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dedicated to the memorial services in honor of the Joseon dynasty kings and ... | State Party = [[Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg|22px]] ...

in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In 1910, Korea had been annexed by the Japanese ... Seoul went so far as to remove the Japanese flag from his photo when they published ...

This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according ... * Sovereign states (country names in bold), consisting of: ...

25, 1950. The resolution demanded North Korea immediately end its invasion ... The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ...

| State Party = [[Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg|22px]] ... Changdeokgung (Changdeok Palace or Palace of Prospering Virtue) is ...

during the period following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, when Korea ... in Haeju, Hwanghae Province (now part of North Korea). Born during the ...

between the SS General Sherman and Korea in Pyongyang, Korea, 1866 ... As a result, from the 1640s on, Joseon Korea increasingly sought to ...

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... Seoul, one of the world's most densely populated major cities ...

The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from ... technically at war through today. North Korea's communist government ...

Jeju-do (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju ... For most of the island's history, Jeju-do had little contact ...

The Goryeo Dynasty marks the last Buddhist-shaped dynasty in Korea ... Silla, which had united the Three Kingdoms of Korea in 668, weakened ...

The concept of yin and yang (Pinyin: yīnyáng; t=陰陽|s=阴阳|p ... [[Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg|thumb|right|400px|The flag ...

Hermitage") is considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures ... | State Party = [[Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg|22px]] ...

, represents the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ... incidents that arise between North and South Korea and a source of incidents ...

| State Party = [[Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg|22px]] ... Buddhism has been a major force in the creation of Korean culture ...

Bulguksa, one of Korea's largest and most often visited temples ... | State Party = [[Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg|22px]] ...

Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a South Korean ... to have been the author of the phrase "Information Superhighway ...

The Battle of Inchon (also Romanized as "Incheon;" ... War, conceived and commanded by U.S. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur ...

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 ...

Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... Korea (Korean: 한국 in South Korea or 조선 in North Korea, see ...

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been ... Satellites are useful for a number of purposes. They are used for ...

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 ...

Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan fought over the control of Korea ... symbolized the degeneration and enfeeblement of the Qing Dynasty and demonstrated ...

|image_flag = Flag of South Korea.svg |image_coat = South korea COA.svg ... South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ...

|flag = Flag of South Korea |flag_type = Taegukgi (after 1883) ... until 1910, lasted for five centuries as one of the world's longest running ...

one" or "March 1") was one of the earliest manifestations ... The March First demonstrations established the high-water mark in ...

denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin ... The Sakhalin Koreans experienced slaughter at the hands of the Russians ...

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 ...

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 ...

; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... which followed, aristocrats constructed many of the famous private gardens ...

South America [[Image:LocationSouthAmerica.png|190px]] {| style="background: ... South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ...

the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Born into a prosperous ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...

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 ...

until 393 C.E.. The Greek games were one of the splendors of the ancient ... (IOC) was founded in 1894, and the first of the IOC's Olympic Games ...

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...

New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...

Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of the South American nation of ... [[Image:Flag of South Korea.svg|20px]] Seoul, South Korea ...

Eastern) dragon. Unlike the Western dragon of Europe that is representative ... dragon is benevolent and powerful, bringer of good fortune. Its image was ...

bend in each arm. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates ... Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma ...

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 ...

Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 ...

Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern ... The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ...

The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...

The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...

being a highly strategic game. The object of the game is to score points ... the mid-nineteenth century. The first game of college football was played ...

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 ...

S. aircraft spraying chemical defoliants in South Vietnam]] The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ...

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 ...

Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...

Nauru (pronounced “now-roo”), officially the Republic of Nauru ... activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined from the island ...

Santiago, officially Santiago de Chile, is the federal capital of ... Approximately two decades of uninterrupted economic growth have transformed ...

Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... largest state. Slightly more than 86 percent of its land is owned by the United ...

UNSC) was created after World War II as part of the United Nations. It was ... in the Korean War. During a Soviet boycott of the meetings over the inclusion ...

politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of ... With her election as Speaker, Pelosi became the first female Speaker ...

Wallis and Futuna, is a group of three volcanic tropical islands—Wallis ... The Wallis Archipelago is the most populated of the island group and ...

ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...

Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...

Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...

rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... including issues surrounding command of the military. However, Poland ...

The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... and nineteenth centuries as well as a base of British economic exploitation ...

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 ...

located in East Asia with a population of nearly three million. Mongolia ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...

Alden Partridge originated this novel system of education which combined civilian ... In the United States, ROTC produces officers in all branches of the ...

26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953 ... Truman, whose personal style contrasted sharply with that of the patrician ...

; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...

strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...

The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...

conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...

A pyramid's design, with the majority of the weight closer to the ground ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... The site of ancient port cities and a possession of several empires ...

Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...

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 ...

support came from Communist China. Most of the fighting took place in ... and professional troops (European of the French Foreign Legion) ...

or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ... During World War I, a force of Japanese destroyers supported the Allies ...

was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan ... in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was ...

was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces ... Defeat at the Battle of Hakodate broke this last holdout and left ...

that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...

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. ...

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...

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. ...

Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...

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 ...

) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...

Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in ... North Vietnamese and anti-communist South Vietnamese from 1964 to 1975 ...

island country that sits off the east coast of Asia. Japan comprises over ... that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as 35,000 B ...

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 ...

(香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ... Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until ...

Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...

Venezuela, known since 1999 as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... Guayana highlands, it plunges off the edge of a "tepui," or table ...

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to ...

Incense is a material composed of aromatic organic materials that ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... in the world. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British ...

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... held on March 17, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( ...

Anarchist communism advocates the abolition of the state, private ... communism, advocates the abolition of government, which it refers ...

or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south – and both Russia and Belarus ...

territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing. The Qing Dynasty ... with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height of Imperial Chinese influence ...

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Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... from the United Kingdom after decades of colonial rule. Nigeria re-achieved ...

Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ... made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming ...

The date commonly given for the start of the war is September 1, 1939 ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located ... the world and the fourth-largest country in South America (after Brazil, Argentina ...

The Republic of Cameroon is a "hinge" state bridging central ... and linguistic groups, with the cultures of both the central and western ...

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... could have a profound impact on the future of Cambodia's economy. ...

lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...

and white stones on the vacant intersections of a 19×19 rectilinear grid. ... Originally played in China, Korea and Japan, the game began to gain ...

known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored ... His strong advocacy of France's role in world affairs ensured ...

For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...

an 'a' at the end) was the ruler of the Maurya Empire from 273 ... in Sanskrit. Ashoka was the first ruler of ancient Bharata (India), after ...

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian nation situated ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South ... northern Ecuador to central Chile. In search of Inca wealth, the Spanish explorer ...

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly-landlocked ... Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) ...

Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...

The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. Iraq has a narrow section ...

Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest ... in a little over 30 years, from a collection of poor desert-coast sheikdoms ...

, romanized: Moskva, IPA:) is the capital of Russia and the country ... It is well-known for the elegant onion domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral ...

The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...

The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...

in Central Asia that until 1991, was part of the Soviet Union as the Turkmen ... With one-half of its irrigated land planted in cotton, Turkmenistan ...

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...

== History of high-definition television == Analog high-definition ... The term high definition once described a series of television systems ...

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It ... many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds ...

Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey ... Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ...

base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan's Imperial Japanese ... The attack was one of the most important engagements of World War ...

and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime ... and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. In response ...

Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard ... Shepard was designated as the commander of the first crewed Project ...

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... The long reign of monarchs came to an end in 1974, when a pro-Soviet ...

The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... included possessions in Africa, Asia and South America, Portugal was one ...

physicist, cosmologist, author, and Director of Research at the Centre for ... Despite being diagnosed with a rare early-onset slow-progressing form ...

) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...

was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World ... while in high school. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive ...

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign nations ...

transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia (Asia and Europe). ... Socialist Republic (RSFSR), a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist ...