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  Masan - Galbijim
Masan (마산시; 馬山市; horse.mountain.city) is a city in Gyeongsangnam-do.
Thus, the events in Masan in 1960 helped spark the movement against corruption known as the April_19_Movement, which eventually led to the resignation of President Syngman Rhee and the beginning of the Second Republic.
Masan has two institutions of higher education: Masan College, which is located on the northwestern outskirts of the city, and Kyungnam University (경남대학교)[3], which is located in the southern part of Masan adjacent to Shin Masan.
wiki.galbijim.com /Masan   (1049 words)

  
  Masan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Masan is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
The city is situated on the on Masan Bay (마산만, Masan-man) approximately 35 km west of Busan.
Masan has two universities: Masan College, which is located on the northwestern outskirts of the city, and Kyungnam University (경남대학교)[2], which is located in the southern part of Masan adjacent to Shin Masan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Masan_(Korea)   (560 words)

  
 MASAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Masan is approached from the western channel of the Korea Straits to the south.
Masan pilotage is compulsory from Kadok-Do pilot station to harbour and vice versa.
Masan is a natural coastal harbour and is located within the inner bay at the extreme northern and of Pudo-sudo.
www.eashco.co.kr /position/masan.html   (1143 words)

  
 The Sister Cities and the Sister Castle of Himeji   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Masan forms a beautiful natural view with mountains 600-700 m high, which surround the city like a folding screen at its back and deeply indented coastlines at its front.
Masan is also one of the major industrial cities in Korea whose main industries are the manufacturing of iron and the machine industry.
In the future Masan is expected to develop into a complex city consisting of both urban areas and farming villages and to function at the center of the Kyungnam province in commerce, industry, transportation, education and culture.
www.himeji-iec.or.jp /sister/masan/index_en.html   (274 words)

  
 Kyungnam university - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1961 the institution was re-named yet again with the new geo-specific moniker of Masan College.
In 1970, the Hanma foundation took over the college and in 1971 the foundation decided to re-name the college yet again, so the signs were changed to read “Kyungnam College.” In 1982 the institution attained university status and the name was officially altered one more time.
Masan is viewed as a third or fourth ranking backwater and therefore Kyungnam University is frequently chided by those associated with other, more prestigious institutions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kyungnam_university   (485 words)

  
 The Korea Times : Masan Chrysanthemum Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
MASAN, South Kyongsang Province _ The chrysanthemum, one of most beloved of flowers, is welcomed with the arrival of autumn.
A 10-minute ferry ride from Masan takes you to an island called “Totsom” in Korean, which now attracts butterflies and bees as well as tourists with its wide range of chrysanthemums.
She suddenly disappeared in the sea of Masan and became an island.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/culture/200611/kt2006110217063211680.htm   (189 words)

  
 Exchanges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Five Masan students visited Jacksonville for 10 days, expanding on the student exchange program between our two cities.
Masan city officials and business representatives visited Jacksonville on a reciprocal exchange.
The delegation was there to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of Masan’s commercial port.
www.jsca.org /Our_Sister_Cities/Masan/Exchanges/exchanges.html   (131 words)

  
 Blood & Bayonets | TIME
Still protruding from the corpse's head was a fragment of one of the tear gas shells that Masan police had used in quelling the election-day riot.
Raging through the streets, shouting demands for the resignation of President Syngman Rhee, the rioters sacked Masan's city hall, the local offices of Rhee's Liberal Party, the home of Masan's mayor and a brewery that a local pol allegedly received as a bribe for switching his support to Rhee in the elections.
When Masan's police chief came driving up, infuriated women set fire to his Jeep and beat him so badly that at week's end he was still in a coma.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,826287,00.html   (711 words)

  
 New Page 1
An official investigative report of the committee states that 1,681 inmates of the Masan prison were killed.
According to Kim Yong Guk, an official of the Masan Victims' Family Association, the police told all Bodo members in the area to show up at the Citizens Theatre.
Those who showed up were taken to the Masan prison and locked up, and soon, Korean MPs showed up at the prison and made a list of the Bodo members.
www.kimsoft.com /2002/masan2.htm   (1514 words)

  
 Masan - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Masan, city in southern South Korea, in South Kyŏngsang Province, on an arm of Chinhae Bay of Korea Strait near Pusan.
In 1979 demonstrations in the cities of Pusan and Masan were met with violent suppression.
In the midst of this tense situation, Kim Jae Kyu,...
au.encarta.msn.com /Masan.html   (88 words)

  
 Film: May 24, 2001
Masan spends his evenings filling out government forms describing the plot, background, and copyright- holding information for every movie he stocks.
Masan describes how movies are released for export in India a week after their theatrical premiere, but most don't have North American distributors, so he can't sell them in Montreal.
For his part, Masan would like to see the system done away with, even if it means an end to his comfortable near-monopoly.
www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2001/052401/film1.html   (1317 words)

  
 Masan Army/Ammunition Depot
Masan is about thirty-five miles west of Pusan.
During the war the haul from Masan to Chongju and back was 460 miles, and the turnaround took approximately 36 hours.
In May 1955 the 142nd QM Bn was moved from Masan and assumed the mission of providing QM support to US/UN Forces in the Southern area plus Class I perishable support for all US Forces in Korea.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/masan.htm   (75 words)

  
 Korean Workers Prevent Water Privatization by Vivendi
In 2002, 100 laborers at the Chilsu water filtration plant (in the city of Masan, on the south coast of South Korea) nullified the government's plan to sell their plant to Vivendi.
Funny thing is that the public servant (in the Masan municipal government) who cooperated with Vivendi in developing the company's plan actually denied the existence of this plan when he was first asked.
Masan citizens learned that dependence on a foreign company is dangerous.
jubileesouth.org /news/EpZZZZukuuOAdDoZFX.shtml   (1181 words)

  
 CHAPTER XV, South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu
General Kean reached Masan during the day and assumed command of all the U.N. troops south of the Naktong River.
On the evening of 3 August, the third regiment of the division, the 19th Infantry, was relieved in its position at the Chungam-ni Notch west of Masan by the 35th Infantry of the 25th Division.
Yongdok on the east coast stood at the northeast corner of the Perimeter, Pusan was at the south-east corner, Masan at the southwest corner, and Taegu near the middle from north to south, but only about 10 miles from the western and threatened side of the Perimeter.
www.kmike.com /Appleman/Chapter15.htm   (8781 words)

  
 Human Rights Internet - The Human Rights Databank
This exchange program was organized not only to commemorate the Pusan and Masan pro- democracy movement of October 1979, but also to afford social activists from Kwangju and Masan a chance to meet, exchange information and begin to build stronger solidarity between the two neighbouring provinces of Chonnam and Yungnam.
Though his reforms have not been fast or extensive enough for many activists, and much work remains to be done to secure the observance and fulfillment of human rights for all citizens of South Korea, vast improvements in the overall situation are undeniable.
Members of Kwangju Citizens' Solidarity and Masan Citizens' Solidarity are working to enhance networks of cooperation and solidarity between different regions of the country which have traditionally been at odds due to the uneven development policies of successive dictatorships of past decades.
www.hri.ca /tribune/viewArticle.asp?ID=2528   (1044 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : North Bengal & Sikkim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
It was this apathy that drove me to take it up as my field of study and today I can say that part of my goal has been realised,” said the artist whose paintings did brisk business at exhibitions in Birla Academy, Calcutta, Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi, and at a university in Bangkok.
The Ghora Masan, Garkata Masan, Gohelideo, Shol Masan and Kishkindhya Masan, were among the most commonly worshipped forms,” he added.
Masan itself is a Tibetan word, he said.
www.telegraphindia.com /1060307/asp/siliguri/story_5934897.asp   (390 words)

  
 Masan News
With a new capillary campaign "With Jesus Christ" to announce the Gospel with door to door mission, Masan diocese is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
South Korea's national women's football team went down to Canada 3-1 in their second match of the Peace Queen Cup in South Korea's local city of Masan on Monday, failing to advance to the final.
NAGASAKI The city assembly of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, adopted a unanimous resolution Thursday demanding the South Korean city of Masan repeal its ordinance that claims Japan's Tsushima Islands as South...
www.topix.net /kr/masan   (634 words)

  
 Masan travel guide - Wikitravel
Masan [1] (마산, 馬山) is a city in South Gyeongsang, South Korea.
Direct limousine buses connect to Masan Station and the bus terminal every 15-20 minutes (W5700, 45 minutes).
Masan's intercity bus terminal serves destinations in the vicinity.
wikitravel.org /en/Masan   (112 words)

  
 Characterization and Distribution of Trace Organic Contaminants in Sediment from Masan Bay, Korea. 1. Instrumental ...
Masan Bay, located on the southeast coast of Korea, is a long and narrow inlet of a semi-closed bay that receives industrial and municipal wastewaters from the cities of Masan and Changwon.
In this study, sediments collected from 28 locations on Masan Bay were analyzed for total organic carbon (TOC), nonylphenol (NP), octylphenol (OP), bisphenol A (BPA), organochlorine pesticides (HCB, HCHs, CHLs, and DDTs), individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, and 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocabons (PAHs) to characterize their spatial distribution and contamination status.
Concentrations of NP in sediment ranged from 113 to 3890 ng/g on a dry weight basis (dry wt), whereas concentrations of OP and BPA were, on average, 20-110-fold less than those of NP.
pubs.acs.org /cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/esthag/1999/33/i23/abs/es9904484.html   (330 words)

  
 CHAPTER XXIII, South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu
The 7th Division, next in line north of the 6th Division, was to attack north of the Masan highway, wheel left to the Naktong, and wait for the 6th Division on its right and the 9th on its left to join it.
General Kean's 5th Division command post was at Masan; Colonel Fisher's 35th Infantry command post was on the east side of the Chirwon-Chung-ni road about midway between the two towns; Colonel Champney's 24th Infantry command post was at Haman; and Colonel Throckmorton's command post was at Chindong-ni.
The position of B Company, 35th Infantry, on 1,100-foot-high Sibidang-san, flanking the Masan road two miles west of Komam-ni and giving observation over all the surrounding country, was certain to figure prominently in the enemy's attack.
www.kmike.com /Appleman/Chapter23.htm   (8272 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In Masan, Michaelis found the newly arrived advance command post of the 25th Division, and from it he tried to telephone General Church at the 24th Division.
From information gained later concerning the location of the 6th Division, it appears that the enemy was at least in battalion strength at the Notch on 2 August, and he may have had the greater part of a regiment.
Late in the morning and in the early afternoon, Michaelis received reports that the enemy had cut the road between Check and the rest of the regiment, and that E Company in its advance blocking position was heavily engaged.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/BOOKS/KOREA/20-2-1/sn14.htm   (6574 words)

  
 Masan, SK lays claim to Tsushima in retaliation... - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
Masan, SK lays claim to Tsushima in retaliation...
Seeking to broaden the dispute to another previously contested territory, South Korea's Masan city council on Friday voted to mark June 19 as "Daemado Day," the Korean name for Japan's Tsushima islands just 50 kilometers (30 miles) off the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula.
Some South Korean historians argue those islands _ considerably larger than the other disputed islets and home to 40,500 people _ were once controlled by Korea, and the date commemorates when Korean General Yi Jong-mu headed there in the 15th century to conquer it.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=32133   (1048 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The mountain barrier west of Masan was the first readily defensible ground east of the Chinju pass.
It was the assembly area for their combat operations on the Masan front all during the month.
When the 25th Division issued orders to its subordinate units to take up defensive positions west of Masan, the 2d Battalion, 24th Infantry, was still trying to seize Obong-san, the mountain ridge just west of Battle Mountain and P'il-bong, and across a gorgelike valley from them.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/BOOKS/KOREA/20-2-1/sn20.htm   (5790 words)

  
 ▒▒ Welcome to port Masan ▒▒   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Since Masan opened the Port in 1899, the Port of Masan with its good natural and also geographical convenience and being located in the central part of the southern coastline of Korea peninsula has contributed greatly as an international trading port for the growth of the national economy.
In addition to that, in the hinterlands of port of Masan there are Masan Free Trade Zone, Changwon Industrial Complex and a large scale of Sachun Industrial Complex in now under construction.
As Port of Masan is developing remarkably as an international central trading center in the areas of the Pan-Pacific and Far Eastern Asian countries, it is to be hoped that all of you take advantage of our Masan Port and facilitate your business.
masan.momaf.go.kr /eng/welcome/welcome.html   (220 words)

  
 The Korea Times : Masan City Stakes Claim Over Taemado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The council of Masan City in South Kyongsang Province yesterday passed a bill declaring its territorial jurisdiction over Japan-controlled Taemado Island, council officials said.
The island was once under the control of the ancient Korean dynasty of Choson, according to Korean and Chinese historians.
Under the ordinance, June 19 is designated as Taemado Day in celebration of the departure of the Choson period general Yi Jong-mu and his troops from Masan on an expedition to conquer Taemado in the 15th century, officials said.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/nation/200503/kt2005031816432811990.htm   (181 words)

  
 Welcome to Masan City
Developing the Masan Port as the transportation hub for the southeastern area of the Korean peninsula, harmonizing its harbor and downtown functions.
This aims to make Masan a high-tech hub city by inducing industries such as artificial home networks and robotics.
The project is to solve traffic congestion in the downtown area by building new bypassing roads and infrastructures for making the city a tourist destination.
contents.masan.go.kr:8080 /english_new/general/6projects.asp   (825 words)

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