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2011 In South Korea
Events in the year 2011 in South Korea. Incumbents * President: Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea (2008–2013) * Prime Minister: Kim Hwang-sik, Prime Minister of South Korea (2010–2013) Events * 2011 South Korean University Tuition Crisis * January 18–21: Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden * February 9: The first military talks with North Korea in months abruptly end with the North walking out. * March: The Posco Tower-Songdo in the Songdo International Business District, South Korea is completed. It surpasses the previous record holder for being South Korea's tallest, the Samsung Tower Palace G. * March 2: 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident * April: The South Korean armed forces adopts a new oath of enlistment for its servicemen, as the previous version contained racialist overtones. * April 27: The first of 2 South Korean by-elections * April 27: Naneun Ggomsuda debuted. * July 6: The International Olympic Committee awards the 2018 Winter Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 South Korean By-elections
The two South Korean 2011 by-elections took place on April 27, 2011 in 38 electoral districts across the country and on October 26, 2011 in Seoul after Oh Se-hoon resigned due to his failure in the Seoul Free Lunch Referendum. October 26 The main focus of the October by-election was about filling the vacant seat of the mayor of Seoul. The election was eventually won by an independent candidate Park Won-soon against the Grand National Party candidate, Na Kyung-won. On an anecdotal view, an unnamed representative of an electoral district in Seoul said that the general public mood against the Grand National Party was closely similar to political events in 2004, when former president Roh Moo-hyun was on the verge of being impeached. Seoul mayoral by-election Impact Blue House The Blue House under the Lee Myung-bak government has been negatively impacted the most. President Lee Myung-bak did not make any official commentary right after the election's result due to a real est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of South Korean Films Of 2011
This is a list of South Korean films that received a domestic theatrical release in 2011. Box office The highest-grossing South Korean films released in 2011, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: Released See also * 2011 in South Korea * 2011 in South Korean music * List of 2011 box office number-one films in South Korea References External links * 2011 in South Korea * Korean Film Council websiteHancinema {{DEFAULTSORT:List of South Korean films of 2011 2011 Film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... South Korean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brawl Busters
Brawl Busters was a free-to-play Online Multiplayer Action video game developed by Korean developer, SkeinGlobe, and published by Toronto-based publisher, Rock Hippo Productions, for the PC. The game was officially released on December 15, 2011, and the servers were closed on September 4, 2013. Overview Brawl Busters, "formerly known as Project Plan B", is an action brawler that featured competitive and co-operative battle modes all in a third person view. "With its simple and intuitive controls, this easy to pick up and play game makes team strategy a must as players battle against each other or team up against computer controlled enemies". Brawl Busters also features a tutorial, various missions, leaderboards and stats tracking. The game has received positive feedback since its initial announcement. "Regular updates have been flowing to the game from the developers in the form of more game modes and additional maps." Lessons Rock Hippo Productions had released a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Incheon Fishing Incident
The 2011 Incheon fishing incident occurred on December 12, 2011 in Socheong Island, Incheon, South Korea. The incident involved a Chinese fisherman who was said by the South Koreans to be fishing illegally. During the confrontation two Incheon coast guardsmen were stabbed. Incident At 87 km southwest of Socheng Island the 66 ton Chinese trawler ''Yogeumuh'' rammed into a South Korean coast guard ship. The boat was seized by the South Korean coast guards for illegal fishing. The captain of the Chinese boat then stabbed two Incheon-based coast guardsmen. ROK Coast Guardsman Lee Cheong-ho died after being stabbed in the ribs. Lee Nak-hoon was wounded after stabbed in the abdomen. Aftermath In Seoul, Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Suk-hwan requested the PRC ambassador to South Korea Zhang Xinsen (张鑫森) make a statement about illegal fishing and the fisherman's use of violence. On December 8, Zhang just said the government is "increasing education" for its fishermen. Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DDoS Attacks During The October 2011 South Korean By-election
The DDoS attacks during the October 2011 South Korean by-election were allegedly two separate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that occurred on October 26, 2011. The attacks, which took place during the October 2011 Seoul mayoral by-election, targeted the websites of the National Election Commission (NEC) and then-mayoral candidate Park Won-soon. Investigators assert that the attacks were carried out in hopes of suppressing young voters, to the benefit of the Grand National Party. An aide of Grand National Party legislator Choi Gu-sik was found responsible for the attacks. The attacks The attacks consisted of two separate denial-of-service attacks against independent National Election Commission and mayoral candidate Park Won-soon, carried out with the help of a botnet of 200 infected computers. The attacks were conducted during the morning, when citizens--particularly young voters looking to vote before work--would have been expected to look up polling station locati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Labor Unions Confederation
The Korean Labor Unions Confederation (KLUC), also known as Gukmin-nochong ( ko, 국민노총; acronym for ''KLUC'' in Korean language) was a national trade union centre of South Korea established in 2011, and the union merged into Federation of Korean Trade Unions in 2014. See also * Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) * Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) * Trade unions in South Korea The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on December 30 2021 that as of 2020, 14.2% of workers were in trade unions in South Korea, a 1.7% increase from 12.5% in 2019. Korea's unionization rate peaked in 1989 at 19.8% and fell to 10% 2004. External links The official website Korean Labor Unions Confederation Trade unions establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 South Korea Blackout
The 2011 South Korea Blackout was a power outage across South Korea on September 15, 2011. Responses *President Lee Myung-bak made a remark how this power outage was an incident that "happens in third world countries". The Assembly leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Kim Jin-pyo, responded to his remark by criticizing Lee Myung-bak's ''third world'' approach of extensively hiring crony parachuted personnels. *The Future Hope Alliance-affiliated politician, Song Yeong-seon (송영선), mentioned that a cyberattack from North Korea caused this nationwide blackout and later received negative online commentaries for being uncertainly judgmental. *Choi Jung-gyeong, the head of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, officially resigned due to this incident. References {{Reflist Blackout South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Seoul Free Lunch Referendum
The Seoul Free Lunch Referendum was a referendum held on 24 August 2011, on the subject of free school meals in the schools around the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Then-mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, proposed to provide a limited free meal service to the 30% of the impoverished children in Seoul, but the Democratic Party proposed to make the free meal service to every child in Seoul starting from younger elementary school children and gradually to middle school children. This has become the cause of Oh Se-hoon's action to make the final decision of the policy through a referendum. The referendum was later rejected due to the low voter turnout of 25.7%, significantly lower than the required turnout of 33.3%. The low voting rate contributed Oh Se-hoon's resignation from the mayoralty of Seoul. Issues * The Democratic Party called the referendum and Oh Se-hoon's action unjust because the free school lunch in Seoul for a year costs 69.5 billion won while the referendum costs around 12 billion w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asiana Airlines Flight 991
On 28 July 2011, Asiana Airlines Flight 991, a Boeing 747-400F cargo aircraft on a flight from Seoul, South Korea, to Shanghai, China, crashed into the sea off Jeju Island after suffering a main-deck fire. Both pilots, the only two people on board, were killed. The accident marked the second loss of a 747 freighter due to cargo hold fire in less than a year, following the crash of UPS Airlines Flight 6 in Dubai in September 2010. Accident Asiana Cargo Flight 991, crewed by two pilots, Captain Choi Sang-gi (52), he logged 14,100 flight hours including 6,800 on Boeing 747 and 5,600 as Pilot In Command and First Officer Lee Jeong-woong (43), he logged 5,200 hours including 492 on Boeing 747, with a combined experience of over 19,000 flight hours, took off from Seoul's Incheon International Airport at 03:04 on 28 July local time bound for Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The aircraft was loaded with 58 tonnes of cargo; most of the freight was standard cargo, semiconductors, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Seoul Floods
The 2011 Seoul floods were a series of floods in late July 2011 caused by heavy rainfall around Seoul, South Korea. The intense rain triggered a series of flash floods and landslides that killed at least 49 people by July 27, leaving a total of more than 77 dead or missing. On July 27, the number of killed rose further to 69. The floods occurred primarily around the national capital Seoul and nearby Siheung regions. At least 86 power outages followed the landslides, affecting 125,000 people by July 27. Over 11,000 South Koreans were forced to evacuate. Causes and meteorology On July 25, rains and thunderstorms triggered by a trough hit the mountains of the Korean Peninsula, producing over of rain in the Seoul region during a two-day span, the heaviest such event in July since 1907. of rain was recorded in the area after three days. Impact On July 26, a landslide buried three hotels in Chuncheon, east of Seoul, killing 13 people from Inha University. A landslide in Umyeon-dong ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyeongchang County
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and connected by expressways and high-speed passenger railways. Pyeongchang's slogan, "Happy 700 Pyeongchang", is taken from its average elevation of approximately . Pyeongchang hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics. It was officially rebranded as "PyeongChang" (with a capital 'C') for the purposes of the 2018 Games, in order to avoid confusion with Pyongyang in North Korea. History Pyeongchang region was ruled by the Goguryeo Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, and it was called Uk-o-hyeon (욱오현). After the Silla dynasty conquered the Goguryeo Dynasty and Baekje Dynasty, it was renamed Baek-o-hyeon (백오현). After the Goryeo Dynasty was established, it renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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