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South America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the American landmass, south and east of the Panama Canal transecting the Isthmus of Panama. This has led to major highs and lows in the economy of South American states, often also causing political instability. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_America   (2157 words)

History of Korea Initial hopes for a unified, independent Korea quickly evaporated as the politics of the Cold War and opposition to the trusteeship plan from Korean anti-communists resulted in the 1948 establishment of two separate nations with diametrically opposed political, economic, and social systems. This division was meant to be temporary and was first intended to return a unified Korea back to its people until the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and Republic of China could arrange a trusteeship administration. In 1871, the United States met Korea militarily, in what the Koreans call the Shinmiyangyo and in America is also called the 1871 US Korea Campaign. hallencyclopedia.com /History_of_Korea   (2804 words)

History of South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia South Korea's history began with the division of the peninsula by US-Soviet agreement in the late summer of 1945. After the armistice, South Korea experienced political turmoil under years of autocratic leadership of Syngman Rhee, which was ended by student revolt in 1960. South Korea has also maintained its commitment to democratize its political processes, as Kim Dae-jung won the presidency in the same year. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_history_of_South_Korea   (2566 words)

History of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia India's culture, economy and politics has influenced, and has been influenced in turn, by the history and culture of the nations in South East Asia, East Asia and Central Asia, such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, China, Tibet, Persia and Afghanistan over thousands of years. The ports of southern India were involved in the Indian Ocean trade, chiefly involving spices, with the Roman Empire to the west and Southeast Asia to the east. Alexander created garrisons for his troops in his new territories, and founded several cities in the areas of the Oxus, Arachosia, and Bactria, and Macedonian/Greek settlements in Gandhara (see Taxila) and the Punjab. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_India   (5904 words)

History of South India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The ancient history of South India is the story of a number of different kingdoms and dynasties which controlled various parts of the region at various times. South India during the British colonial rule was divided into the Madras Presidency and Hyderabad, Mysore, Thiruvithamcoore (also known as Travancore), Cochin, Vizianagaram and a number of other minor princely states. Based on the commission's recommendations, Parliament of India enacted the States Reorganization Act of 1956, dividing the combined territories of the Madras and Andhra states and the former princely states of South India along linguistic lines. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_South_India   (2143 words)

South Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia South Africa is a middle-income country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors, a stock exchange (the JSE Securities Exchange), that ranks among the 10 largest in the world, and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centres throughout the region. Today South Africa is often referred to as The Rainbow Nation- a term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and later elaborated upon by then-President Nelson Mandela as a metaphor to describe the country's newly-developing multicultural diversity in the wake of separatist apartheid ideology. Major scandals have erupted when the press reported charges of corruption that were proven to be true in cases such as that of Schabir Shaik, in which deputy president Jacob Zuma was implicated, and the corruption allegations that led to the dismissal of Winnie Mandela from parliament. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Africa   (5916 words)

South Africa: history to 1902 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about South Africa: history to 1902 For the history of South Africa in the 20th century, see South Africa. An attempt by the British in 1877–81 to annex the South African Republic (the Transvaal) was defeated in the first of the Anglo-Boer South African Wars at Majuba Hill in 1881. This was the beginning of the black–white struggle in South Africa, and there were continual battles and wars between the African tribes and the Voortrekkers, and, later, the British. encyclopedia.farlex.com /South+Africa:+history+to+1902   (1323 words)

South Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2005, South Carolina has an estimated population of 4,255,083, which is an increase of 57,191, or 1.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 243,267, or 6.1%, since the year 2000. South Carolina is a state in the Southern region of the United States. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Carolina   (3315 words)

South Korea Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ Karr.net South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country located in East Asia, in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. Korea forms a peninsula that extends some 1,100 km from the Asian mainland, flanked by the Yellow Sea (West Sea) and the Sea of Japan (East Sea), and terminated by the Korea Strait and the East China Sea to the south. South Korea's chaebol are often compared with Japan's keiretsu business groupings, the successors to the pre-war zaibatsu ("chaebol" and "zaibatsu" are Korean and Japanese pronunciations of the same Chinese characters). www.karr.net /encyclopedia/South_Korea   (3387 words)

South Korea South Korea also extended emergency food aid, which was desperately needed in the north after massive summer floods destroyed many of the country's agricultural crops. Relations between North and South Korea, which were tense during the late 1960s and at times during the 1970s and 1980s, continued to be troubled until the late 1990s. In September 1991 North and South Korea were admitted to the UN as separate countries and three months later the two countries signed a nonaggression pact. www.webear.com /skoreaengl.html   (3629 words)

South Korea History & South Korea Culture iExplore.com Until the early 1980s, South Korea was governed by a series of dictatorships, both civilian and military, under which political dissent led to imprisonment. Korea (Rep) is one of the so-called ‘tiger economies’ of the Pacific Rim, which underwent rapid growth and industrialization from the 1960s onwards and forged a major presence in world export markets. The first civilization in Korea was centered on the state of Choson which developed in the northwest corner of the peninsula in the second century BC. travel.iexplore.com /dmap/South+Korea/History   (1605 words)

TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents Neither the United States nor South Korea is a signatory of the armistice per se, though both adhere to it through the UNC. Armed uprisings in the South and clashes between southern and northern forces along the 38th parallel began and intensified during 1948-50. At the request of the UN Security Council, the United States, contributor of the largest contingent, led this international effort. www.traveldocs.com /kr/history.htm   (1618 words)

History of Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The history of Asia can be seen as the collective history of several distict peripheral coastal regions, East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East linked by the interior mass of the Eurasian steppe. It has been suggested that history of Eurasia be merged into this article or section. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Asia   (326 words)

The Virtual Jewish History Tour - South Africa South Africa has the highest violent crime rate in the world, about ten times that of the United States; residences in the middle of cities are often surrounded by electrified ten-foot-high walls topped with barbed wire. Violence in South Africa during the 1970's led to an exodus of many white citizens, including Jews, who were fearful of their future in the country. Many of the Jews who remain in the country do so out of the conviction that post-apartheid South Africa needs their support, and will soon pay social and economic dividends; of course, the rest of those who remain do so simply because they cannot afford to leave. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/South_Africa.html   (3639 words)

South Africa: History History of the Okiep copper district: Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province South Africa. The forgotten compass of death: apocalypse then and now in the social history of South Africa.(New Topics And Historians) South Africa was strongly opposed to the establishment of black rule in the white-dominated countries of Angola, Mozambique, and Rhodesia, and gave military assistance to the whites there. www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0861191.html   (2971 words)

South Africa: History South Africa, now welcomed back into the international community, was divided into nine new provinces in place of the four provinces and 10 ‘homelands’ that existed previously. South Africa was launched into the post-Mandela era under the presidency of Thabo Mbeki. After the Second World War, in 1948, the pro-Afrikaner National Party (NP), came to power with an ideology that was to become infamous: apartheid, an even more rigorous and authoritarian approach than the segregationist policies of previous governments. www.southafrica-newyork.net /consulate/history.htm   (1656 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: South Carolina South Carolina rises from marshland in its eastern tidewater section to a mountainous region in the extreme western portion of the state. In 1670 the foundation of South Carolina was laid in the settlement of the Ashley River and an independent governor was appointed. Early in its state history South Carolina evinced a feeling for States' Rights, which made it the leader in the southern agitation that led up to the Civil War. www.newadvent.org /cathen/14157a.htm   (3109 words)

Colonial South Carolina It was the shores of South Carolina that Ribault, under the direction of the great Coligny, had attempted to settle with a colony of Frenchmen, but failed, and now, after a hundred years had passed, it was left for the English to lay the permanent foundations for a commonwealth. South Carolina differs from most of the colonies in not having had to battle against impending dissolution during its first years of existence, and from all the others in depending largely on slave labor from the beginning. The earliest important product of South Carolina was rice, though it required a hundred years to bring the industry to perfection; to determine the best kind of soil and labor, and to invent the machinery for harvesting, threshing, and husking. www.usahistory.info /southern/South-Carolina.html   (2191 words)

The US50 - A guide to the fifty states The human history of what is now called South Carolina goes back more than 11,000 years when the first Americans migrated into the region, fanned out, and began to develop the individual tribal characteristics encountered by the first European explorers. Post-war South Carolina was in a ruinous condition and the state was occupied by federal troops until after the election of Wade Hampton as governor in 1876. South Carolinians were leaders in the resistance to the Stamp Act and took and active part in the American Revolution, with at least 299 battles and skirmishes fought here. www.theus50.com /southcarolina/history.shtml   (1121 words)

History of Central America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The pre-Columbian cultures of Panama traded with both Mesoamerica and South America, and can be considered transitional between those two cultural areas. On 1 July 1823, the congress of Central America declared absolute independence from Spain, Mexico, and any other foreign nation, and a Republican system of government was established. Various attempts were made to reunite Central America in the 19th century, but none succeeded for any length of time. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Central_America   (991 words)

Geologic history (from South America) --  Encyclopædia Britannica A triangular-shaped continent, South America is bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and on the north by the Caribbean Sea. A state with a turbulent history, it was a major battleground of the American Revolution and suffered severely during the American Civil War—a conflict into which it led the other Southern states in its futile attempt to preserve... The continent is compact and roughly triangular in shape, being broad in the north and tapering to a point—Cape Horn, Chile—in the south. www.britannica.com /eb/article-41745   (809 words)

South Korea (08/05) Korea has experienced one of the largest rates of emigration, with ethnic Koreans residing primarily in China (1.9 million), the United States (1.52 million), Japan (681,000), and the countries of the former Soviet Union (450,000). South Korea is a republic with powers shared between the presidency, the legislature and the judiciary. South Korea’s judicial system comprises a Supreme Court, appellate courts, and a Constitutional Court; the judiciary is independent under the constitution. www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2800.htm   (3705 words)

textually.org: Mobile phones to fight revisionist history in South Korea First of all because a mobile scheme - which appears to be initiated by the South Korean government - is attempting to correct - through text messages - a revisionist version of history spread by China, and secondly, because their also launching a mobile fund raising campaign to do so. The South Korean government loudly protested recent moves by China to assimilate the history of Koguryo, but the issue has not been completely settled yet. China's attempted revision of ancient history to claim the Koguryo kingdom as its own has raised concerns in Korea, affecting relations between the two countries. www.textually.org /textually/archives/2004/09/005260.htm   (273 words)

South Korean History South Korea History History of South Korea Questia.com Online Library Korean reunification...summary of Korean history 62 6.1 South Korean economic...performance of the south... ...describes the history of the Korean Teachers...unfolded in South Korea during...its recent history, with a campaign...heart of the South Korean political...of inter-Korean... The Transformation of South Korea: Reform and Reconstitution in the Sixth Republic under Roh Tae Woo, 1987-1992 questia.com /library/history/asian-history/.../south-korean-history.jsp   (548 words)

South Korea - History In October 1983, several members of the South Korean cabinet were killed by a bomb at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in Burma during a state visit; arriving late, President Chun escaped the bomb blast. The US scheme in South Korea allowed for compensation, and land redistribution limited to three hectares per person; former Japanese-owned land was also redistributed. This significant step met one of the requirements of North Korea and was necessary for inspections of their territory to be made. gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/countries/kor/History.stm   (2098 words)

History of Korea, South Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to roughly 14 times the level of North Korea. After World War II, a republic was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a Communist-style government was installed in the north. Korea was an independent kingdom for much of the past millennium. infotut.com /geography/Korea,-South   (170 words)

ROK Army History - South Korea In the morning of June 25, 1950, 200,000 soldiers from North Korea led by Russian tanks crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea. South Korea found the first tunnel in 1974, and in '75, '78 and '90, found the second, third, and fourth tunnel respectively. Though North Korea repeatedly provoked South Korea, ROKA kept safety and development at the forefront as it executed its duties. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/rok/army-history.htm   (2506 words)

TAGB Tae Kwon-Do Schools in Milton Keynes and Banbury UK By 700 AD the Silla Kingdom of Korea was hitting its cultural stride, littering the country with palaces, pagodas and pleasure gardens and influencing the development of Japan's culture. Elections to decide the fate of the country were held only in the south, and when the south declared its independence, the north invaded. After a few years of semi-democracy in the South, martial law was declared in 1972. tagb.idevelopers.co.uk /GA_Skorea.asp   (785 words)

History (from South Korea) --  Encyclopædia Britannica A state with a turbulent history, it was a major battleground of the American Revolution and suffered severely during the American Civil War—a conflict into which it led the other Southern states in its futile attempt to preserve... The country is bordered by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) to the north, the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west; to the southeast it is separated from the Japanese island of Tsushima by the Korea Strait. The country is bordered by China and Russia to the north and by the Republic of Korea (South Korea) to the south. www.britannica.com /eb/article-214599   (795 words)

South Korea - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch Korea forms a peninsula that extends some 1,100 km from the Asia n mainland, flanked by the Yellow Sea ("West Sea") to the west and the East Sea/Sea of Japan to the east, and terminated by the Tsushima Strait and the South Sea (East China Sea) to the south. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk ( Hangul : 대한 민국; Hanja : 大韓民國)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. South Korea's (current) capital and largest city is Seoul in the northwest, other major cities include nearby Incheon, central Daejeon, Gwangju in the southwest and Daegu and Busan in the southeast. encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /south_korea.htm   (795 words)

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