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Kim Jong-Il
Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Il (born 1941) was the eldest son of Kim Il-sung, the founder and leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and his heir apparent. After 1985 he began to take part in North Korean state activities and to acquire honorific titles. Kim Jong Il (or Kim Chong-il)... Read more |
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Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung , 1912-94, North Korean political leader, chief of state of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948-94); originally named Kim Sung Chu. While fighting Japanese occupation forces in the 1930s, he adopted the name Kim Il Sung after a famous Korean guerrilla leader of the early 20th... Read more |
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Kim Dae Jung
Kim Dae Jung , 1924-, president (1998-2003) of South Korea. A native of South Jeolla prov. and a long-time campaigner for increased democracy and writer on international issues, Kim first ran for president in 1971. In 1973, while he was in Japan, he was kidnapped by South Korea's spy agency and... Read more |
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Solid South
SOLID SOUTH SOLID SOUTH. The southern states of the United States became "solid" behind the Democratic Party following the Civil War. This occurred as a reaction against the Republicans, who had prosecuted the war for the North and inflicted upon the South the depredations of Reconstruction. As... Read more |
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Korean War
Korean War conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. In 1948 rival governments were established: The... Read more |
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Koreans
South Koreans PRONUNCIATION: sowth kaw-REE-uns LOCATION: Republic of Korea (South Korea) POPULATION: 40 million LANGUAGE: Korean RELIGION: Mahayana Buddhism; Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism); Ch'ondogyo (combination of Christianity and native pre-Christian beliefs) 1... Read more |
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CSS
CSS stands for Confederate States Ship. It was the prefix used for the warships of the states of the Confederacy (South) during the American Civil War between North and South (1861–5) to distinguish them from the warships of the Union or Federal states (North) which used the prefix USS. See... Read more |
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Kaesong
Kaesong or Kaisong , Jap. Kaijo, city (1993 pop. 334,433), S North Korea. A long-time commercial center, it is important for its exports of ginseng, a valuable medicinal root. There is also active trade in rice, barley, and wheat. Textiles are made in the city, and there is some heavy... Read more |
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Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America Also called the Confederacy. the eleven southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861, thus precipitating the Civil War.... Read more |
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Inchon Landing
Inchon Landing (1950).During the Korean War, in the summer of 1950 United Nations forces were pushed back to the Pusan perimeter. In spite of this calamitous situation, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, as early as July, had conceived of a great amphibious operation that would land at Inchon, South Korea's... Read more |
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