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| | |  Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - Eight Provinces Korea - History
Eight Provinces Korea - Provinces before 1895.
In 1413 (the 13th year of the reign of King Taejong), the northeastern boundary of Korea was extended to the Tumen River. The country was reorganized into eight provinces: Chungcheong, Gangwon, Gyeonggi, Gyeongsang, Jeolla, P'unghae (renamed Hwanghae in 1417), P'yŏngan, and Y'ŏnggil (eventually renamed Hamgyŏng in 1509).
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See also:Eight Provinces Korea, Eight Provinces Korea - History, Eight Provinces Korea - Provinces before 1895, Eight Provinces Korea - Districts of 1895-96, Eight Provinces Korea - Restored provinces of 1896, Eight Provinces Korea - Cultural significance, Eight Provinces Korea - Modern-day usage, Eight Provinces Korea - Names, Eight Provinces Korea - Table of provinces, Eight Provinces Korea - Notes Read more here: » Eight Provinces Korea: Encyclopedia II - Eight Provinces Korea - History |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - List of Korea-related topics 1-K - A Aak
Aegukga (South Korea) - Aegukka (North Korea) - Agency for National Security Planning - Ahn Chang-ho - Ahn Eak-tae - Ahn Jae Wook - Ahn Jung-Hwan - Philip Ahn - Ajagae - Air Koryo - All In (TV show) - Altaic hypothesis - Amnok River - An Jung-geun - Anapji - Anarchists (movie) - Andong - Andong National University - Anglican Church of Korea - Annals of Joseon Dynasty - Ansan - Ansan College of Technology - Anseong - ANSP - Anyang - Anyang University - April Revolution - Ara Gaya - Arirang - Asan ...
See also:List of Korea-related topics 1-K, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - Quick index, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - 1-9, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - A, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - B, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - C, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - D, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - E, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - F, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - G, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - H, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - I, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - J, List of Korea-related topics 1-K - K Read more here: » List of Korea-related topics 1-K: Encyclopedia II - List of Korea-related topics 1-K - A |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - Provinces of Korea - Historical summary During the Unified Silla Period (AD 668-935), Korea was divided into nine Ju (주; 州), an old word for "province" that was used to name both the kingdom's provinces and its provincial capitals. (The editor's Cantonese-English dictionary translates 州 variously as "prefecture" or "department.")
After Goryeo defeated Silla and Later Baekje in 935 and 936 respectively, the new kingdom "was divided into one royal district [(Ginae; 기내; 畿內)] and twelve administrative districts [(Mok; 목; 牧)]" (Nahm 1988), ...
See also:Provinces of Korea, Provinces of Korea - Historical summary, Provinces of Korea - Provinces of Unified Silla, Provinces of Korea - Provinces of Goryeo, Provinces of Korea - Provinces of Joseon, Provinces of Korea - Districts of Late Joseon, Provinces of Korea - Provinces of the Korean Empire, Provinces of Korea - Provinces since the division of Korea Read more here: » Provinces of Korea: Encyclopedia II - Provinces of Korea - Historical summary |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - History Japanese rule of Korea ended after World War II in 1945. Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union north of the 38th Parallel and by the United States south of the 38th parallel, but the United States and the Soviet Union were unable to agree on implementation of Joint Trusteeship over Korea. This led in 1948 to the establishment of separate governments in the north and south, each claiming to be the legitimate government over all of Korea.
Growing tensions between the governments in the north and south eventually led to the Korean War, ...
See also:North Korea, North Korea - History, North Korea - Politics, North Korea - Administrative divisions, North Korea - Directly-governed cities, North Korea - Special regions, North Korea - Provinces, North Korea - Major cities, North Korea - Geography, North Korea - Economy, North Korea - Human rights, North Korea - Demographics, North Korea - Religion, North Korea - Culture, North Korea - Tourism, North Korea - Miscellaneous topics Read more here: » North Korea: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - History |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - History After Japanese rule of Korea ended after World War II in 1945, Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union north of the 38th Parallel and by the United States south of the 38th parallel, but the United States and the Soviet Union were unable to agree on implementation of Joint Trusteeship over Korea. This led in 1948 to the establishment of separate governments in the north and south, each claiming to be the legitimate government over all of Korea.
Growing tensions between the governments in the north and south eventually led to the Korean ...
See also:North Korea, North Korea - History, North Korea - Politics, North Korea - Administrative divisions, North Korea - Directly-governed cities, North Korea - Special regions, North Korea - Provinces, North Korea - Major cities, North Korea - Geography, North Korea - Economy, North Korea - Human rights, North Korea - Demographics, North Korea - Religion, North Korea - Culture, North Korea - Tourism Read more here: » North Korea: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - History |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - Transportation in North Korea - Railways
total: 5,214 km
standard gauge: 5,214 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2003)
City with metro system: Pyongyang, reportedly the deepest in the world at more than 100m depth ([1], [2]).
Cities with trolleybus:
Chongjin
Hamhung
Kanggye
Pyongsong
Pyongyang
City with tram:
Pyongyang
Transportation in North Korea - Rail links with adjacent countries.
China - yes
Russia - yes - b ...
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Economy North Korea's economy has stagnated since the 1970s. The government refuses to release economic data, limiting the amount of reliable information available. Publicly owned industry produces nearly all manufactured goods. The government continues to focus on heavy military industry. As of 2005, the government is estimated to have spent around 25% of the nation's GDP on the military.[2]
The 1990s saw a series of natural disasters, political mismanagement crises and corruption scandals. This, along with the collapse of the Soviet bloc, h ...
See also:North Korea, North Korea - History, North Korea - Politics, North Korea - Administrative divisions, North Korea - Directly-governed cities, North Korea - Special regions, North Korea - Provinces, North Korea - Major cities, North Korea - Geography, North Korea - Economy, North Korea - Human rights, North Korea - Demographics, North Korea - Religion, North Korea - Culture, North Korea - Tourism Read more here: » North Korea: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Economy |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Geography North Korea is on the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula that extends 1,100 km from the Asian mainland. North Korea shares its borders with three nations and two seas. To the west it borders the Yellow Sea and the Korea Bay and to the east it borders the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea). North Korea borders South Korea, China, and Russia. The highest point in Korea is the Paektu-san at 2,744 m and major rivers include the Tumen and the Yalu.
The local climate is relatively temperate, with precipitation heavier in summer during a ...
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Administrative divisions As of 2005, North Korea consists of two Directly-Governed Cities (Chikhalsi; 직할시; 直轄市), three special regions with various designations, and nine Provinces (See provinces of Korea). (Names are romanized according to the McCune-Reischauer system as officially used in North Korea; the editor was also guided by the spellings used on the 2003 National Geographic map of Korea).
For historical information, see provinces of Korea and special cities of Korea.
North Korea - Directly-governed cities. ...
See also:North Korea, North Korea - History, North Korea - Politics, North Korea - Administrative divisions, North Korea - Directly-governed cities, North Korea - Special regions, North Korea - Provinces, North Korea - Major cities, North Korea - Geography, North Korea - Economy, North Korea - Human rights, North Korea - Demographics, North Korea - Religion, North Korea - Culture, North Korea - Tourism Read more here: » North Korea: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Administrative divisions |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Politics North Korea's government is dominated by the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), to which 80 percent of government officials belong. The KWP follows and upholds the ideology of Juche (self-reliance), which originally grew out of Stalinism. The KWP replaced mentions of Marxism-Leninism in the North Korean constitution with Juche in 1977. Communist critics of the KWP deny that it is a communist state. Minor political parties exist, but they are subordinated to the KWP and do not oppose its rule. In practice the exact power structure of the country is so ...
See also:North Korea, North Korea - History, North Korea - Politics, North Korea - Administrative divisions, North Korea - Directly-governed cities, North Korea - Special regions, North Korea - Provinces, North Korea - Major cities, North Korea - Geography, North Korea - Economy, North Korea - Human rights, North Korea - Demographics, North Korea - Religion, North Korea - Culture, North Korea - Tourism Read more here: » North Korea: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Politics |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Culture There is a vast personality cult around Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, and much of North Korea's literature, popular music, theater, and film glorify the two men.
In July 2004, the Complex of Koguryo Tombs was the first site in North Korea to be included into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Also a big festival in North Korea is the May day parade which has over 100,000 participants in the show, a spectacle which is economically unviable anywhere else in the world.
See also: Culture ...
See also:North Korea, North Korea - History, North Korea - Politics, North Korea - Administrative divisions, North Korea - Directly-governed cities, North Korea - Special regions, North Korea - Provinces, North Korea - Major cities, North Korea - Geography, North Korea - Economy, North Korea - Human rights, North Korea - Demographics, North Korea - Religion, North Korea - Culture, North Korea - Tourism Read more here: » North Korea: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Culture |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - Transportation in North Korea - Ports and harbors
Transportation in North Korea - East Coast.
Ch'ongjin, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kosong, Kimch'aek, Najin, Namp'o, Sonbong, Wonsan
Transportation in North Korea - West Coast.
Haeju, Sinuiju, Sonbong (formerly Unggi)
Transportation in North Korea - Unsure.
Ungsang
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - Transportation in North Korea - Airports 78 (2003 est.)
Transportation in North Korea - Airports - with paved runways.
total: 35
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 23
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2003 est.)
Transportation in North Korea - Airports - with unpaved runways.
total: 43
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - Eight Provinces Korea - Modern-day usage The term Paldo ("Eight Provinces") is itself often used as a shorthand to denote Korea as a whole, or to describe the traditional folk culture of Korea's regions. Thus, one sometimes finds such expressions as:
Paldo kimchi in reference to the many varieties of kimchi unique to particular regions of Korea;
Paldo Arirang to denote the hundreds of regional versions of the popular folk song Arirang; and
Paldo sori to broadly refer to the diversity ...
See also:Eight Provinces Korea, Eight Provinces Korea - History, Eight Provinces Korea - Provinces before 1895, Eight Provinces Korea - Districts of 1895-96, Eight Provinces Korea - Restored provinces of 1896, Eight Provinces Korea - Cultural significance, Eight Provinces Korea - Modern-day usage, Eight Provinces Korea - Names, Eight Provinces Korea - Table of provinces, Eight Provinces Korea - Notes Read more here: » Eight Provinces Korea: Encyclopedia II - Eight Provinces Korea - Modern-day usage |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Tourism In principle, any person is allowed to travel to North Korea, and among those who actually go through the complex application process, almost no one is refused entry by North Korea. Visitors are not allowed to travel outside designated tour areas without their Korean guides.
Tourists holding passports from the United States are typically not granted visas, although exceptions have been made in 1995, 2002, and 2005. North Korea has informed tour operators that they will also grant visas to United States passport holders for 2006. Citiz ...
See also:North Korea, North Korea - History, North Korea - Politics, North Korea - Administrative divisions, North Korea - Directly-governed cities, North Korea - Special regions, North Korea - Provinces, North Korea - Major cities, North Korea - Geography, North Korea - Economy, North Korea - Human rights, North Korea - Demographics, North Korea - Religion, North Korea - Culture, North Korea - Tourism Read more here: » North Korea: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Tourism |
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| | | | Kanggye: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Demographics North Korea's population is one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogenous in the world, with only very small numbers of Chinese and Japanese minorities. Most others are temporary residents, mostly being Russians and other East Europeans, Chinese, and Vietnamese. The Korean language is not a member of a wider linguistic family, though links to Japanese and Altaic languages are being considered. The Korean writing system, Hangul, was invented in the 15th century by King Se Jong the Great to replace the system of Chinese characters, ...
See also:North Korea, North Korea - History, North Korea - Politics, North Korea - Administrative divisions, North Korea - Directly-governed cities, North Korea - Special regions, North Korea - Provinces, North Korea - Major cities, North Korea - Geography, North Korea - Economy, North Korea - Human rights, North Korea - Demographics, North Korea - Religion, North Korea - Culture, North Korea - Tourism Read more here: » North Korea: Encyclopedia II - North Korea - Demographics |
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