Gangwon
Gangwon or Kangwon , province (1995 pop. 1,466,794), N South Korea. Chuncheon is the capital. The 38th parallel that divided Korea after World War II ran through Gangwon, but after the Korean War truce of 1953 much of the province returned from North to South Korean rule. Mining (iron, coal, tungsten, fluorite), farming, and fishing are chief economic activities in the province.
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Court upholds payments to South Korean atomic bomb survivor
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/28/2004; 441 words
; AP Worldstream 09-28-2004 Dateline: TOKYO A South Korean survivor of the World War II atomic bombing of Nagasaki is entitled to receive his medical allowances even though he moved abroad, a Japanese court ruled...
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Rep. Lantos posthumously awarded South Korean medal for sex slaves' rights.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 9/17/2008; 698 words
; ...awarded a medal Monday by the South Korean government for his role in...women as sex slaves during World War II. South Korean ambassador Lee Tae-sik presented...wonderful occasion." Ban, former South Korean foreign minister, also extended...
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South Korean president praises Russia's Putin for efforts to bring stability to region
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; ...2004 Dateline: MOSCOW South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun...and our region." The South Korean leader laid a wreath at Russia's World War II memorial just outside...and Roh also discussed South Korean investment in oil refineries...
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South Korean president praises Russia's Putin for helping bring stability to region
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; ...2004 Dateline: MOSCOW South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun...and our region." The South Korean leader laid a wreath at Russia's World War II memorial just outside...likely to consider possible South Korean investment in oil refineries...
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South Korean President Leaves for Japan Visit
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; ...compensation for surviving South Korean "comfort women...servicemen during World War II, according to South Korean officials. Those...where scores of South Korean policemen are stationed...from 1910 until its World War II defeat in 1945...
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Japanese, South Korean leaders hold `new partnership' summit
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; ...Minister Keizo Obuchi and South Korean President Kim Dae...civic group representing South Korean women forced into sexual...Japanese military during World War II rejected Japan...two countries and a South Korean pledge to lift bans...
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Profile: South Korean film, fashion and music all the rage across Asia
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North Korean nuclear crisis expected to dominate talks between Russian and South Korean leaders
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; ...Putin and his visiting South Korean counterpart, Roh Moo...wreath at Russia's World War II memorial outside...to consider possible South Korean investment in oil refineries...fast, cheap route for South Korean exports to Russia and...
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South Korean official resigns over comment on repatriating spies
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 4/22/2000; 384 words
; South Korean official resigns over comment on repatriating...two Koreas were divided at the end of World War II. In an interview published Thursday in Munhwa Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, Lee was quoted as saying...
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S.Korean president to attend World War II ceremony in Moscow
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/1/2005; 449 words
; ...president to attend World War II ceremony in Moscow...1 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Roh Moo...anniversary of the end of World War II, spokesman of the South Korean Presidential Office...those killed during World War II and consolidate...
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Gangwon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gangwon or Kangwon , province (1995 pop. 1,466,794), N South Korea. Chuncheon...capital. The 38th parallel that divided Korea after World War II ran through Gangwon, but after the Korean War truce of 1953 much of the province returned from...
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Kangwon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kangwon South Korea: see Gangwon .
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Wonju
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Wonju , city (1995 pop. 237,423), Gangwon prov., N central South Korea. Most of its industries relate to the military base in the city. It was a subcapital of the Silla dynasty (see Korea ).
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Chuncheon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chuncheon or Chunchon , city (1993 pop. 179,372), capital of Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., N South Korea. It is an important market town and rice-processing center with rail and road links to Seoul...
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Samcheok
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Samcheok or Samchok , city (1995 pop. 83,815), Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., E South Korea, a port on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a large industrial center in the heart...
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