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  South Korea postpones launching landmark liquid-fuel rocket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
South Korea put off Wednesday's scheduled launch of its first three-stage rocket using liquid fuel because of bad weather, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said.
The 14-meter-long (46.2-feet) rocket weighing six tonnes was to have blasted off from a launch pad in Anheung in the central province of South Chungcheong.
KARI and the ministry plan to develop a satellite launch vehicle capable of putting a 100-kilogramme (220-pound) payload into orbit by 2005 and a lower-orbit commercial satellite by 2010 with the aim of joining the world's top 10 aerospace powers by 2015.
www.spacedaily.com /2002/021127041746.mdxq5zgn.html   (218 words)

  
  Chungcheong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chungcheong (Chungcheong-do) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.
Chungcheong Province was formed during the in 1356—during the Goryeo Dynasty—from the southern portion of the former province of Yanggwang.
Chungcheong was bordered on the north by Gyeonggi Province, on the east by Gangweon and Gyeongsang Provinces, on the south by Jeolla Province, and on the west by the Yellow Sea.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chungcheong   (317 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: South Chungcheong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
South Chungcheong is a province in the west of South Korea.
Buyeo County (Buyeo_gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.
South Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/South-Chungcheong   (1431 words)

  
 Chungcheongnam-do - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chungcheongnam-do (South Chungcheong) is a province in the west of South Korea.
The province was formed in 1896 from the southwestern half of the former Chungcheong province, remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea.
The province is part of the Hoseo region, and is bounded on the west by the Yellow Sea, on the north by Gyeonggi-do province, on the south by Jeollabuk-do province, and on the east by Chungcheongbuk-do province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Chungcheong   (260 words)

  
 South Gyeongsang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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)

  
 South Korea - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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.
The United Nations-backed South and the USSR-backed North eventually reached a stalemate and an armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along the demilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel, which had been the original demarcation line.
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   (1964 words)

  
 South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
South Korea's chaebol are often compared with Japan's keiretsu business groupings, the successors to the pre-war zaibatsu.
South Korea's national language is Korean, a distinct language that linguists have not firmly categorized in any language grouping.
South Korea shares its traditional culture with that of North Korea, but the two Koreas have developed distinct contemporary forms of culture since its division into two separate states.
www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/South_Korea   (4020 words)

  
 South Korea - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국;; Hanja: 大韓民國;)), commonly known as South Korea, is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean peninsula.
Joseph Stalin forced thousands of ethnic Koreans from Vladivostok and Khabarovsk to relocate to the Central Asian part of the U.S.S.R., fearing Korean collaboration with the Japanese, while the majority of the Korean population in Japan was brought/kidnapped there as forced labor during the colonial period.
Political, social and economic instability in South Korea have driven many South Koreans to emigrate to foreign countries, particularly the United States and Canada.
open-encyclopedia.com /South_Korea   (1879 words)

  
 SOUTH KOREA FACTS AND INFORMATION
The United_Nations-backed South and the Communist-backed North eventually reached a stalemate and an armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along the demilitarized zone at about the original demarcation line.
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.
South Korea's solid economy is characterized by moderate inflation, low unemployment, an export surplus, and fairly equal distribution of income.
www.palfacts.com /South_Korea   (3702 words)

  
 Subdivisions of South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do).
A "Gwangyeoksi" is one of the primary divisions of the country, along with "Teukbyeolsi" and "Do." South Korea has 6 metropolitan cities: Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Ulsan.
A "Do" is one of the primary divisions of the country, along with "Teukbyeolsi" and "Gwangyeoksi." South Korea has 9 provinces: North and South Chungcheong, Gangwon, Gyeonggi, North and South Gyeongsang, Jeju, and North and South Jeolla.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Administrative_divisions_of_South_Korea   (860 words)

  
 Provinces of Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The thirteen provinces were: North and South Chungcheong, Gangwon, Gyeonggi, North and South Gyeongsang, North and South Hamgyŏng, Hwanghae, North and South Jeolla, and North and South P'yŏngan.
The northern province is expanded in 1946 to include the northern portion of Gyeonggi Province and the southern portion of South Hamgyong Province (around the city of Wŏnsan).
Finally, the new provinces of Jeju (in the south, in 1946) and Chagang (in the north, 1949) were formed, from parts of South Jeolla and North P'yŏngan respectively.
www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Provinces_of_Korea   (1515 words)

  
 Gyeonggi
The boundary between the American zone in the south and the Soviet zone in the north was the 38th parallel.
In 1951, the area around Kaesŏng came under North Korean control during the Korean War, and officially became part of that country at the end of hostilities in 1953.
The province is bounded on the east by Gangwon-do province, on the south by Chungcheongbuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do provinces, and on the west by Incheon and the Yellow Sea.
www.algebra.com /algebra/about/history/Gyeonggi.wikipedia   (545 words)

  
 Korea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
South Korea has some 200 institutions of higher learning, about one half of which are in Seoul; these include colleges and universities, graduate schools, junior colleges, and other specialized institutions.
Two incidents of terrorism against South Korea were widely attributed to North Korea: a 1983 bombing that killed several members of the South Korean government, and the 1987 destruction of a South Korean airliner over the Thailand-Myanmar border.
A political party funding scandal in 2003 implicated the main South Korean parties and many businesses, but it was overshadowed in early 2004 by the impeachment of the president over a relatively minor election law violation, which involved his public support for the new Uri party (the president is required be politically neutral).
www.bartleby.com /65/ko/Korea.html   (4535 words)

  
 South Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
South Korea''', officially the '''Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean languageKorean: ''Daehan Minguk'' (Hangul: 대한 민국;; Hanja: 大韓民國;)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula.
The United Nations-backed South and the USSR-backed North eventually reached a stalemate and an armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along the Korean Demilitarized Zonedemilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel north38th parallel/, which had been the original demarcation line.
South Korea and the United States have signed a cost-sharing agreement on keeping American troops in the country until the end of 2006.
www.infothis.com /find/South_Korea   (2637 words)

  
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Chungcheong province, was a province of Korea until the country's division in
South Chungcheong province, on the north by Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces, on the south by
Chungcheong is the only province in South Korea with no access to the sea.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/North_Chungcheong   (185 words)

  
 South Chungcheong - Definition, explanation
South Chungcheong is a province in the west of South Korea.
The province was formed in 1896 from the southwestern half of the former Chungcheong province, remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea.
The province is part of the Hoseo region, and is bounded on the west by the Yellow Sea, on the north by Gyeonggi province, on the south by North Jeolla province, and on the east by North Chungcheong province.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/so/south_chungcheong.php   (274 words)

  
 south korea information
South is one of the four cardinal or compass directions.
True south is the direction towards the southern end of the axis about which the earth rotates, called the South Pole.
Magnetic south is the direction towards the south magnetic pole, some distance away from the south geographic pole.
www.global-terror.com /korea/south-korea.htm   (2123 words)

  
 South Korea Launches Landmark Liquid-Fuel Rocket
South Korea successfully launched the rocket in a crucial step in its bid to join the world's top aerospace nation, according to KARI.
South Korea successfully launched its first liquid fuel three-stage rocket Thursday in a crucial step in its bid to join the world's top aerospace nations, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute said.
South Korea's first liquid-fuel rocket is scheduled to be launched on Nov. 27, the Ministry of Science and Technology said Thursday.
www.spacedaily.com /news/rocketscience-02zr.html   (413 words)

  
 [YEAR-END REVIEW]Political forces undergo changes
Another major blow for the Roh administration was in July when South Korean translator Kim Sun-il was kidnapped and later killed by Islamic insurgents in Iraq after the government refused to accept their demand to withdraw Seoul's plan to deploy troops in the postwar country.
Two controversial nuclear tests by the South - plutonium extraction in 1982 and uranium enrichment in 2000 - invoked international concern and undermined the South's mediating role in six-party nuclear talks, even though the South stressed the experiments were conducted purely for research purposes.
That was a severe blow to Roh and residents in South Chungcheong Province, and the court was suddenly thrust into a new role by adopting an unfamiliar concept of the "customary constitution" for the first time.
www.benadorassociates.com /pf.php?id=10559   (2975 words)

  
 Articles - South Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A distinctive feature of the South Korean economy is the long-dominant position of the chaebol (government-assisted, family-controlled conglomerates), most of which were established after the Korean War.
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).
Confucianism is also small in terms of self-declared adherents, but the great majority of South Koreans, irrespective of their formal religious affiliation, are strongly influenced by Confucian values, which continue to permeate Korean culture.
www.gaple.com /articles/South_Korea?mySession=efc0a07198911dc65d252bb8b65f5a0a   (3339 words)

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