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Korea

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Korea , Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. A peninsula, 600 mi (966 km) long, Korea separates the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea by Koreans) on the east from the Yellow Sea (and Korea Bay [or West Korea Bay], a northern arm of the Yellow Sea) on the west. On the south it is bounded by the Korea Strait (connecting the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea) and on the north its land boundaries with China (c.500 mi/800 km) and with Russia (only c.11 mi/18 km) are marked chiefly by the great Yalu (Korean Amnok ) and Tumen (Korean Duman... Read more
North Korea
North Korea Culture Name North Korean Alternative Name The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Orientation Identification. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, usually known as North Korea, is a state that occupies the northern half of the... Read more
Korea, U.S. Military Involvement in
Korea, U.S. Military Involvement in. U.S. military involvement...punitive assault near Seoul (1871). China soon gained control of Korea and opened it to other countries, beginning in 1882 with...Japanese War (1904–05), Tokyo increasingly took over Korea, which became part of the Japanese empire, ... Read more

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