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- Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... ==Names of Korea== The name "Korea(한국)" derives from ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- primarily in the newly independent states of Central Asia. Large Korean ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- research university in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1946. SNU, the ... Seoul National University's history presents a cross-section ...21 KB (2,854 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... Seoul, one of the world's most densely populated major cities ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- as the dominant figure in the Republic of Korea's history and particularly ... from the communist North with the assistance of U.S. forces. Park also earned ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- as Gando, refers to northeastern parts of the People's Republic ... Today, most of the region resides in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 08:52, 3 April 2024
- This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according ... * Sovereign states (country names in bold), consisting of: ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- 15, 628 C.E. corresponds to the Seventh Day of the Third Month of 628 C.E ... with good governance and the promotion of a value based social system ...9 KB (1,420 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- During the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea, the royal courts ... Based on the civil service examinations of imperial China, the gwageo ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 06:03, 27 July 2023
- major magazine, during the "Golden Age of Photojournalism," she ... whether that required sitting on top of a gargoyle on the Chrysler ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- /) a private, coeducational university located in Seoul, South Korea ... The university formally established in January, 1957 through the union ...28 KB (3,704 words) - 21:29, 4 June 2023
- denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin ... The Sakhalin Koreans experienced slaughter at the hands of the Russians ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- August 660 C.E.), a kingdom in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula originally ... Onjo of Baekje, the son of Goguryeo's founder Jumong, founded ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- Gyeongju is a city (see Subdivisions of South Korea) and prominent ... Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla, a fact to ...25 KB (3,647 words) - 14:22, 14 December 2021
- diaspora and Vietnam) and Chuseok (North and South Korea). ... , is the Japanese festival honoring the autumn moon, a variant of ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- for the post-World War II period. See also Names of Korea. ... Paleolithic times. According to legend, Korea's first kingdom, Gojoseon ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ==Names of Korea== In the Korean language, South Korea is called Daehan ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- The Progressive Movement in Korea began in 1873, just prior to the ... Korea has sometimes been described as a shrimp between two whales ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 23:06, 30 November 2022
- ancient kingdom established after the fall of Goguryeo. After Goguryeo's ... Balhae occupied southern parts of Manchuria (Northeast China) and ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- structure based on the regular gathering of small groups. Rather than focus ... ==The Essence of a Cell Church== Any viable community, including cell ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- term that refers to the modern notion of a Chinese nationality transcending ... The roots of the Zhonghua minzu lie in the multi-ethnic Qing Empire ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- allowed for control over significant parts of the Japanese economy throughout ... After Japan’s surrender (1945) in World War II, the breakup of the ...11 KB (1,482 words) - 05:20, 13 June 2023
- Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... Religion in Korea has a multi-faceted character. Shamanism, a tribal ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- Korean painting includes paintings made in Korea or by overseas Koreans ... influenced by Chinese art and the exchange of cultural influences between ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- until 1910, lasted for five centuries as one of the world's longest running ... Shortly following the declaration of the Korean Empire in 1897, the ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- festivals are celebrated as Chuseok in Korea and Tsukimi in Japan. This ... festival. These cakes, named after the shape of the full moon, reflects the ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- founded, being the first to adopt the title of "emperor" (huangdi ... officials in his administration as a means of controlling the Han people ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 17:48, 27 January 2022
- province, and the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, was one ... the second century B.C.E., around the fall of Gojoseon, an earlier kingdom ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... after the Japanese defeat and at the onset of the Chinese Civil War. The ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- impressions thereof that are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents ... Seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of wood, bamboo, plastic ...36 KB (5,590 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- born Hiyoshi-maru日吉丸; coming of age (Genpuku) as Kinoshita ... Hideyoshi is noted in Japanese history for a number of political and ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 12:36, 18 April 2023
- The concept of yin and yang (Pinyin: yīnyáng; t=陰陽|s=阴阳|p ... and can also be seen as a process of transformation. The concept ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- Marxism-Leninism is an adaptation of Marxism developed by Vladimir ... Communist parties subscribed to the teachings and legacy of Karl Marx ...15 KB (2,166 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- who served as the second Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 ... become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- Cranes are any of the large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds ... Representatives of the Guidae family, comprising 15 extant species ...19 KB (2,899 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- northernmost, and most sparsely populated of its 47 prefectural-level subdivisions ... Hokkaidō did not officially become part of Japan until 1868, and ...26 KB (3,650 words) - 13:21, 1 February 2024
- MARC is an acronym, used in the field of library science, that stands ... The future of the MARC formats is a matter of some debate in the worldwide ...10 KB (1,427 words) - 04:45, 5 November 2022
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during which the capital ... during the Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- to as ADS) is a digital library portal of over 7,000,000 astronomy and ... had a significant impact on the efficiency of astronomical research since ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones. The word cairn comes ... balanced sculptures and elaborate feats of megalithic engineering and ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- 28, 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.) is one of the world's foremost exemplary ... Confucius taught personal and public morality, correctness of social ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- The List of Monarchs of Korea provides a insightful look at the development ... The following list of monarchs has been categorized by historical ...52 KB (6,080 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- Salmon is the common name for several species of large food and game ... in freshwater lakes—probably as a legacy of the last period of glaciation—salmon ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- by the men's national soccer teams of the member nations of Fédération ... the World Cup Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 national ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- known in English as Academies or Academies of Classical Learning, were private ... The bestowal of a calligraphic signboard by the Emperor was an extremely ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 07:12, 14 June 2023
- Srāvastī or Sāvatthī (Hindi: श्रावस्ती), one ... Jetavana is a historical park, with remains of many ancient buildings ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 16:17, 8 February 2023
- As such, he will be the spiritual successor of the historic Śākyamuni Buddha ... The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United ... name from Dwight Eisenhower, in honor of his grandson, Dwight David ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... Chinese dominate almost all the economies of Southeast Asia, and have sometimes ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- IAST Ayodhyā), an ancient city of India, holds a cherished place ... With the rise of the Gupta Empire (320 to 550 C.E.), Hinduism again ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 07:27, 23 August 2023
- and formerly Vietnamese. Four percent of Chinese characters are derived ... parts where one indicates a general category of meaning and the other the sound ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- A high school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly ... In addition to completing this level of academic studies, high schools ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... == History of Imperial Examinations == [[Image:Palastexamen-SongDynastie ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- for people to gather for the purpose of drinking tea, often combined ... The form of a tea house or room varies considerably, just as the occasions ...29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- Zen (禅), Japanese for "meditation," is a form of Mahāyāna ... was subsequently transmitted to other parts of Asia including Japan, China ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- Clupea harengusThe most abundant species of fish in the world. ... life, and limbs—if present—in the form of fins. Poikilothermic refers ...18 KB (2,549 words) - 06:51, 17 May 2021
- and Hawaiian English) is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most ... Since approximately 75 percent of the resident population of the state ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle (1996). ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state ... After World War II, Shinto lost its status of state religion; some ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the Scyphozoan class ... Theoretically, members of Cnidaria have life cycles that alternate ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 18:03, 2 April 2024
- Joseph (also Joseph the Betrothed, Joseph of Nazareth, and Joseph ... he then fled to Egypt to avoid the wrath of Herod the Great, returning ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- she changed the public's perception of people with disabilities. She ... true value comes from the height and depth of her mind. ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 08:35, 21 January 2024
- Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcismus—to adjure) is the practice ... The concept of possession by evil spirits and the practice of exorcism ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- Viperinae is a subfamily of terrestrial and arboreal venomous vipers ... Because of their venom, viperines are highly feared by people. The ...13 KB (1,863 words) - 00:46, 18 November 2022
- quot;The naughty children"; German Caricature of 1849.]] has been largely rejected in favor of other disciplinary methods ...28 KB (4,287 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes.] ... Working Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet ... The great institution of classical dance was founded by Anna of Russia ...19 KB (2,726 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- meaning “to serve”; a samurai is the retainer of a lord. spiritual ethos. Almost all the key leaders of the Meiji Restoration were ...49 KB (7,556 words) - 03:06, 23 December 2022
- , 709–785) was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor ... history. His style assimilated the essence of the previous 500 years, and ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 03:43, 15 October 2020
- elastic, water-resistant, natural material of commercial importance and for ... in colloquial speech, is the outermost layer of a woody stem, derived from ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- participants disrobe and sit in temperatures of over 176°F/80°C . This induces ... wood smoke aroma still lingered and was part of the cleansing ritual. This ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- [[Image:Caslon-schriftmusterblatt.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|A specimen ... Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design ...43 KB (6,355 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- [[Image:a cup of chai.JPG|thumbnail|190px|right|A cup of masala chai.]] is merely the generic word for tea in much of the world, but for many English ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953 ... Truman, whose personal style contrasted sharply with that of the patrician ...47 KB (7,091 words) - 13:31, 24 January 2023
- bend in each arm. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates ... Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ... (愛新覺羅) ruling family was the last Emperor of China between ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ... The chief cause of the war cause was Ho Chi Minh’s desire to establish ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own ethnic culture ... they have adopted their values and standards of behavior. The problem is that ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Tuna is any of 14 species of ocean-dwelling fish comprising the tribe ... They often travel and forage as schools of diverse tuna species sharing ...16 KB (2,306 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- A scroll is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper which has been ... While a scroll is a roll of paper, papyrus, or parchment, a codex ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... term has been understood to refer to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations ... in the eighteenth century, among a group of men including John Wesley and ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- techniques, such as pointe work, turn-out of the legs, and high extensions; ... In ballet, the expressive, disciplined movement of the human body ...26 KB (3,932 words) - 16:13, 30 August 2023
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- ), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of ... the preferred term by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and that the word ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd President of the ... the Republican Party. Bush is the eldest son of the 41st U.S. President, George ...61 KB (9,229 words) - 08:20, 23 January 2023
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... and nation in East Asia. It is one of the world's oldest civilizations ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally ... shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students sentenced ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible ... Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from ...46 KB (6,635 words) - 22:34, 28 January 2024
- Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県, Okinawa-ken;Okinawan: Uchinā) is one ... The three tribal federations of the Ryukyu Islands were united in ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- horticulturist, botanist, and co-founder of the American Society for Horticultural ... He was considered the father of rural sociology and rural journalism ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 22:29, 25 October 2022
- Online shopping is the process of researching and purchasing products ... ” and pays with a credit card or some form of electronic payment. The products ...28 KB (4,204 words) - 00:40, 18 November 2022
- traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy (書聖). Wang ... is the most well-known and most-copied piece of Chinese calligraphy. It describes ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 22:52, 3 May 2023
- Emperor Wu of Han ( s=汉武帝|t=漢武帝|p=hànwǔdì ... Liu Che (劉徹), was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty in China, ruling ...44 KB (7,021 words) - 13:34, 31 January 2022
