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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 ... been fixed in gold bullion, not in South Korean won in an attempt to counter ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- Kimchi, also spelled gimchi or kimchee, refers to a traditional Korean ... Kimchi has been a mainstay of Korean culture for over 2,000 years ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
