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Mun Se-gwang. McCune–Reischauer. Mun Segwang. Mun Se-gwang (26 December 1951 – 20 December 1974) was a Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer who attempted to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung Hee on 15 August 1974. The assassination attempt resulted in the deaths of Park's wife, Yuk Young-soo, and a high school student, Jang ...
The Government-General of Chōsen Building ( Korean : 조선총독부 청사 ; RR : Joseon-chongdokbu Cheongsa ), also known as the Japanese General Government Building and the Seoul Capitol, was a building located in Jongno District of Seoul, South Korea, from 1926 to 1996. The Government-General Building was constructed by the Empire of Japan ...
Blue House. / 37.5867; 126.9763. Cheong Wa Dae ( Korean : 청와대; Hanja : 靑瓦臺; lit. Cyan-tile Pavilion), also known as the Blue House in English, is a public park that formerly served as the presidential residence and the diplomatic reception halls of South Korea from 1948 to 2022. It is located in the Jongno district of the South ...
Shinsegae Inc. ( Korean : 신세계; Hanja : 新世界; lit. new world, KRX: 004170) is a South Korean department store franchise, along with several other businesses, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The firm is an affiliate of Shinsegae Group, South Korea's leading retail chaebol, and one of the big three department store firms in Korea ...
The Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) is an annual international conference hosted in Seoul, South Korea, by The Chosun Ilbo, a major Korean daily newspaper. The inaugural conference was in March 2005. The conference addresses important issues in Asia and the world. The conference hosted over one hundred and fifty speakers and over one thousand ...
McCune–Reischauer. Sin Kyŏkho. Shin Kyuk-ho ( Korean : 신격호; 3 November 1921 – 19 January 2020), known in Japan as Shigemitsu Takeo (重光 武雄), [ 2] was a Zainichi Korean businessman known for being the founder of the South Korean-Japanese conglomerate Lotte Corporation (Group), now one of the largest chaebols in South Korea. [ 3]
Culture of Korea. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation ( MBC; Korean : 주식회사 문화방송; Hanja : 株式會社 文化放送; RR : Jusikhoesa Munhwa Bangsong; lit. "Joint-stock company Cultural Broadcasting") is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. Munhwa is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship ...
Sungjeongjeon ( 숭정전; 崇政殿) is the main hall of the palace. It was built in 1616 but was moved to Dongguk University in 1926 and repurposed as a buddhist temple in Japanese colonial times, and moved back to original location and renovated between 1988 and 1994. Its considered an example of mid-joseon period architecture. [5]