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- Hallasan (한라산, 漢拏山), a shield volcano on Jeju Island of ... Alternate names for the mountain include Halla Mountain or Mount Halla ...6 KB (934 words) - 22:48, 3 August 2023
- a remarkable impact on his mission country, Korea, where he arrived in 1884 ... in China, and hoped for a different experience in Korea. ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In 1910, Korea had been annexed by the Japanese ... they published the news, and eight members of the newpaper staff were jailed ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 15:58, 14 October 2022
- the period after the legendary arrival of Gija in northern (or in the ... Koreans point to Gija as a co-founder of Korean civilization along ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- Jirisan (지리산, 智異山) is a mountain in the southern part ... The "ji" in the name of Jirisan or Mt. Jiri is the chinese ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- #039;s university in central Seoul, South Korea. One of the city's largest ... they had received an invitation to come to Korea as teachers, not missionaries ...11 KB (1,562 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- 神市) literally means "the city of god(s)/spirit(s)" where ... Shinshi (or Sinsi) holds a special place in the minds of Koreans North ...10 KB (1,470 words) - 22:56, 23 April 2023
- founded the dynasty, leading the remnants of the Liao Dynasty to Central ... The Khitan people rose from among the northern nomadic tribes of China ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 02:50, 5 October 2022
- Gaya refers to a confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley ... The Gaya confederacy became a key component of the Silla dynasty. ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- Jeju-do (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju ... For most of the island's history, Jeju-do had little contact ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 18:01, 2 April 2024
- The Hwarang denotes a military society of expert Buddhist warriors ... The allure of the Hwarang warrior derives from the sense of a righteous ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- served as the twenty-sixth and final king of the five-century long Korean ... an heir. The Dowager Queen Sinjeong, mother of King Heonjong, the king before ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- The term jade is applied to two different types of rock, nephrite ... During the Stone Age of many cultures, jade was used for axe heads ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... ==Brief History of Korean Buddhism== :See Korean Buddhism for more ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 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 Silla dynasty, emerging in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula ... Shilla, numbered among the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Beginning as a chiefdom ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- around fourth century B.C.E. in the basins of the Liao and Taedong Rivers ... Dynasty, also romanized as Chosŏn. See also: Names of Korea. ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities ... school and weekend programs for students of all ages, including even college ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- and Toshisuke in his youth, was one of the Meiji Era’s most famous ... movement. In 1863, he was chosen to be one of the “Chōshū Five” who ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 06:30, 11 March 2024
- King Gongmin (공민왕 恭愍王1330 – 1374) ruled Goryeo (Korea ... became mentally unbalanced after the death of his wife, and was murdered ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 09:05, 20 December 2022
- 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 (5,704 words) - 03:49, 6 August 2022
- 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
