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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 ...
South Korea hosted the G-20 Summit in Seoul in November 2010, a year that saw South Korea and the European Union conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) to reduce trade barriers. South Korea went on to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Australia in 2014, and another with New Zealand in 2015. South Korea and Britain have agreed to extend ...
In 1928, local government of Keijō designated the front yard of City Hall as its geographic city center (都心), where Seoul Plaza is today.. Although the area of Downtown Seoul inside the City Wall had maintained a single integrated urban sphere for about 600 years through Joseon dynasty and Korean Empire, Japanese Government-General on Colonial Korea divided Keijō's downtown area into two ...
Joseon [a] ( Korean : 조선; Hanja : 朝鮮; MR : Chosŏn; [tɕo.sʌn] ), officially Great Joseon State ( 대조선국; 大朝鮮國; [tɛ.tɕo.sʌn.ɡuk̚] ), [17] was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. [18] [19] It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. [20] The ...
' Korea Daily Newspaper '), also known as The Chosun Daily, is a newspaper of record for South Korea and the oldest active daily newspaper in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, [11] the Chosun Ilbo has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993. [12]
Korea is the first nation in East Asia to have printed its royal records using movable type. History. Beginning in 1445, they began creating three additional copies of the records, which they distributed at various locations around Korea for safekeeping: the Chunchugwan office in Seoul, Chungju County, Jeonju County, and Seongju County.
Gyeongju(Korean: 경주, pronounced[kjʌ̹ŋ.dʑu]), historically known as Seorabeol(서라벌, pronounced[sʰʌ̹.ɾa̠.bʌɭ]), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. [1][2]It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, covering 1,324 km2(511 sq mi) with a population of ...
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 ...