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unusual facts about Republic of Korea



2011–12 Perth Heat season

Following the Heat's inaugural ABL Championship victory, the League announced that, beginning in 2011, the winner of each ABL Championship Series would participate in that year's Asia Series, a round-robin tournament of champion teams from the baseball leagues of Asia, including representatives of Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of China and, going forward, People's Republic of China.

2012–13 Perth Heat season

In 2012, for the second consecutive year, the Heat will represent Australia in the Asia Series, a round-robin tournament of champion teams from the baseball leagues of Asia, including representatives of Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of China and, going forward, People's Republic of China.

Coral Wong Pietsch

Commissioned into the Judge Advocate General Corps in 1974, she was assigned to Eighth Army in Korea then to Fort Shafter, Hawaii, completing her active duty requirement, and transferring to the Army Reserves.

Daewoo Precision Industries K3

Daewoo Precision Industries K3 was the third indigenous firearm developed in Republic of Korea by the Agency for Defense Development, following the Daewoo Precision Industries K1 submachine gun and Daewoo Precision Industries K2 assault rifle.

Energy applications of nanotechnology

In a study concerning ultracapacitors or supercapacitors, researchers at the Sungkyunkwan University in the Republic of Korea explored the possibility of increasing the capacitance of electrodes through the addition of fluorine atoms to the walls of carbon nanotubes.

Gamevil

Gamevil Inc. (trademarked in capitals as GAMEVIL) ((주)게임빌) is a public company based in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and Torrance, California, which develops and publishes video games for mobile devices.

Ganghwa Island shooting

The Ganghwa Island shooting occurred on July 4, 2011 11:50AM at a coastal sentry in Ganghwa County when a corporal assigned to the ROK 2nd Marine Division went on a shooting spree towards his team with a K-2 rifle and later attempted a suicide with a grenade.

Han Moo-hyup

Major-General Han Moo-hyup (Alfonso Moohyup Han, born August 22, 1923 in Pyongyang, DPRK) is a retired army general, businessman, and high-level government official of the Republic of Korea.

Incheol Shin

Incheol Shin (born 1957-12-23) is a South Korean cancer researcher and, since 2005, a faculty member at the Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Japan–North Korea relations

Even after the Treaty of San Francisco in 1951, Tokyo has limited itself to the recognition of the Republic of Korea as de jure government in Korea.

Kim Mu-yeol

It was co-produced by the Ministry of National Defense and Korea Musical Theatre Association, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice.

La Roche College

Notable members on the Board of the Institute are Kim Dae-jung, past president of the Republic of Korea; Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, first lady of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; and Janet Museveni, first lady of the Republic of Uganda.

Lee Jin-wook

Lee then served his two-year mandatory military service from May 6, 2009 to March 7, 2011 at the Defense Media Agency of the Ministry of National Defense.

Lee Wan

Lee enlist for mandatory military service on 12 July 2010, at the Nonsan military training camp for five weeks of basic training followed by active-duty soldier, for 21 months, with the Defense Media Agency of the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

Maeil Broadcasting Network

Maeil Broadcasting, Inc. (주식회사 매일방송) is a nationwide general cable TV network operated by Maeil Business Newspaper in the Republic of Korea.

OPLAN 5029

Discussions in October between US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and South Korean Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee over the planned transition of wartime operations to South Korean forces also included continued formulation of an operation plan for a North Korean collapse, after a proposal made in an earlier meeting between the American and South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Tempography

In 2008 the project was hosted by the Gallery Factory in Seoul, Republic of Korea, accompanied by a symposium/workshop.

Wonsu

Wonsu is a very high military rank of the armed forces of the Republic of Korea and of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.


see also

209th

209th Detachment, 2325th Group, a black operation team of Republic of Korea Air Force whose task was to assassinate Kim Il-sung

Abel Guobadia

In 1987, President Ibrahim Babangida appointed Abel Guobadia Nigeria's first resident Ambassador to the Republic of Korea.

Automotive industry in North Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is not involved with the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA) or any other United Nations industrial committee, so information about its motor vehicle industry is limited.

Chinese North Korean

China–North Korea relations, the foreign relations between the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Copper peptide GHK-Cu

In 2009, a group of researchers from the Seoul National University (Republic of Korea) demonstrated that the copper-peptide GHK-Cu stimulated proliferation of keratinocytes and increased expression of integrins and p63 protein in the epidermal stem cells.

CSA International

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Daniel R. White

After college, he traveled to Seoul, Korea, where he wrote and edited travel articles for the Korea National Tourism Corporation (later renamed the Korea Tourism Organization), an agency of the Republic of Korea.

Elmer J. Rogers, Jr.

His foreign decorations include the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Croix de Guerre with Palm (French), Pilots Citation, Royal Yugoslavian Air Force, the Order of the White Elephant, 2nd Class (Thailand), the Ulchi Distinguished Military Service Medal with Gold Star (Republic of Korea), the Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), and the Military Order of Taeguk (Korea).

First Republic of South Korea

The resulting Armistice Agreement was signed by the North Korean army, Chinese People's Volunteers and the U.S.-led and Republic of Korea-supported United Nations Command.

Gamevil

It is now one of the largest mobile game companies in the Republic of Korea, servicing its games on SK Telecom, KTF, and LG Telecom.

Gimhae Air Base

Following the passing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 on 27 June 1950, President Truman ordered US forces to defend the Republic of Korea.

Hanaro

HANARO, a nuclear research reactor in Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Jeong-Dong Lee

Prof. Lee received his B.S. degree, his M.S. degree, and his Ph.D. in Engineering from the Seoul National University in the Republic of Korea.

Jinhae-gu

Today, Jinhae hosts major naval facilities of the South Korean Navy including Commander-in-Chief Republic of Korea Fleet (CINCROKFLT) and the Naval Academy.

KAG

Gangneung Air Base, an airbase holding the 18th fighter wing of the Republic of Korea Air Force, located in Gangneung, Gangwon-do by IATA code

KTO

Korea Tourism Organization, a statutory organization of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) to promote the country's tourism industry

Lee Sang-hee

General Lee graduated from the Republic of Korea Military Academy in 1970 and the College of Liberal Arts & Science, Seoul National University in 1974.

Mathew Leckie

Ex-Australian National Coach, Holger Osieck, included Leckie in the squad for the International Friendly against the Republic of Korea on 14 November 2012.

New Democratic Party

United New Democratic Party, a major centre-left political party in the Republic of Korea

North Korea at the 1984 Winter Olympics

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Operation Flagpole

Operation Flagpole (1963) – a joint United States Seventh Fleet–Republic of Korea naval exercise held in June 1963

Reactions to the ROKS Cheonan sinking

: French Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard Kouchner, expressed to his South Korean counterpart, Yu Myung-hwan, France’s very firm condemnation of the attack which was directed against the Republic of Korea.

Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command

Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command (AFETC, Hangul: 공군 교육사령부, Hanja: 空軍 敎育司令部), located in Jinju, was established 1973.

South Korea at the 1984 Winter Olympics

South Korea, as Republic of Korea, competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Sow-Hsin Chen

He has served as an advisor to the National Science Council, and the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) of the Republic of China (ROC), and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) of the Republic of Korea on the matter of nuclear power planning and development in the respective countries since 1972.

Thomas W. Herren

Then as an effort to focus Eighth Army efforts on combat, Herren was appointed commanding general of the Korean Communications Zone and Economic Advisor, Republic of Korea, a vital rear echelon command responsible for U.S. Army activities in the southern two thirds of South Korea.