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  South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the war, South Korea went through several political turmoils: the autocratic government of Syngman Rhee was thrown out of power by student uprising and a brief period of civil rule was established in 1960.
Korea forms a peninsula that extends some 1,100 km from the Asian mainland, flanked by the Yellow Sea (West Sea) to the west and the Sea of Japan (East Sea) to the east, and terminated by the Korea Strait and the East China Sea to the south.
Korea's population is one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous in the world, with the only significant minority being a small Chinese community.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Korea   (3870 words)

  
 MapZones.com : South Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
South Korea, officially Republic of Korea, nation in north-eastern Asia that occupies the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea is bounded on the north by North Korea; on the east by the Sea of Japan (known in Korea as the East Sea); on the south-east and south by the Korea Strait, which separates it from Japan; and on the west by the Yellow Sea.
The state of South Korea was accomplished in 1948 following the post-World War II partitioning of the peninsula between the occupying forces of the United States in the south and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in the north.
www.mapzones.com /world/asia/south_korea/index.php   (231 words)

  
 Korea (South) (Republic of) - Treaty Bodies Jurisprudence
Communication No. 693/1996 (CCPR/C/78/D/693/1996, 18 September 2003) was submitted on behalf of a Korean literature teacher in a Seoul middle school and representative of an organization concerned with improving national-language education.
In response, the authorities challenged the admissibility of the communication on grounds of non-exhaustion of domestic remedies.
Communication No. 878/1999 (CCPR/C/78/D/878/1999, 23 July 2003) was submitted on behalf of one person who was in prison at the time of submission of the communication and subsequently released.
www.hri.ca /fortherecord2003/vol3/koreasouthjp.htm   (474 words)

  
 South Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
South Korea is planning to rank within the tenth largest IT countries in the world and has adopted a series of policies and measures to realize this target.
The main production sectors in South Korea include iron and steel, automobile, shipbuilding, electron, chemistry and textile, etc. In 2000, South Korea received purchase orders of shipbuilding, amounting 20.79 million sons and ranking the first in the world, which was 45.1% of the total amount in the world.
South Korea has economic and trade relationship with more than 180 countries and regions in the world, among which the United States, Japan, China, South-East Asia are the main trade partner of South Korea.
www.ecdc.net.cn /newindex/chinese/page/sitemap/reports/IT_report/english/04/01.htm   (6252 words)

  
 MapZones.com : South Korea Culture
South Korea's homogeneous population shares a common ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.
Many members of the younger generation of South Koreans born after the Korean War fervently embrace the cause of t'ongil, or reunification, and believe that it is the superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, who are to blame for Korea's national division.
The South Korean government's dependence on the United States has been cited as one of the principal reasons for the deficiency of improvement in north-south ties.
www.mapzones.com /world/asia/south_korea/cultureindex.php   (251 words)

  
 South Korea - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It is bound by North Korea to the north, the Yellow Sea to the west as well as the Korea and Cheju Straits to the south.
The four largest rivers in South Korea are the Han, Kum, Naktong and Somjin with all of these rivers subject to flooding.
In 1948 the division of Korea was formalized and the North and South Korea's declared, however, both factions claimed sovereignty over the entire peninsula and after the US and Soviet troops were withdrawn, armed clashes escalated.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/korea_s.htm   (1539 words)

  
 Comparative Connections -- North Korea-South Korea Relations: Simulacrum or Substance?
Of the cumulative $1.15 billion that South Korean firms have invested in the North since 1996, 83 percent relates to the LWRs; most of it is by KEPCO, the state-owned ROK electricity generator and distributor.
His case continues to divide South Koreans, exposing the faultlines (largely generational) between old hawks, to whom he is a traitor, and young doves who see him as a victim of a now outmoded history.
However much one yearns for Korea's reunification, the outlook behind the new orthodoxy in Seoul begs as many questions as the old Cold War stance whose mirror image it is. A simplistic nationalism views inter-Korean ties as the belated reconciliation of two halves of one nation, cruelly sundered by foreigners over half a century ago.
www.csis.org /pacfor/cc/0304Qnk_sk.html   (4904 words)

  
 MapZones.com : South Korea Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
South Korea’s economy, traditionally based on agriculture, has, since the early 1960s, undergone an extraordinarily rapid industrialization.
In that time, South Korea transformed itself from a poor, agrarian society to one of the world's most highly industrialized nations.
The Asian financial crisis of 1997-99 exposed certain longstanding weaknesses in South Korea's development model, including high debt/equity ratios, massive foreign borrowing, and an undisciplined financial sector.
www.mapzones.com /world/asia/south_korea/economyindex.php   (443 words)

  
 Korea, South
South Korea came into being after World War II, the result of a 1945 agreement reached by the Allies at the Potsdam Conference, making the 38th parallel the boundary between a northern zone of the Korean peninsula to be occupied by the USSR and southern zone to be controlled by U.S. forces.
The new republic was proclaimed on Aug. 15 and was recognized as the legal government of Korea by the UN on Dec. 12, 1948.
South Koreans showed their disapproval of Roh's impeachment at the polls in April, when they gave the liberal pro-Roh Uri Party a majority in the National Assembly.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107690.html   (1423 words)

  
 Cellular and wireless communications systems in South Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Korean market for cellular and wireless communication systems was worth KRW 8.3 trillion (US$6.4 billion) in 2002, having grown by 18.5% since 2001.
The cellular communication systems had grown by 94.2% over the five years review period.
Cellular and wireless communications systems in South Korea without reviews.
www.globalcellularrental.com /books-plain/B0000T8RKQ.html   (551 words)

  
 1Up Travel > South Korea > Travel & Tourism | Tourist Guide to South Korea
Korea is a land in eastern Asia that consists of two states.
South Korea has a government that is strongly anti-Communist.
Government and Politics in South Korea - Profiles the country name, government type, administrative divisions, independence, national holiday, constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive, legislative, and judicial branches, political parties and leaders, and a flag description of South Korea.
www.1uptravel.com /international/asia/southkorea   (758 words)

  
 Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
In October 2001, Daum, in alliance with 17 South Korean firms, sought a court injunction against Microsoft aimed at halting the release of Windows XP, but a court rejected the complaint on August 6 of this year.
In September of 2001, Daum filed its first complaint against the sale of Windows XP with the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), South Korea's state anti-trust watchdog, claiming the bundling of the messenger service with the operation system is an unfair business practice.
Microsoft has already been hit by massive criticism in South Korea, especially after the country was hit by a series of Internet worm attacks.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/EJ18Dg02.html   (367 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Korea, South   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium.
Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to roughly 14 times the level of North Korea.
Since the early 1960s, South Korea has achieved an incredible record of growth and integration into the high-tech modern world economy.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ks.html   (1448 words)

  
 Cellular communications services in South Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Cellular communications services in South Korea without reviews.
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www.globalcellularrental.com /books-plain/B0000T8RLA.html   (597 words)

  
 wiki/Communications in South Korea Definition / wiki/Communications in South Korea Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
When World War II ended in 1945, the country was divided into two: the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
It is bounded on the north by southern Asia (the Indian subcontinent); on the west by the Arabian Peninsula and Africa; on the east by the Malay Peninsula, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean.
It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the 20° east meridian south of Africa, and from the Pacific by the 147° east meridian.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/Communications_in_South_Korea   (893 words)

  
 Wired 10.08: The Bandwidth Capital of the World
And the numbers are impressive — South Korea has the highest per capita broadband penetration in the world.
To put this in perspective, consider that South Korea's national communications backbone consists of 13,670 miles of optical fiber.
Not only is South Korea a more wired country than the US, it is also a more gregarious one.
www.wired.com /wired/archive/10.08/korea.html?pg=1   (924 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Korea, South
Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to roughly 18 times the level of North Korea.
South Korea has maintained its commitment to democratize its political processes.
Today its GDP per capita is 18 times North Korea's and equal to the lesser economies of the European Union.
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/ks.html   (1309 words)

  
 Communications Of Korea, South   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
If you would like to use this flag of Korea, South or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this map of Korea, South or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this information for Korea, South or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/korea_south_country_communications.shtml   (232 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Korea, South   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to roughly 20 times the level of North Korea.
As one of the Four Tigers of East Asia, South Korea has achieved an incredible record of growth and integration into the high-tech modern world economy.
Today its GDP per capita is roughly 20 times North Korea's and equal to the lesser economies of the European Union.
www.capitals.com /geos/ks.html   (1320 words)

  
 Broadband: Lessons from South Korea: ZDNet Australia: Insight: Communications
Many US executives and policy makers are quick to dismiss the disparity, noting correctly that South Korea's densely populated areas have made it easier for telecommunications companies to offer extremely fast service to large numbers of people.
South Korea's policy -- the cornerstone of a national technology initiative to help revive a devastated economy -- has created true broadband competition, which in turn has helped prices fall and speeds rise.
Although its economy is still struggling, South Korea has made significant progress with many forms of digital technology.
www.zdnet.com.au /insight/communications/0,39023754,39154865,00.htm   (904 words)

  
 Asia Times: Korea steaming ahead online
This implies that the number of the female Netizens in Korea has been on a gradual increase to grab the second position in the world in terms of gender equality in Internet usage rate.
As for the Internet access method, more than half of the households in Korea are wired with the high-speed broadband communication network, which continued to grow further to 61.4 percent in March from 57.3 percent in February.
About 73.9 percent of the Internet users in Korea accessed the Internet at home, while 27.8 percent accessed the net in PC rooms and 18 percent in their office.
www.atimes.com /koreas/CD05Dg04.html   (382 words)

  
 Communications in South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radio broadcast stations: AM 104, FM 136, shortwave 5 (2001)
Television broadcast stations: 121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)
This page was last modified 19:38, 24 October 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Communications_in_South_Korea   (109 words)

  
 Communications In South Korea: A Market Analysis - Market Research Report
South Korea’s media market has gradually undergone a slow process of deregulation, and opening up to foreign involvement, both in the media and communications sectors.
New technologies are being developed at present, although the economic crisis of 1997 and 1998 has slowed down progress in the broadband sectors, which had already got underway prior to this time.
Cable TV has a high penetration in South Korea, although this tends to be restricted to the main urban areas, with rural regions relying on satellite broadcasts.
www.mindbranch.com /products/R231-071.html   (466 words)

  
 South Korea - Mobile Communications - Market Overview - BuddeComm
South Korea is the third largest mobile market in Asia after China and Japan.
Additionally, this report examines the mobile handset market and mobile technologies in South Korea, including analogue (AMPS), CDMA and PCS.
South Korea - Mobile Communications - 3G and 4G
www.budde.com.au /Reports/Contents/South-Korea-Mobile-Communications-Market-Overview-2632.html?lr=44   (182 words)

  
 Category:South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page lists topics specific to South Korea.
You may wish to also see Category:Korea and Category:North Korea.
For a more complete and detailed list of Korea-related topics (including North Korea), please see List of Korea-related topics.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:South_Korea   (71 words)

  
 Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
SEOUL - Daum Communications Corp, South Korea's largest Internet portal, said Monday it had acquired Lycos Inc from Spain's Terra Networks for 111.1 billion won (US$95.2 million).
"In South Korea, high growth in the domestic Internet market may continue over the next three years, but the question is whether the growth will persist over the next 10 to 20 years," he said.
In particular, Lee said he will launch a web-based community service in the US by adding Lycos' search engine.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/FH03Dg01.html   (416 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: Asia: South Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Korea Watch - Covers issues and news related to the security of Korea and political issues.
MSN Learning and Research Plus: South Korea - Overview of Korean geography, society, culture, economy, government, and history.
South Korea: A Country Study - US Library of Congress information covering the economy, geography, history, society and government.
dmoz.org /Regional/Asia/South_Korea   (121 words)

  
 Daum Communications to buy Lycos
The top web site provider in South Korea, Daum Communications, is set to purchase Lycos, the US business of Spain's Terra Lycos for $95 million.
I first reported of the possible sale of Lycos last week, not too much was known about the deal.
Daum Communications was mentioned numerous times as the possible buyer.
www.webpronews.com /news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20040802DaumCommunicationstobuyLycos.html   (168 words)

  
 Online Publishing News: Online overtakes magazine ad spending in South Korea: According to a study released by Cheil ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Online Publishing News: Online overtakes magazine ad spending in South Korea: According to a study released by Cheil Communications, South Korea's biggest ad agency, online advertising expenditure rose 44.4 per cent in 2002 to 185bn won.
The internet now attracts more advertising in South Korea than do magazines, which generated just 180.7bn won in 2002.
According to a study released by Cheil Communications, South Korea's biggest ad agency, online advertising expenditure rose 44.4 per cent in 2002 to 185bn won.
www.onlinepublishingnews.com /htm/n20030218.743004.htm   (262 words)

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