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  • The Korean name, Baekdu-san, means "white-headed mountain." ... Heaven Lake (Lake Cheonji (천지)in Korean / Lake Tianchi (天池) in ...
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  • independent states of Central Asia. Large Korean communities in southern Russia ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...
    27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
  • the Tang. He has become a hero of modern Korean nationalists, for whom he ... influence, the entire northern half of the Korean peninsula, the Liaotung Peninsula ...
    20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
  • , represents the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ... The Joint Security Area at Panmunjom in the Korean Demilitarized Zone ...
    29 KB (4,482 words) - 19:40, 4 May 2024
  • Yejong of Goryeo (1079 - 1122) was the 16th emperor of the Korean ... current Goryeo military into a professional army with well-trained cavalry ...
    18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
  • (1,950 m), and the highest on the South Korean mainland, Jeonwangbong is ... range, the "spine" of the Korean Peninsula which incorporates ...
    12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Although Russia still had a larger army than Japan, successive defeats ... In November 1905, Japan compelled the Korean king to accept a Japanese ...
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  • 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
  • led the unification of the entire Korean peninsula for the first time ... successful campaign against local clans and army of Later Baekje (Hubaekje ...
    14 KB (1,907 words) - 02:50, 27 February 2023
  • B.C.E. to 926 C.E. when a succession of Korean kingdoms ruled the region: ... * Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (延边朝鲜族自治州, ...
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  • (周羅睺), to conquer Goguryeo with an army and navy totaling 300,000 ... 90 percent of the Sui troops perished. Korean historians calculate Goguryeo ...
    15 KB (2,307 words) - 08:50, 19 December 2022
  • regarded as the founder of the Chinese Red Army (the forerunner of the People ... in 1927, he led the remainder of his army to join Mao’s guerrilla ...
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  • 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
  • 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
  • and resulted in further conflicts on the Korean Peninsula. Japan's second ... Under pressure from the Chinese army and local guerrillas, with food ...
    32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
  • who were forced to serve in the Japanese army's brothels during World ... Japan's justification for abducting Korean, Chinese, and Southeast ...
    27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
  • as the sole legitimate government of the Korean Peninsula. That led to a ... The split of Korea into north and south has precedent in Korean history ...
    33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
  • Сахалина/Koreytsi Sakhalina; Korean: 사할린 한국인/Sahallin ... Karafuto Prefecture, recruiting or forcing Korean laborers into service, shipping ...
    39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023

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