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4 unusual facts about South korea


Camp Carroll

Camp Carroll also refers to a U.S. Army camp located in Waegwan, South Korea.

From the Yellow Room

From the Yellow Room is the third studio album by South Korean pianist Yiruma.

President Dad

The work was originally titled as The Charter of National Education for Girls (소녀교육헌장, Sonyeo Gyoyuk Heonjang) published by Daiwon C.I. in 2002, South Korea.

Tower Palace One

Tower Palace One is an apartment complex completed in 2002 in Seoul, South Korea.


2011 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's finweight

The Men's finweight is a competition featured at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Gyeongju Gymnasium in Gyeongju, South Korea on May 4 and May 5.

2011 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's middleweight

The Men's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Gyeongju Gymnasium in Gyeongju, South Korea on May 5 and May 6.

2011 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's bantamweight

The Women's bantamweight is a competition featured at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Gyeongju Gymnasium in Gyeongju, South Korea on May 2 and May 3.

Abdulrahim Abdulhameed

At the 2010 Asian Games, Abdulrahim was a win away from securing at least a bronze medal, but with about a minute into his quarterfinal bout against Kim Seong-Ho of South Korea, he began to feel dazed and short of breath while experiencing unbearable pain in his abdomen.

Alfredo Casero

The song became a huge hit in Argentina, where it was chosen as the anthem for the national football team to represent the country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in South Korea and Japan.

Alison Broinowski

1988 - Chargé d'Affaires with the Australian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, and Research Associate with the Korean Research Foundation and Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea

Andrew Dabeka

He also played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the second round by Park Sung-hwan, of South Korea, 21-16, 21-5.

Batman: Earth One

He has a daughter living in Seoul, South Korea with her mother, where Alfred had previously worked at a security firm.

Bernhard Seliger

Bernhard Seliger is the book review editor of North Korean Review and a representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation branch in Seoul, South Korea.

Cheonbuk-myeon

Cheonbuk-myeon in South Korea may refers to

Daeil Foreign Language High School

The private, coeducational, college preparatory school was founded in 1983 as the first foreign language high school to be established in South Korea aiming the goal of nurturing future global leaders with remarkable foreign language abilities.

Daykey High School

Daykey High School (대기고등학교,大起高等學校) is a private school located in the Jeju, South Korea.

Edgar Itt

Edgar Itt (born June 8, 1967, Gedern) was a West German athlete who competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Norbert Dobeleit, Jörg Vaihinger and Ralf Lübke.

Eun Ji-won

Eun graduated from Seoul Yeudo Elementary School (서울 여의도 초등학교), Yoon Joong Junior High School (윤중 중학교) and Korea Kent Foreign School in South Korea.

Eunkwang Girls' High School

Eunkwang Girls' High School is a private girls' high school located in Seoul, South Korea.

Gubei, Shanghai

Gubei is best known as an enclave of East Asian expatriates in Shanghai, including those from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Haeundae District

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup match between South Korea and Togo more than 50,000 spectators filled the beach to cheer for the Korean team on a giant projector screen.

Happy Face Entertainment

Happy Face Entertainment (Hangul: 해피페이스엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment agency established by Ahn Myung-won and Kim Young-deuk, more known as the music production duo E-Tribe, on August 15, 2008.

Hyundai IHL

is an automotive components manufacturing company headquartered in Gyeongju, South Korea.

Jin Kab-yong

In February 1993, while attending Busan High School in Busan, South Korea, Jin was selected for the South Korea national baseball team as a high schooler to compete in the 17th Asian Baseball Championship in Perth, Australia.

Jung Da-yeon

Jung Da-yeon is a South Korean diet writer and fitness guru widely known as a Korean popular culture figure under the moniker momjjang ajumma (Korean: 몸짱 아줌마).

Jung So-ra

As the official representative of her country to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011, Jung vied to succeed the then Miss Universe titleholder, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico, she was however unplaced in the title holders.

Kevin Song

Kevin Song (born in South Korea) is a South Korean professional poker player who started playing poker since 1980 and began playing in poker tournaments since 1994 where he has cashed in many of them throughout his poker career, among them are 29 cashes at the World Series of Poker including winning the 1997 World Series of Poker $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em event.

Ko Joo-yeon

Ko Joo-yeon (born February 22, 1994) is a South Korean actress who has gained attention in the Korean film industry for her roles in Blue Swallow (2005) and The Fox Family (2006).

Lia Dekker

A week before the European Championships, Dekker broke the national record in the 200 m breaststroke, which was set by Linda Moes during the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Manchukuo

The 2008 South Korean western The Good, the Bad, the Weird is set in the desert wilderness of 1930s Manchuria.

MV Discovery

The Island Princess operated as part of the Princess fleet until 1999, when she was sold on to Hyundai Merchant Marine of South Korea.

Nikki S. Lee

After earning B.F.A. at Chung-Ang University in South Korea in 1993, she moved to New York in 1994 to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Nina Solheim

In addition to a bronze medal from the 2001 World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju, South Korea, Solheim won the gold medal in middleweight (72 kg) at the 2006 World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

Park Jung-geun

He received a suspended 10-month prison term for violating South Korean National Security Law by resending North Korean tweets.

People's Revolutionary Party Incident

On December 27, 2005, the appeal to this case was accepted and on January 23, 2007 the District Court of Central Seoul found the defendants not guilty in regards to the accused violations of the Emergency Presidential Acts, National Security Act, preparation and conspiracy of civil war, and the Anti-communism law.

Perivaldo Dantas

In the late 80s, after living three years in South Korea, he relocated to Portugal in hopes of finding a new club, but eventual poor choices and several misfortunes ended up with him as an homeless person having to resort to street vending in Lisbon.

Pyeongtaek-Siheung Expressway

The Pyeongtaek-Siheung Expressway (Korean: 평택시흥고속도로; Pyeongtaek-Siheung Gosok Doro) , Also 2nd Seohaean Expressway, is a freeway in South Korea, connecting Pyeongtaek to Hwaseong, Ansan, and Siheung.

Robert B. Laughlin

Between 2004 and 2006 he served as the president of KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea.

Ruth Holzhausen

There finished sixth with the national squad after a 3-0 loss in the fifth place playoff against South Korea.

Sheila Sondergard

Sheila Sondergard (born April 24, 1980) is a singer-songwriter, born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Maui, Hawaii, the Black Hills of South Dakota, and Central America.

Shin Suk-ja

Shin Suk-ja (also spelled Shin Sook-ja; born 1942) is a South Korean prisoner of North Korea, imprisoned with her daughters in Yodok concentration camp after her husband Oh Kil-nam defected from North Korea to Denmark.

SM Town Week

SM Town Week is a winter music festival held from December 21 to 29, 2013 at Korea International Exhibition Center in South Korea.

Space Gundam V

Space Gundam V (스페이스 간담브이) (sometimes spelled Space Gandam V), is a South Korean animated series directed by Kim Cheong-gi, released on July 1983.

Sung Jung-A

Sung Jung-A (born 25 December 1965 in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do) is a South Korean former basketball player who won the silver medal in the women's basketball tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Taejon Airfield

Taejon Airfield also known as K-5 Air Base was a former United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) air base northwest of the city of Taejon, South Korea.

TagAZ

Construction of the Taganrog Automotive Plant began in Spring 1997, under license and technology of South Korean Daewoo Motors, and was fully financed by Doninvest Finance & Industry Group, with investment volumes surpassing US$ 260 million.

The First Live Concert

The First Live Concert is a live music video by South Korean entertainer Harisu.

Turkish military memorials and cemeteries outside Turkey

The farmost located memorial cemeteries are Ertuğrul Memorial Cemetery in Japan, United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea, the Thayetmyo War Cemetery and Meiktila War Cemetery in Myanmar.

Underwood International College

Underwood International College (acronym: UIC) was founded in 2006 as a constituent college of Yonsei University, based in Seoul and Incheon, South Korea.

Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games

Due to scheduling conflicts with 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea alongside the host team Qatar qualified directly to the quarterfinal stage.


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2008 US beef protest in South Korea

On 17 January 2008 representatives of the president of South Korea met with Alexander Vershbow, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea to discuss beef imports.

2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

Lee Kang-seok of South Korea won the cup, while his countryman Lee Kyou-hyuk came second, and Joji Kato of Japan came third.

2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Women's 500 metres

The podium placings of both races were identical – Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won, followed by Jenny Wolf of Germany and Wang Beixing of China.

2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 – Men's 5000 metres

Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands won the race, while fellow Dutchman Jan Blokhuijsen came second, and Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea came third.

38th parallel

38th parallel north, a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere, used as the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea

Anti-American sentiment in Korea

Strongly anti-US foreign policy and anti-Bush, the song was written in 2002 at a time when, following the Apolo Ohno Olympic controversy and the Yangju highway incident, anti-American sentiment in South Korea reached record high levels.

ATK motorcycles

As of 5/20/2011 ATK has associated itself with S&T Motors, parent company of the Changwon, South Korea based Hyosung.

Boris Grinyov

In 2008 he was awarded a Honorary Doctorate of Science by Hanyang University (Seoul, South Korea) for his contribution in establishing scientific and technical cooperation between Ukraine and South Korea.

Censorship in South Korea

South Korea has one of the freest media environments in Asia; however, since the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak in 2008, South Korea has experienced a noticeable decline in freedom of expression for both journalists and the general public.

Cha Du-Ri

Pim Verbeek, South Korea's head coach, added him into his squad for the qualification of the 2007 Asian Cup.

Clandestine HUMINT asset recruiting

Won Jeong-hwa, who was arrested by South Korea in 2008 and charged with spying for North Korea, is accused of using this method to obtain information from an army officer.

Climate change in South Korea

Seoul, South Korea has 227 years of precipitation records Cheugugi, which is the longest continual instrumental rainfall collection in the world.

Daewon

Daewon University College, private technical college in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

Dance Dynamite World Grand Prix

Crews included Massive Monkees from the United States, Wanted from France, and T.I.P. Crew from South Korea.

Daytime Drinking

Ushering in a new era of independent filmmaking in South Korea, Daytime Drinking is a comedy in the spirit of Stranger Than Paradise and Sideways, but with a distinctly Korean twist.

Dominican Republic at the 1984 Summer Olympics

# Quarterfinals — Defeated Moon Sung-Kil (South Korea), referee stopped contest in first round

Evans Wadongo

Evans Wadongo and his story have been featured on CNN, BBC, AFP, The New Yorker, China Central Television, Reuters, France 24, Discovery Channel, MBC South Korea, Deutsche Welle, German Radio, Russian State TV, Huffington Post among other international media channels.

Evgeny P. Bazhanov

He was Academic advisor of 50 PhD dissertations defended by President of South Korea Kim Dae-jung, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Alikbek Jekshenkulov, Ambassadors to Russia of Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Palestine and many prominent Russian politicians, educators and diplomats.

Fiji at the 2012 Summer Olympics

During the ranking round, Elder finished in penultimate place, out of 64 archers; therefore, he would competed against South Korea's Kim Bub-Min, who placed in second.

Flower Boy Ramen Shop

She accidentally encounters Cha Chi-soo (Jung Il-woo), the arrogant heir to the biggest food conglomerate in South Korea.

Gabe Lopez

Credits include Belinda Carlisle, New Kids On the Block, Joey McIntyre, Charice, Drew Ryan Scott, Thomas Fiss, Varsity Fanclub, Shinee (Top 5 hit in South Korea), Tyler Hilton, Jeff Silbar, Brent Paschke, Chris Salvatore, and other recording artists.

Gadong

Gadong Station, a closed station on the Gyeongbuk Line, South Korea

Grand Canal

The proposed Pan Korea Grand Waterway (한반도 대운하) in South Korea, sometimes referred to as the "Grand Canal"

HanaTV

BTV (formally HanaTV) is an IPTV service in South Korea provided by SK Broadband.

Hongdae

Hongik University, a university in Seoul, South Korea, known as Hongdae for short

Hungary–South Korea relations

The Hungarian ambassador to South Korea, Miklos Lengyel, who began his service in October 2007, had previously worked in his government's mission in Pyongyang in the 1980s.

Jang Jae-Ho

After Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos was released July 2002 a professional competitive gaming scene supporting the game developed in South Korea.

Javid Husain

During this period, he was responsible for arranging the bilateral visit of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to South Korea from 22–24 July 1996.

Kim Hyon-hui

Kim was originally trained as an actress, and starred in North Korea's first Technicolor film, playing a girl whose family fled to North Korea to escape poverty in South Korea, as North Koreans are taught that South Koreans live in extreme poverty.

Kim Sung-Yeon

Mokpo City2012 South Korea joined the league for the first time entered the league in 2013 Persepam Madura United Indonesia has joined this BBCU F.C. 2013 Thailand joined the League succeeded in being active.

Kong Hee

Kong is a board member of Dr. David Yonggi Cho’s Church Growth International (South Korea) and Dr. Luis Bush’s Transform World (Indonesia).

Korea national football team

Korea Unified football team - A unified team of players from both North Korea and South Korea competed at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Korean diaspora

However, an increasing number of aspiring Korean American singers and actors, finding their career progress in Hollywood blocked, choose to go to South Korea through talent and modelling agencies; prominent examples include singer Brian Joo (of R&B duo Fly to the Sky) and actor Daniel Henney (who initially spoke no Korean).

Kumho

Geumho Station, Seoul Metro station in Geumho-dong, Seungdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Kyu-Won

Lee Kyu-Won (born 1989), male judoka from South Korea, won the world title at the age of 19 in 2009

Lee Jin-Young

In Round 2, Lee smacked a 2-RBI single off Yu Darvish in the top of the first inning to lead his team to a 4-1 victory over Japan, which assured South Korea a spot in the semifinals.

Let's Get Together Now

Performed by the supergroup Voice of Korea/Japan (Lena Park and Brown Eyes for South Korea and Sowelu and Chemistry for Japan), it was released in three separate versions: a full Japanese version, a full Korean version (with some English at the end), and a merged version which combines the lyrics of the two versions.

Nongshim

Nong Shim Ltd., a South Korea food manufacturer specializing in instant noodles and snacks

Olleh TV

Since November 20, 2007, following a partnership between KT and Sony Computer Entertainment, Olleh TV is made available for PlayStation 3 owners in South Korea.

Omitama, Ibaraki

So far Asiana Airlines operates the only international route, with a daily flight to/from Incheon (Seoul) in South Korea.

Our Party

Uri Party, a defunct liberal political party in South Korea

Park Jin-young

He founded JYP Entertainment in 1997, composing and producing several singles and albums for various singers in South Korea including Rain, g.o.d., Park Ji-yoon, Byul, Wonder Girls, 2AM, 2PM, miss A, JJ Project,15&

Saseongam

Saseong Hermitage, Saseongam, is located in Gurye County on Mount Osan, a foothill of Jirisan (Jiri Mountain) in the province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

Song Du-yul

Song finally returned to South Korea in September 2003 for the first time in 37 years at the invitation of the Korea Democracy Foundation; his itinerary was to include a meeting with then-President Roh Moo-hyun.

Thomas Plate

Over the last 18 years his continuing column on Asia regularly has appeared in leading newspapers across the globe, including the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, The Straits Times" in Singapore, The Khaleej Times out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, The Japan Times in Tokyo, The Korea Times in South Korea, The Jakarta Post, The Providence Journal and many others.

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.

Tiago Iorc

His second studio album Umbilical had New York-based Andy Chase as producer and was simultaneously released in Brazil, South Korea and Portugal on October 2011.

Windmill Performing Arts

Internationally, Windmill have performed in many countries, including in the US (including Off-Broadway), New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea.

Yangyang County

The county is proud to unite the five major religious influences in South Korea: Confucianism, Buddhism, Shamanism, Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.

Yuval Ron Ensemble

Some notable performances include: the International Sacred Music Festival of Fez (Morocco), International Oud Festival and peace tour (Israel), World Festival of Sacred Music (Los Angeles), headlining the Dalai Lama’s “Seeds of Compassion” benefit concert (Seattle), the International Peace Festival (South Korea), as well as concerts in Mexico, Spain, Turkey, and Poland.