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According to the South Korean Ministry of National Defense, there were over 750,000 confirmed violent civilians deaths during the war, another million civilians were pronounced missing, and millions more ended up as refugees. In South Korea, some 373,500 civilians were killed, more than 225,600 wounded, and over 387,740 were listed as missing.
The Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC) is a special corporation, established for simultaneously pursuing publicity and business feasibility to successfully implement Jeju Free International City development projects under the South Korean government's Special Act on Jeju Free International City.
Seoul Detention Center (Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province) - Opened in July 1967, it was the first pretrial detention center in South Korea. The Seoul Detention Center housed former President Park Geun-hye following her arrest in 2017. An execution chamber is located in the center, although no executions have been carried out in South Korea since the ...
IOC member Gold Silver Bronze Note Ref. Australia $20,000 $18,000 $10,000 [1] Austria $21,986 $15,390 2021: As a reward for their achievements, the gold medal winners receive Philharmonic coins worth €17,000.
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC; Korean: 영화진흥위원회; Hanja: 映畵振興委員會) is a state-supported, self-administered organization under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) of the Republic of Korea.
According Lee Min-hyung of The Korea Times, the Ministry of National Defense pushed for the establishment of the Ground Operations Command since 1998, with calls to decrease the number of soldiers and improve operational efficiency under a single control point.
The South Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KRW; Korean: 대한민국 원) is the official currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit.
A view of Mount Seorak. Mountains cover 70 percent of Korea and arable plains are generally small and far between the successive mountain ranges. The peninsula becomes more mountainous towards the north and the east, with the highest mountains (including Baekdu Mountain which stands at 2,744 m or 9,003 ft) found in the north.