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Gangwon

(Encyclopedia) Gangwon or Kangwon Gangwon gängˈwŭnˈ [key], province, N South Korea. Chuncheon is the capital. The 38th…

Park Chung Hee

(Encyclopedia) Park Chung HeePark Chung Heepärk chŭng hē [key], 1917–79, president (1963–79) of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Starting (1940) his military career in the Japanese army, he…

Jeju

(Encyclopedia) Jeju or ChejuChejujāˈj&oomacr; [key], Jap. Saishu, island and province of South Korea (1995 pop. 505,442), c.700 sq mi (1,810 sq km), c.60 mi (100 km) SW of the Korean peninsula.…

Moon Jae-in

(Encyclopedia) Moon Jae-in, 1953–, South Korean political leader, president of South Korea (2017–). The son of North Korean refugees, Moon studied law at Kyung Hee Univ. but was expelled twice for…

Yalu

(Encyclopedia) YaluYaluyäˈl&oomacr;ˈ [key], Korean Amnok, river, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in the Changbai Mts. in Jilin prov., NE China, and flowing SW to the Bay of Korea at Dandong; forms…

Kim Il Sung

(Encyclopedia) Kim Il SungKim Il Sungkĭm ĭl s&oobreve;ng [key], 1912–94, North Korean political leader, chief of state of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948–94); originally named Kim…

Korea

(Encyclopedia) CE5 KoreaKoreakôrēˈə, kə–, Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. A peninsula, 600 mi (966 km) long, Korea separates the Sea of…

Palisades Park

(Encyclopedia) Palisades Park, residential borough (1990 pop. 14,536), Bergen co., NE N.J.; inc. 1899. Palisades Park is notable for its proportionally high Korean-American population.

Jilin, province, China

(Encyclopedia) JilinJilinjēˈlĭnˈ [key] or KirinKirinkēˈrĭnˈ [key], province (2010 pop. 27,462,297), 72,000 sq mi (186,528 sq km), NE China; one of the original Manchurian provinces. The capital is…

Roh Moo Hyun

(Encyclopedia) Roh Moo HyunRoh Moo Hyunnō m&oomacr; hyŭn [key], 1946–2009, South Korean politician, president (2003–8) of South Korea. A self-educated lawyer who defended antigovernment activists…