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	North Korea: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about North Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Despite a detente in international relations, including a historic North-South summit in June 2000, tensions have recently increased in the wake of the resumption of the North's nuclear weapons programme.
		North Korea's capital and largest city is P'yongyang, other major cities include Kaesong[?] in the south, Sinuiju[?] in the northwest, Wonsan[?] and Hamhung[?] in the east and Chongjin[?] in the north.
		Korea is a traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist country, with some Christian and the traditional Chondogyo[?] ("Heavenly Way") minorities present, though autonomous religious activities are now almost nonexistent.
	www.encyclopedian.com /no/North-Korea.html (1220 words)

	Education in South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In South Korea, elementary schools consist of grades one to six.
		Middle schools in South Korea teaches students in the grades seven to nine.
		Korea retains many aspects of the Japanese education system, the most influential of which is probably the use of entrance examinations to determine eligibility to attend the highest-level universities.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Education_in_South_Korea (663 words)

	Park Chung Hee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Park was born in Gumi, a small town in North Gyeongsang province near Daegu, South Korea.
		Park is generally credited as playing a pivotal role in the development of South Korea's economy by shifting its focus to export-led industrialization.
		When he came to power in 1961, South Korean per capita income was only USD$100, and North Korea was regarded as the greater economic and military power on the peninsula.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Park_Chung-Hee (553 words)

	Geography of North Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yellow Sea and the Korea Bay are off the west coast and the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) is off the east coast.
		The 8,460 kilometer coastline of Korea is highly irregular, with North Korea's half of the peninsula having 2,495 kilometers of coastline.
		Some 80 percent of North Korea's land area is composed of mountains and uplands, with all of the peninsula's mountains with elevations of 2,000 meters or more located in North Korea.
	www.wikipedia.com /wiki/North_Korea/Geography (1027 words)

	List of Korea-related topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		E: Early Korean history - Education in Korea - Education in North Korea - Education in South Korea - Elections in Korea - Elections in North Korea - Elections in South Korea
		M: Manhwa - Military history of Korea - Military history of Korea during World War II - Military of North Korea - Military of South Korea - Mountains of Korea - Mountains of North Korea - Mountains of South Korea - Museums in South Korea
		See Rulers of Korea for a list of monarchs with their names formatted as above.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Korea-related_topics (762 words)

	Korean Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is currently divided into the Republic of Korea in the south and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north.
		The northern boundaries for the Korean Peninsula is commonly (and tacitly) taken to coincide with today's political borders between North Korea and her northern neighbours, China (1,416 km) and Russia (19 km).
		The athletes from the two Koreas marched together under this flag at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Korean_Peninsula (399 words)

	Music of Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Korea was split, after World War 2, into North and South Korea.
		One is called aak, and is an imported form of Chinese ritual music, and another is a pure Korean form called hyangak; the last is a combination of Chinese and Korean influences, and is called tanguk.
		Aak was brought to Korea in 1116, and very popular for a time before dying out.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /m/mu/music_of_korea.html (739 words)

	South Korea
		The Republic of Korea (ROK for short; Daehan Min-guk (대한 민국 大韓民國) in Korean) is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the peninsula of Korea.
		Korea forms a peninsula that extends some 1,100 km from the Asian mainland, flanked by the Yellow Sea to the west and the East Se/Sea of Japan (see Notice on Talk page) 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 homogenous in the world, with the only minority being a small Chinese community.
	www.ukpedia.com /s/south-korea.html (1278 words)

	South Gyeongsang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea.
		Before 1895, the area corresponding to modern-day South Gyeongsang was part of Gyeongsang Province, one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.
		The province is part of the Yeongnam region, and is bounded on the east by the East Sea, on the north by North Gyeongsang province, on the west North and South Jeolla provinces, and on the south by the Korea Strait.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/South_Gyeongsang (400 words)

	Three Kingdoms of Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE.
		The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 4th century CE until Silla's triumph over Goguryeo in 668.
		Thus the early Three Kingdoms period was marked by the removal of direct Chinese influence and a realignment of power relations in the peninsula.
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea (818 words)

	President of South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The President is head of state of South Korea.
		List of heads of government of the Republic of Korea
		The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was a government in exile based in Shanghai, China.
	kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/President_of_South_Korea (178 words)

	Choi Kyu-ha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Choi Kyu-ha (July 16, 1919-) was President of South Korea between 1979 and 1980.
		He was born in the town of Wonju, located in the Gangwon province.
		Because of the unrest resulting from Park's authoritarian tendencies, Choi promised a new constitution and less flawed elections (the elections led by Park were criticized as being biased).
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Choi_Kyu-ha (250 words)

	Encyclopedia: Foreign relations of South Korea
		In August 1991, South Korea joined the United Nations along with North Korea and has remained active in most UN specialized agencies and many international forums.
		The United States and Korea are allied by the 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty.
		However, divergent positions on the process of reunification, North Korean weapons programs and South Korea's tumultuous domestic politics contributed to a cycle of warming and cooling of relations between North and South.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Foreign-relations-of-South-Korea (362 words)

	Encyclopedia: Demographics of South Korea
		Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea.
		Daejeon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city in the centre of South Korea, and the capital of South Chungcheong Province.
		Demographics by country 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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Demographics-of-South-Korea (1020 words)

	Economy of South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		South Korea bounced back from the 1997-98 crisis with IMF assistance, and carried out extensive financial reforms that restored stability to markets.
		As of 2005, the price of rice in South Korea is about four times that of the average price of rice on the international market, and it is generally feared that opening the agricultural market would have disastrous effects upon South Korean agricultural sector.
		In 2002, South Korea imported $271.57 million worth of goods from North Korea, mostly agro-fisheries and metal products, while shipping $371.55 million worth of goods, mostly humanitarian aid commodities including fertilizer and textiles as inputs for North Korean garment manufacturers...
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Economy_of_South_Korea (934 words)

	Engineering Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is the busiest line in the country, crossing the border in nearby Sinŭiju, North Korea and Dandong, China.
		On April 22, 2004, the town was hit by a major disaster when a flammable cargo exploded at the town's railway station, causing widespread death and destruction, known as the Ryongchŏn Disaster.
		Ryongchŏn-ri in the South Hwanghae province in the southwest corner of North Korea
	www.engineeringencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Ryongchon (123 words)

	Yalu River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Yalu (Amnok) River is a river on the border between China and North Korea.
		The Korean side of the river was heavily industrialized during the Japanese Colonial Period (1910-1945), and by 1945 almost 20% of Japan's total industrial output originated in Korea.
		The river is important for hydroelectric power, and one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Asia is in, 100 m high and over 850 m long, located upstream from Sinuiju.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Yalu_River (333 words)

	Regions of Korea
		Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the peninsula.
		Many of the names in the list below overlap or are obsolete today, with Honam, Yeongdong, Yeongnam, and the modern term Sudogwon being the only ones in wide use in South Korea.
		The names of Korea's traditional Eight Provinces are often also used as regional monikers.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Regions_of_Korea (138 words)

	North Korea - Gurupedia
		North Korea's government is dominated by the communist Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), to which all government officials belong.
		Korea forms a peninsula that extends 1,100 km from the Asian mainland.
		To the west it borders the West Sea (Yellow Sea) and the Korea Bay; to the east it borders the East Sea of Korea (Sea of Japan).
	www.gurupedia.com /n/no/north_korea.htm (1749 words)

	Korea - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		Korea was also known for having the world's best goldsmiths during the 7th-8th centuries.
		The publication technique of movable type was invented in Korea in 1232 (although already invented about 200 years before in China by Bi Sheng, where it was not very successful, it can be assumed that it was invented in Korea analogically), long before Gutenberg introduced the concept in Europe.
		Korea became a protectorate of Japan in 1905.
	www.erdmond.com /Korea (1515 words)

	Korean reunification - SmartyBrain Encyclopedia and Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Korean reunification is the possible future unification of North Korea and South Korea under a single government.
		Even though Korea is no longer a state in real political terms, it is very much alive in the minds of Koreans and as an ethno-cultural space critical to Korean national identity.
		With an eye to the German reunification it is apparent that South Korea does not have an economy as strong as that of West Germany; and it is widely thought that the state of the North Korean economy is worse than that of East Germany.
	smartybrain.com /index.php/Korean_reunification (524 words)

	flag of south korea information
		The flag was designed in 1882 during the reign of King Gojong by Bak Yeong-hyo, the Korean ambassador to Japan.
		Gojong proclaimed the Taegeukgi to be the official flag of Korea on 6 March 1883.
		In Chinese philosophy, the eight trigrams are related to the//// Five Elements of fire, water, earth, wood, and metal.
	www.global-terror.com /korea/flag-of-south-korea.htm (194 words)

	South Korea - Gurupedia
		The Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국;
		Korea forms a peninsula that extends some 1,100 km from the Asian mainland, flanked by the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east, and terminated by the Tsushima Strait and the East China Sea to the south.
		Hanja and older people in Korea still prefer to write words in Hanja, as they were strictly forbidden to study and speak the Korean language when Japan ruled.
	www.gurupedia.com /s/so/south_korea.htm (1454 words)

	Demographics of North Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although there are no indigenous minorities in North Korea, there is a small Chinese community (about 50,000) and some 1,800 Japanese wives who accompanied the roughly 93,000 Koreans returning to the North from Japan during 1959-62.
		In North Korea, the Korean alphabet (hangul) is used exclusively, unlike in South Korea, where the dominant written language is in hangul and classical Chinese is used by minorities in academic circles such as newspapers and history research centers.
		Christian missionaries arrived as early as the 16th century, but it was not until the 19th century that they founded schools, hospitals, and other modern institutions throughout Korea.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Demographics_of_North_Korea (391 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: K-pop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The tremendous success of Seo Taiji and Boys in Korea and such similarly experimental groups as Panic set the trend for the present generation of K-pop groups and artists.
		South Korea is also home to a few hardcore "gangsta'" rappers, including Jinusean, Drunken Tiger, and PSY, whose flippant and humorous sound is similar to Eminem's.
		Trot is a less popular genre of K-pop, which was influenced by Japanese songs during the occupation and popular until Japan's defeat in WWII.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=K-pop (422 words)

	South Hwanghae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		South Hwanghae (Hwanghae-namdo) is a province of North Korea.
		The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae.
		The southern border of the province is marked by the Korean Demilitarized Zone with South Korea.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/South_Hwanghae (149 words)

	Busan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Busan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With a population of approximately 3.7 million, Busan is the second largest city in South Korea, after Seoul.
		Busan was one of the few areas in Korea that remained under the control of South Korea throughout the Korean War.
		After the war, diplomatic relations with the new shogunate in Japan was established in 1607, and Pusan Waegwan was permitted to be reconstructed.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Busan.html (599 words)

	Won - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Won is the official currency used in both South Korea and North Korea.
		Historically, North and South Korean won have been divided into 100 jeon (전; 錢; McCune-Reischauer: chŏn; Revised Romanization: jeon; in North Korea, it is also Romanized jun).
		Jeon are no longer used in South Korea, as the smallest amount of money that typically changes hands is 100 Won, or roughly 10 US cents.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Won (132 words)

	BANK OF KOREA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bank of Korea is the national central_bank of the Republic_of_Korea (South Korea).
		Bank of Korea is historically derived from the central bank of Colonial Korea (1910-1945), ''Joseon Eunhaeng'' in Korean or ''Chosen Ginkou'' in Japanese.
		The Japanese-controlled Bank of Korea was dissolved by the Allied Occupation Forces in 1945, and its assets were transferred to the current Bank of Korea, the Central Bank of Korea in Pyongyang and a private Japanese bank.
	www.whereintheworldisbush.com /en:Bank_of_Korea (155 words)

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