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- Choe Je-u (崔濟愚) (1824 - 1864) emerged as the founder of an indigenous ... Choe's religious teaching, and the rebellion that many followers ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- in addition to their birth name. In the case of Jeon Yak-yong, he received ... As professor Michael Kalton said that it is not only the volume of ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 07:14, 31 July 2022
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- Min, married to King Gojong, the 26th King of the Joseon Dynasty. In 1902 ... Queen Min, an unlikely person to take the reins of Korea during the ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- South Korea's contemporary culture has been shaped by the passionate ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- Korean) were a well-educated scholarly class of male Confucian scholars who ... The yangban tradition of a close network based on education, teachers ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to the combination ... States government (especially the Department of Defense). Such collusion includes ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of ... Jilin has played an integral part in both the history of China and ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- 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
- This article is an overview of the history of Korea, up to the division ... Paleolithic times. According to legend, Korea's first kingdom, Gojoseon ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- 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
- and military dictator in the waning days of Goguryeo, one of the Three ... in 668. Yeon Gaesomun has long been a focus of historical controversy. Many ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- ) 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
- Industrialization (or industrialisation) is the period of social and ... markets for consumer goods and services of all kinds tend to expand and ...23 KB (3,165 words) - 17:35, 25 September 2021
- 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
- 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
- in 1558 when T'oegye was at the peak of his notoriety. However T'oegye ... having developed Zhu Xi's Thought in Korea and set the path of Korean ...21 KB (3,447 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the Truman Administration ... Club in January 1950, in which he excluded Korea from America's defense ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic ... 147° east meridian. The northernmost extent of the Indian Ocean is approximately ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions ... economic growth and emergence as centers of technological innovation, and ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- 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
- The Sea of Okhotsk (Russian: Охо́тское мо́ре; English ... miles (1,583,000 sq km)—is considered one of the richest north temperate ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in [Japan's Korea War: First ... When negotiations got underway in the spring of 1593, China and Korea agreed ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- 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
- speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to a Joint ... Points became the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:38, 1 April 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
- 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
- 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
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 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
- The Korean War is the name given to a civil war between the nations ... Finally, after massive swings in favor of both the North and the South ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3 ... bombing during World War II. Today it is one of Japan’s major ports along ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 11:13, 25 May 2023
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- [[Image:Los Angeles skyline.JPG|thumb|right|200 px|The city of Los ... Urbanization is the increase over time in the population of cities ...23 KB (3,351 words) - 13:43, 3 May 2023
- is an entity responsible for the money of its country or of its group ... Though the primary purpose of a central bank is to act as a financial ...30 KB (4,733 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically ... it is connected with the principal feast day of Saint Joseph, spouse of the ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 12:56, 21 January 2023
- Maine and Vermont were considered part of other colonies at the time ... freedom. Massachusetts was also one of the key colonies in the events ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- 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
- KaihsuTai.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A rally of the trade union UNISON in Oxford ... A labor union, or trade union, is an association of fair wage-earners ...25 KB (3,721 words) - 04:31, 6 October 2022
- ) 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
- 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
- A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population ... and social development. In spite of the much greater technological ...36 KB (5,441 words) - 00:40, 25 March 2024
- 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
- end. Therefore history is not a series of accidents or merely the story ... ==The Goal of History== The goal of history is restoration or "re ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- Nauru (pronounced “now-roo”), officially the Republic of Nauru ... activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined from the island ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
- organization based on common control of the means of production as ... is generally associated with the theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ...45 KB (6,718 words) - 00:12, 8 January 2024
- ), 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
- 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
- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... and nineteenth centuries as well as a base of British economic exploitation ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- The 1953 Iranian coup d'état deposed the government of Prime ... Ajax (originally viewed as a triumph of covert action), is now regarded ...27 KB (4,144 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... efforts in the Korean War, as well as out of a larger overall concern over ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- Wallis and Futuna, is a group of three volcanic tropical islands—Wallis ... The Wallis Archipelago is the most populated of the island group and ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... 1990, the country has been relatively free of the coups common to many of ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... The site of ancient port cities and a possession of several empires ...31 KB (4,281 words) - 22:29, 15 May 2024
- Union and the United States and a thawing of the Cold War that occurring ... in tensions. Leonid Brezhnev and the rest of the Soviet leadership felt ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea ... over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- and William Leonard Langer, The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... North Vietnamese and anti-communist South Vietnamese from 1964 to 1975 ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- Santiago, officially Santiago de Chile, is the federal capital of ... Approximately two decades of uninterrupted economic growth have transformed ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- South America [[Image:LocationSouthAmerica.png|190px]] {| style="background: ... South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- June 17, 2021) served as the first president of Zambia, from 1964 to 1991. ... economic policies. Eventually because of mounting international pressure ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... including issues surrounding command of the military. However, Poland ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... to the early culture at Poverty Point, one of the largest and most important ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest ... Jakarta faces many of the challenges of large cities in developing ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... long, and is slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut in the United States. ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south – and both Russia and Belarus ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- #039;ing) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic ... Located on the edge of the Yungui Plateau, Chongqing is intersected ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka ... no daidokoro) or the gourmet food capital of Japan. The city has a long ...25 KB (3,427 words) - 19:39, 20 July 2023
- Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... financial, and political center of Colombia. As with many large ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Phoenix is the largest and most populous city in the state of Arizona ... Phoenix, incorporated in 1881, is located on the banks of what is ...30 KB (4,458 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- the United States. In 2007, the population of the city proper was estimated ... and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, "period of enlightened ... which Japan became the second largest economy in the world. ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- found in formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons ... sources. In a typical barrel 84 percent (37 of 42 gallons) of the hydrocarbons ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- ) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... exclusion, expropriation, and extermination of Jews. In the decades after ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a ... America. The twentieth century saw the rise of fascist and communist dictatorships ...76 KB (10,337 words) - 22:00, 28 January 2023
- ) is a Japanese trading company and one of the largest sogo shosha ... directly from manufacturers instead of through foreign trading houses ...25 KB (3,645 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a mammal of the Felidae family and ... Native to the mainland of southeastern Asia, the tiger is an apex ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- The Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 ... Ming rule saw the construction of a vast navy, including four-masted ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- ) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
- Anarchist communism advocates the abolition of the state, private ... communism, advocates the abolition of government, which it refers ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 22:50, 14 September 2023
- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... rights laws are most often written. Examples of civil rights and liberties ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 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
- Liberation theology is a Christian school of theology that developed ... Liberation theology has had an impact. It helped many of the poor ...31 KB (4,535 words) - 22:27, 25 October 2022
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Hyundai Motor Company’s car factory in Ulsan, South Korea]] Division of Labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific ...26 KB (4,018 words) - 18:21, 1 August 2023
- Venezuela, known since 1999 as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... Guayana highlands, it plunges off the edge of a "tepui," or table ...35 KB (5,081 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981 ... As President, his major accomplishments included the consolidation ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
- At the Fifteenth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet ... To oversee the radical transformation of the Soviet Union, the party ...33 KB (4,974 words) - 12:47, 1 February 2024
