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Did who create the Korean Alphabet? 누가 한글을 창제했나요? SOUTH KOREA 101: The Culture, Etiquette, Rules and Customs 2019 cover Errors in detail Hangeul was so well made that a foreigner, such as myself, could learn to read out the sounds (not understanding words) within a...
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Facts about the Imjin War (1592-1598) 임진왜란(1592-1598)에 관한 정보 Culture Smart Korea 2021 cover Errors in detail In the late sixteenth century, under the warlord Hideyoshi Toyotomi (1536-98), the Japanese ought to use the peninsula as a path to conquer China, a move that...
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Facts about Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties 고려, 조선 왕조에 관한 정보 Oxford Dictionary of World History 2015 cover Errors in detail Koryo(Goryeo)A Korean kingdom that gave its name to the whole country. From 986 its kings ruled a united Korea from their Chinese-style capital,...
SAT Textbooks, 역사 History, 인물 People
Was Joseon not an independent country back in 1800s? | Was there a Korean civil war in 1894? 1800년대 조선은 독립국이 아니었나요? | 1894년에 한국에서 내전이 발생했었나요? The Official SAT Subject Test in World History Study Guide 2017 Cover Errors in detail In 1875, Japan forced Korea to assert...
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Who founded the Silla Kingdom? 누가 신라를 세웠나요? The CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 2021-2022 Cover Errors in detail The largest mounds were, of course, for royalty, and the Daereungwon Tomb Complex in the ancient capital city Gyeongju provides an opportunity to walk around and even...
Korea Travel Guide, 역사 History, 인물 People
Why was president Park Geun-hye impeached? 박근혜 대통령은 왜 탄핵당했나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail The issue turned into a political hot potato, with opposition parties stoking widespread protests against president Park geun-hye, who was impeached in...
Korea Travel Guide, 역사 History, 인물 People
Was president Yun Bo-seon a puppet of Park Chung-hee? 윤보선 대통령은 박정희의 꼭두각시였나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail Yun Bo-seon came to office as a puppet of military general Park Chung-hee, who then swiftly engineered a coup and took the presidency...
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Demeaning comments on Provisional government of Korea 대한민국임시정부 비하 The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail Throughout the occupation period, the Korean government-in-exile had been forced ever further west from China’s eastern seaboard, eventually...
Korea Travel Guide, 문화 Culture, 비하 Degradation, 역사 History, 인물 People
Was Hangeul banned in Joseon? 조선 시대에 한글 사용이 금지되었나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail In the 1440s King Sejong (reigned 1418-50) devised hangeul, …, and it was banned at the beginning of the sixteenth century, lying largely dormant until it was...
