literally "Autumn eve ... to their ancestors and share a feast of Korean traditional food such as ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- 127° 30 East, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from ... both direct invasions focused on the Korean land area and also indirect ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- of the Joseon Dynasty and retained many Korean elements dating from the ... , and Nakseon-jae (former residence of Korean imperial family including ...8 KB (1,063 words) - 01:18, 4 December 2023
- Korean and world experts have celebrated Jeong Yak-yong's contribution ... developments with a great interest. His name was Tasan who may be presently ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 07:14, 31 July 2022
- Ahn Chang Ho, or An Chang-ho, pen name Dosan, (November 9, 1878 – March 10, 1938) was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- {{Infobox Korean name |hangul=광개토대왕 |hanja=廣開土大王 ... Kingdoms of Korea. His full posthumous name roughly means "Very Greatest ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- the catalyst for the beginning of the Korean War. The measure was adopted ... The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 11:49, 3 May 2023
- The Korean people are the most homogeneous people on earth. Although ... Although a variety of different Asian peoples had migrated to the ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 6 March 2024
- Jang Yeong-sil was a fifteenth century Korean scientist and astronomer ... science awards and scholarships in his name. The IR52 Jang Young Sil Award ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 16:10, 8 February 2023
- Chung Dojeon (Jeong Dojeon; 1342 – 1398), also known by the pen name Sambong, was the most powerful medieval Korean noble and politician of ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 01:06, 9 February 2023
- came to be known in Korea as Sinmiyangyo (Korean: 신미양요 ,Western Disturbance ... On receiving the letter, the Korean government faced a dilemma: they ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- Korea of 1866, known as Byeonginyangyo (Korean: 병인양요, Western Disturbance ... as early as the sixteenth century. Through Korean tribute missions to the Qing ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- ===Cycles of Korean Dynasties=== province, in the southern part of the Korean peninsula. Gyeongju, Choe ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- {{Infobox Korean name |img=Cheoljong.jpg |hangul=철종 ... (r. 1849-1863) was the 25th king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. Cheoljong ...11 KB (1,646 words) - 07:55, 13 January 2023
- To appreciate the value and the richness of the Korean Sirhak, one ... One of the front runners of Korean Sirhak is Yu Hyông-wôn (1622 ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- ! colspan=2 | Korean name |- | Hangul || 백두산 |- | Hanja || 白頭山 ... The Korean name, Baekdu-san, means "white-headed mountain." ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- of the original capital cities of the Korean empire, dating to at least ... Wu Nu Shan has been considered the birthplace of the Korean Kingdom ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- The Joseon Dynasty on the Korean peninsula sought to maintain a low ... small size as a protection and earned the name "The Hermit Kingdom. ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- Korean painting includes paintings made in Korea or by overseas Koreans ... spontaneity, and naturalism. Although Korean art was strongly influenced ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- {{Infobox Korean name |img=Gimchi.jpg |hangul=김치 |hanja=沈|菜 ... Kimchi, also spelled gimchi or kimchee, refers to a traditional Korean ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- ! colspan="2" | Korean Name |- | width="150" | Hangul ... which often considered the backbone of the Korean peninsula. Many Koreans believe ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 23:58, 29 May 2023
- The Korean War (1950-1953) and its Armistice Agreement left the two ... free and independent." For some Korean nationalists who wanted immediate ...20 KB (2,911 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- known as Geobukseon or Kobukson, by its Korean name). It won fame for playing ... Korea had little to oppose him with. The Korean army lacked the forces and ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:27, 3 May 2023
- Kang Kam-chan or Gang Gam-chan (948 – 1031) was a medieval Korean ... establish a new dynasty and unifying the Korean Peninsula. A legend tells ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 07:45, 23 January 2023
- Rome, and Japan claimed divinity, early Korean kings had a unique place ... The crowns of Silla were made in the Korean kingdom of Silla approximately ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- and Taedong Rivers, ruling over northern Korean Peninsula and southern Manchuria ... China north of the Yangtze River, and the Korean Peninsula. Gojoseon eventually ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- The Silla dynasty, emerging in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula ... phonetically approximating its native Korean name: 斯盧 (사로, saro ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- Due to the north-south split during this period of Korean history ... With modern-day Korean reunification an increasing possibility in ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- dating back more than 1000 years. Most Korean temples have names ending ... ==Brief History of Korean Buddhism== :See Korean Buddhism for more ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
- {{Infobox Korean name| img=WJC.jpg| hangul=우장춘| hanja=禹長春| ... Woo's insistence on using his Korean name rather than his Japanese ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:29, 17 May 2023
- the so-called Kuhwan (Gu means nine in Korean). Kuhwan means the nine tribes ... mentioned earlier, Shinshi also went by the name Guri, and the word "Goguryeo ...10 KB (1,470 words) - 22:56, 23 April 2023
- border-bottom:1px solid" colspan=2 | Korean name |- ... Jiandao (間島), known in Korean as Gando, refers to northeastern ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 08:52, 3 April 2024
- E. as the thirty-third king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla, in the ... reign of King Seongdeok is seen by most Korean scholars as the apogee of ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 02:52, 30 September 2022
- North Korean defectors are Koreans who have fled North Korea seeking ... Immediately following the truce ending the Korean war, South Korea ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- The "ji" in the name of Jirisan or Mt. Jiri is the chinese ... (1,950 m), and the highest on the South Korean mainland, Jeonwangbong is ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- declared Natural Monument No. 182-1 by the South Korean Government in 1966. The mountain presents a lush green face during the summer season, brilliant ...6 KB (934 words) - 22:48, 3 August 2023
- 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
- The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... In addition to the Armed Forces, the South Korean government maintains ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- 忠肅王). In addition to his various Korean names, he bore the Mongolian ... 高麗王朝; Koryo kingdom) ruled the Korean peninsula from 935 to 1392 ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 09:05, 20 December 2022
- and final king of the five-century long Korean Joseon Dynasty. He reigned ... Journal], Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, Russian Academy ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- Fir is the common name for any of the evergreen trees comprising the ... thus not true firs, also have the common name of fir, such as the Douglas ...9 KB (1,400 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- of modernization. Since the end of the Korean War, South Korea has sought ... South Korea have brought many changes to Korean's lives. In the past ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- {{Infobox Korean name |hangul=신문왕 |hanja=神文王 ... arose on the southeastern part of the Korean peninsula around 50 B.C.E ...11 KB (1,743 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- War became hot for the first time on the Korean Peninsula. Russia, China ... government, rising from the rubble of the Korean War, South Korea now belongs ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 10:44, 10 November 2023
- king of the Joseon Dynasty. His personal name was Yi Hon (李琿). He came ... one of the most perilous periods in Korean history. Leading Joseon in ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch ... form in English-language North Korean works from around 1965. North ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- сарам; Koryo-mar: 고려사람), the name ethnic Koreans in the Post ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- The grotto is found near the Korean Buddhist temple complex of ... in South Korea. In 1962, the South Korean government designated Seokguram ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- established the state of Kara Khitai. Their name survived in the Russian word ... cultural integrity. The Khitan knew of the Korean kingdom of Silla which they ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- abbot. This monastery became the center of Korean Hwaeom (Hua-yen 華嚴; Pinyin: ... of the Three Kingdoms), one of the oldest Korean documents extant, written ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- Korea. In November 1905, Japan compelled the Korean king to accept a Japanese resident-general, who would have control over Korea's foreign affairs ...11 KB (1,628 words) - 04:51, 5 November 2022
- {{Infobox Korean name| hangul=백운화상초록불조직지심체요절| ... Jikji is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document, whose ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- Krai, and the northern part of the Korean peninsula. The Khitans defeated ... . Controversy boils between Chinese, North Korean, and South Korean archaeologists ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- Jeju-do (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju ... ! English Name !! Korean Name !! Hangul !! Hanja |- | Jeju Island ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 18:01, 2 April 2024
- Yejong of Goryeo (1079 - 1122) was the 16th emperor of the Korean ... training, the first recorded occasion of a Korean dynasty providing formal ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- to bring about a swifter end to the Korean War. His critics argue that ... him again due to his involvement in the Korean War. The Soviet Union refused ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 18:30, 2 May 2023
- of Asia, has risen from the rubble of the Korean War into one of the world ... the only legitimate government on the Korean Peninsula in 1948. ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- Korea that together occupied most of the Korean peninsula and extended north ... one of the three powerful kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria. ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- {{Infobox Korean name| hangul=신사임당| hanja=申師任堂| ... was a famous Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) Korean painter and calligraphist ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 21:41, 6 October 2022
- in 1392. Goryeo pottery—the famous Korean celadon pottery—and the ... to his hometown Gaeseong, and ruled the Korean Peninsula as the first king ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- 1570) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the ... Late in the fifteenth century, Korean intellectual life was flourishing ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- from Japan at the end of World War II. The Korean War began with North Korea ... the North, claiming that "the South Korean military is openly clamoring ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- and stationing steam powered ships in Korean ports. After the Korean War ... with the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Korean War badly damaged the railroad ...22 KB (2,978 words) - 16:03, 31 October 2023
- South Korea. Taking control of the South Korean government through a bloodless ... of sōshi-kaimei, he adopted the Japanese name Masao Takagi (高木正雄 ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- {{Infobox Korean name| hangul=연개소문| hanja=淵蓋蘇文| ... the Tang. He has become a hero of modern Korean nationalists, for whom he ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- The Yangban (양반, 兩班 in Korean) were a well-educated scholarly ... of origin, has been perpetuated within the Korean ruling class of the partitioned ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- Incheon Sangryuk Jakjeon; code name: Operation Chromite) was a decisive ... of the peninsula by the invading North Korean People's Army (NKPA ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) Korea's largest denomination ... became the first Patriarch of China. The Korean Jogye order grew from the ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- General in Korea in 1906, forcing the Korean sovereign's abdication ... In November 1905, following the Russo-Japanese War, the Korean government ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 06:30, 11 March 2024
- to assimilate, and be assimilated by, Korean culture. The church went ... Korean Christianity today maintains a strong and vibrant presence ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
