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	Wikinfo \| Koreans
		Approximately 450,000 ethnic Koreans reside in the former USSR, primarily in the newly independent states of Central Asia.
		In 1937, Stalin deported approximately 200,000 ethnic Koreans to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, on the official premise that the Koreans might act as spies for Japan.
		There are 528,904 Koreans in Japan, amounting to 40.4% of the non-Japanese population of the country.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Koreans (339 words)

	Roots Before Branches: A Guide to Corean American History on the Web
		The first half of this text focuses on Korean immigration patterns and who was immigrating from Korea during which time period. The Oriental Exclusion Act of 1924 and Immigration Act of 1965 are also cited as major developments in the history of Korean American immigration.
		From : “A chronologically arranged list of Koreans appointed to ministerial positions in Methodist churches in the Hawaiian Islands from 1906 to 2000, compiled from the minutes of the annual sessions of the Hawaii Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church (the present United Methodist Church).
		From : “List of Korean passengers arriving in Honolulu from 1903 to 1905, transcribed from steamship passenger manifests.
	www.brown.edu /Research/Corean_American_History/roots.html (1487 words)

	Koreans - TheBestLinks.com - Korean Chinese, Brazil, Canada, People's Republic of China, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Most Koreans live on the Korean peninsula and speak the Korean language.
		Koreans in both South Korea and North Korea share many cultural aspects, but the political distinctions between the two countries result in regional differences in culture between the North and South.
		There is also a separate ethnic Korean community in the Russian island of Sakhalin, where Koreans brought in by Japan as labourers were stranded after the island came into Soviet hands after World War II.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Korean_Chinese.html (465 words)

	Korean Cuisine
		Koreans also eat meat; northerners eat more pork, while southerners prefer beef, and the cooks are unafraid to mix meat, fish, chicken, and pork.
		Koreans eat a medium-grain "sticky" rice (as distinguished from long-grain and short-grain, or glutinous, varieties) which is also common in Japan.
		Korean food is often extremely spicy, for in the 16th century, Korean cooks were seduced by the chile, which the Portuguese introduced.
	www.cuisinenet.com /glossary/korea.html (587 words)

	The Bakken - Medicinal Plant List
		American Indians valued the root highly as a tonic, stomachic, and application for sore eyes and general ulceration, as well as a yellow dye for their faces, clothing, and weapons.
		American Indians used the dried, aged root for colds and dry coughs, and to build blood.
		Juice of the roots was used by American Indians to prevent snakes from biting.
	www.thebakken.org /about-us/plant.html (1680 words)

	Koreans - China-related Topics KM-KP - China-Related Topics
		Approximately 450,000 ethnic Koreans reside in the former Soviet UnionUSSR, primarily in the newly independent states of Central Asia.
		Koreans form one of the Chinese nationalities56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
		There are 528,904 Koreans in Japan, amounting to 40.4% of the non-Japanese Demographics of Japanpopulation of the country.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Koreans (610 words)

	About Beirut Lebanon and Downtown Beirut, Centre Vilee Beirut Liban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Listed #189 on Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans.
		George Joseph, #317 on Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans.
		Richard Edward Rainwater, #127 on Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans.
	www.downtownbeirut.com /FamousLebanese2.html (3840 words)

	Wikipedia: List of Korean Americans
		The following is a list of famous Korean Americans (and Korean Canadians) who have made significant contributions to North American culture or society artistically or scientifically, or have appeared in the news numerous times:
		Judge Herbert Choy, appointed to the U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
		First Asian Pacific American to be named to a federal court.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/l/li/list_of_korean_americans.html (185 words)

	The year's finest / BEST BOOKS OF 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		American Desert by Percival Everett (Hyperion; 291 pages; $24.95): A professor whose head is sliced off in a car accident, but who mysteriously comes back to life at his funeral, is the choice setup for satirist Percival Everett's novel.
		American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips (Viking; 397 pages; $25.95): In his latest book, Kevin Phillips ("Wealth and Democracy") provides a case study of the power wielded by four generations of the Bush family.
		The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood (Penguin Press; 299 pages; $25.95): Benjamin Franklin, considered one of the most quintessentially American Founding Fathers, was actually an enthusiastic supporter of the British Empire who lived the greater part of his later years in Britain and France.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/12/12/RVG19A57QS1.DTL&type=books (15936 words)

	Immigration to America
		American Immigration - This page list reasons for immigration, who the immigrants were, peaks/waves of immigration, methods of transportation to America, and lots of other information organized by time periods of American history.
		List of Famous Chinese Americans - List of famous Chinese Americans who have made significant contributions to the American culture or society artistically or scientifically, or have appeared in the news numerous times:
		American Jewish Immigration - Details the three waves of immigration from different parts of Europe by those people of Jewish faith.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/listimmigratli.html (823 words)

	Amazon.com: The Korean War : The West Confronts Communism: Books: Michael Hickey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But soon after beginning the project, Hickey "became aware of the sheer size of the American involvement and the sacrifice it entailed." Shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature when it was published in the U.K. last year, this Brit's-eye-view of Korea generally supports the American posture during the war.
		Its a shame some American reviewers can't accept that sometimes the mighty US military machine is out-performed by its allies (never mind its enemies); this was certainly the case during the initial North Korean successes, and again later when the Chinese joined the fighting.
		The American historian Burton Kaufman wrote that the US government finally "changed its stand on the armistice talks" and signed the Armistice in July 1953, only under the `unrelenting' pressure of its allies to end the war, backed by the `worldwide demand for compromise and peace in Korea'.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1585670359?v=glance (2918 words)

	Center for International Policy
		The North Korean leadership is a close student of this history, because it has to be; its behavior since the end of the Cold War is a textbook case of how an enemy who knows a particular history in its bones, would act and react.
		A first-ever high-level North Korean delegation arrived at the ASEAN meetings in July 2000, where Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met the North Korean foreign minister for the first time, which was a prelude to the subsequent exchange of visits between Gen. Cho Myong-nok and Ms.
		The continuing American commitment to Korea is, moreover, still just one aspect of the American strategic position in East Asia and the Pacific: Japan also remains within the postwar settlement hammered out in 1947-53, and shows no signs of getting out of it, Okinawan protests and nationalist stirrings to the contrary.
	www.ciponline.org /asia/reports/task_force/Cumings.htm (3695 words)

	Famous Arab Americans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are about 3 million Arab Americans, and as a community, we've been demonstrating loyalty, inventiveness, and courage on behalf of the United States for over 100 years.
		Two Arab Americans were appointed to President George W. Bush’s Cabinet: U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and former Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mitchell Daniels.
		The first Arab American ever appointed to a Cabinet secretary post was Donna Shalala, the nation’s longest serving Secretary of Health and Human Services, and now president of the University of Miami.
	www.aaiusa.org /famous_arab_americans.htm (3623 words)

	Asian American Empowerment: ModelMinority.com - Navigating the Korean American Divide
		For Korean Americans at GBS, these painful developing years are also a time when they begin to struggle with their ethnic identities.
		GBS, with significant numbers of Korean American students — both immigrant and Western born — is a Korean enclave in a predominantly white region.
		The concentration of Korean Americans is high enough that some teenagers, like 17-year-old senior John Kwon, decide to reclaim their Korean heritage.
	www.modelminority.com /article969.html (2193 words)

	Teen Edition Reading Lists
		Tamo White, son of a wealthy and famous pirate of the 18th century, takes orphaned schoolmate Nathan and his prim sister Maud on a fantastical trip to Madagascar where they face everything from cyclones to slavers.
		Annie Brown, daughter of the famous historical figure John Brown, watches her father assemble the men and guns to attempt to change history while she tries to live something resembling a normal life.
		Set during the beginning of the American Revolution, Paul Revere’s daughter wages her own war with doubts about the loyalty of family and friends.
	www.chipublib.org /008subject/003cya/teened/readlist.html (5428 words)

	Far Outliers
		The North Koreans did not relinquish Heartbreak Ridge and in late September the Manchus were ordered to attack the west-side of the Mundung-Ni Valley in a final attempt to capture the ridge.
		The Toraja are famous for their huge, boat-shaped rice barns and their famously elaborate and gory funeral celebrations, featuring animal sacrifices and often a sizable contingent of foreign funeral tourists.
		The two most famous exponents of the art of the Japanese woodblock print in [the 20th] century are not Japanese.
	faroutliers.blogspot.com /2004_01_01_faroutliers_archive.html (14711 words)

	Ben Muse
		But the French strategic decision to reduce American power and build a multipolar world evolved from the foreign policy that was emerging in the 1990s.
		A key provision of the American law, which lets African factories use fabric from Asia, expires Sept. 30, and plants like Shining Century are expecting bad news from retail giants such as The Gap and Kmart, which order their products from Lesotho months in advance...
		The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has adopted a resolution opposing the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) new guidelines for peer review of the science underlying federal regulation.
	web.acsalaska.net /~benmuse/blog/2004_04_01_archive.html (15352 words)

	Korea's Weird Wired World - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nearly two-thirds of Korean mobile phone users have shifted to so-called third-generation handsets that offer speeds up to ten times that of mobiles in the U.S. Here, residential broadband isn't expected to enter 50% of homes until late 2004.
		Korean marriages are fraying as spouses cheat on each other through video chat.
		Microsoft got a glimpse of this concept two years ago, when a small Korean Internet site began to show a movie clip of a famous actress having sex with her manager.
	www.forbes.com /technology/free_forbes/2003/0721/092.html?partner=newscom (1152 words)

	New York's Premier Alternative Newspaper. Arts, Music, Food, Movies and Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It would be one thing if the people charged with writing the insta-book knock-off publishing projects about the collapse of the Brad and Jennifer marriage were Sydney Carton types, aging boozers with rotted hearts heroically turning one last disgusting buck with a foot already in the grave.
		Clerks at his Avenue A store, now closed, were internationally famous for treating customers like unwitting participants in their own personal S&M show, complete with studied inattention and lofty, put upon attitudes.
		The media has spared little expense painting him as the next Al Sharpton (when they acknowledge him at all), but when we interviewed him, we found him to be one of the smartest, most articulate, most honest politicians we've ever met.
	www.nypress.com /18/13/news&columns/50most.cfm (7876 words)

	Famous Hams and ex-Hams
		However, we have made every effort, through exhaustive research and direct communication with many of the people on this list and their relatives and associates, to maintain as accurate a list as possible.
		If you are thinking about getting a vanity callsign, check my list before you visit N4MC's Vanity Callsign HQ, lest you wind up with the callsign of someone whose history may not be one you'd like to be reminded of....
		Famous (infamous) as the chief radio operator on the ill-fated S.S. Morro Castle.
	users.tellurian.com /gjurrens/famous_hams.html (6246 words)

	BigSoccer Boards - Who's the most successful Korean American?
		I think Korean women golfers are more Korean Australian (whatever the term they are...) than Korean americans.
		One of the first Korean Americans born in the USA, he was the dude who tells David Carradine, "grasshopper, when you can take the pebble from my hand, you can leave the temple"
		I cannt find the list of successful Korean American on that site, it is not like Iranian.com which had the list successful Iranian american (billioners, artist, politicians etc) on it
	www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=168630 (686 words)

	Asian American Heritage
		Asians were one of the groups that found it hard to come to the United States, and once they had immigrated, found their lives restricted in ways that other immigrant groups did not encounter.
		In spite of these obstacles, Asian Americans have contributed in many ways to our nation's history and continue to be one of the largest new immigrant groups today.
		Have students explore the Asian American Statistics map and make notes on the number of immigrants from Asian countries, the states that they immigrated to, and the peak years of immigration.
	teacher.scholastic.com /activities/asian-american/tguide.htm (2214 words)

	The Top Ten Conservative Idiots, No. 105 - Democratic Underground
		A veteran of the 173rd Airborne Brigade during the Korean War, he parachuted behind enemy lines and suffered painful frostbite.
		Not the military version by any means, but it's a symbol of what we all hold so dearly above all else, the fact we have the freedom of choice, the freedom of happiness, the freedom of adventure and discovery, and the ultimate freedom of expression.
		Both conservatives are famous for their portrayals of heartless robotic killing machines, and while Condoleezza has more real-world experience in the art of "terminating," Arnold has the all-important groping Austrian beefcake ace up his sleeve (see Idiots passim).
	www.democraticunderground.com /top10/03/105.html (1642 words)

	Central Intelligence Agency (Harpers.org)
		It was reported that the CIA has begun covert operations in Kurdish Iraq, and American officials acknowledged that the CIA had put the wrong man's face on its wanted poster for Mullah Muhammad Omar, the former head of the Taliban.
		The CIA celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Directorate of Science and Technology by exhibiting such devices as a mechanical dragonfly listening device and a 24-inch-long artificial catfish; the exhibit was not open to the public.
		American officials said that the CIA might not be able to use its usual interrogation techniques on Saddam Hussein, because Hussein, unlike many Al Qaeda operatives, will probably stand trial for his crimes.
	www.harpers.org /CIA.html (3024 words)

	J-List side blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Well, there's a very famous guest in Kyoto right now: none other than George W. Bush, who is in Japan for a two-day meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi.
		Last night the two leaders took in Kinkakuji, the famous Golden Pavilion, and today they're going to be discussing issues ranging from Iraq to U.S. bases to bird flu.
		Last month when she caught a head cold, she didn't waste any time asking me for "the strong stuff," and she was on her feet in no time.
	www.peterpayne.net (5458 words)

	Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 911, Dave Kopel, Independence Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The list itself bears that out: More than 1,000 voters were matched with felons though they were of different races.
		Brad Bourland, chief economist of the Saudi American Bank (one-quarter owned by Citibank), said in a speech in London last June that his bank's best estimate of the total is about $700 billion, with the possibility that it is as much as $1 trillion.
		Most American Jews are Democrats; if they found out what Moore believes about Israel they might be considerably more skeptical about Moore's claims regarding other alleged global conspirators.
	www.davekopel.org /Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm (13134 words)

	Vladimir's Bauble - Famous Quotations: 1
		Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created.
		J Robert Oppenheimer, (1904-1967) American physicist, Recalling the explosion of the first atomic bomb near Almogordo, New Mexico [Jul. 15, 1945]
		It eventually reached delusional proportions and helped drive him to attempt to abandon his American citizenship and seek political asylum abroad.
	www.kornea.com /quotations.html (5739 words)

	Some Noteworthy Americans of Asian or Pacific Island Heritage
		This page is linked to Asian American Resources.
		The individuals listed are just a tiny sample of noteworthy Americans.
		American Samoa's Delegate to the House of Representatives
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/asiabio.htm (743 words)

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