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- The Sunshine Policy was the foreign policy of South Korea towards ... improved climate from the authoritarian South Korean regimes before 1992 ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- Beopjusa one of Korea's oldest and greatest Buddhist temples ... ==History of Beopjusa== Beopjusa founded in 553 C.E., in the Shilla ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- 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
- In May 2017, Moon Jae-in was elected President of South Korea with ... In a June 2010 open letter from President of South Korea Lee Myung ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 10:44, 10 November 2023
- women's university in central Seoul, South Korea. One of the city's ... they had received an invitation to come to Korea as teachers, not missionaries ...11 KB (1,562 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- government suppression on Jeju Island, South Korea, beginning April 3 ... The detested Japanese occupation of Korea, which began in 1910, finally ...12 KB (1,861 words) - 04:44, 31 July 2022
- 25, 1950. The resolution demanded North Korea immediately end its invasion ... The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 11:49, 3 May 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
- *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from ... technically at war through today. North Korea's communist government ...20 KB (2,911 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- as the dominant figure in the Republic of Korea's history and particularly ... title=President of South Korea| years=1963–1979| after=Choi Kyu-ha ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and the CIA asserts ... The world community left the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) world ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese ... Japan also received the southern half of the island of Sakhalin from Russia. ...11 KB (1,628 words) - 04:51, 5 November 2022
- is a national research university in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1946. SNU ... *Kim Young-sam: former president of South Korea (1993-1998). Kim wrote ...21 KB (2,854 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- Hermitage") is considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures ... Located on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea, about one hour ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- baring his advance in the department of agriculture in Japan, Woo served ... difficult time in Korean history, at the end of the Joseon dynasty as Japan ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:29, 17 May 2023
- North Korean defectors are Koreans who have fled North Korea seeking ... Immediately following the truce ending the Korean war, South Korea ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- he was the first official Secretary-General of the United Nations. As a representative ... troops to respond to the invasion of Korea in 1950. Prior to this ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 18:30, 2 May 2023
- is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United ... converted to a presidential retreat by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- :For the history of Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The history of North Korea formally begins with the establishment ...33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
- chey") is the official state ideology of North Korea and the political ... Juche theory is a type of Marxism ideology, but it is built upon the ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- :This article refers to the South Korean private university. For the ... /) a private, coeducational university located in Seoul, South Korea ...28 KB (3,704 words) - 21:29, 4 June 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
- Bulguksa, one of Korea's largest and most often visited temples ... The temple area is the home of six Korean National Treasures, including ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 18:42, 22 November 2023
- ; born June 13, 1944) is a South Korean diplomat who was the eighth ... the issue repeatedly with former U.S. President George W. Bush, and Darfur ...31 KB (4,626 words) - 03:25, 17 September 2023
- was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 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
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... Syngman Rhee became the first president of South Korea in August of that ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- 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
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean history has long included elements of Shamanism, Confucianism ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- one" or "March 1") was one of the earliest manifestations ... The March First demonstrations established the high-water mark in ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- , represents the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ... incidents that arise between North and South Korea and a source of incidents ...29 KB (4,546 words) - 06:45, 27 February 2023
- The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President ... Points became the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- 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 ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- diplomat who was the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations from January ... not responding quickly enough in the face of tragedies like the genocide ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 19:59, 20 November 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
- 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
- he was deeply affected by the injustice of discrimination and his lifelong ... He taught at American University's Washington College of Law ...17 KB (2,401 words) - 22:23, 27 June 2023
- 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
- and genus name for a large and diverse group of woody shrubs and small (rarely ... plants, such as around the foundations of houses or in woodland gardens ...16 KB (2,229 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- A national park is a reserve of land, usually, but not always, declared ... National Park in 1872, which covers parts of the U.S. states of Wyoming ...17 KB (2,403 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- but most often middle schools consist of sixth, seventh, and eighth ... rise and the social and biological changes of puberty affect the students ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 17:33, 9 November 2022
- was an American Jewish author and rabbi. Two of the themes that dominate his ... Jews had grown disillusioned as a result of the failed messianism of the ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 00:12, 4 December 2023
- church until 2010, in which Moon and a group of former executives purchased ... One of the first broadsheets in the United States to adopt color photography ...31 KB (4,327 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- 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
- Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 — April 5, 1964) was one of ... MacArthur served in the U.S. Army most of his life, participating ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
