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Cheongju
Cheongju (; ) is the capital and largest list of cities in South Korea, city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. The 'Cheong' in the name of Chungcheong Province is the Cheong of Cheongju. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, particularly in the area where Sangdang Sanseong is located, ruins dating from the Old Stone Age to the Bronze Age have been discovered. Settlements associated with the Paleolithic Age have also been found in Cheongju, such as the Durubong Cave Site. After the unification of the kingdoms by Silla in 676, various parts of Korea, including Cheongju, began to adopt Buddhism. This was influenced by the Silla culture's connection with the Silk Road, which facilitated the spread of Buddhism from Nepal across Northern China to the Korean Peninsula. During the Goryeo era, particularly during the reign of Gwangjong, several monuments related to Buddhism were created. Among them is Cheol Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jikji
''Jikji'' () is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhism, Korean Buddhist document whose title can be translated to "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen#Seon in Korea, Zen Teachings". Printed during the Goryeo Dynasty in 1377, it is the world's oldest extant book printed with Movable type, movable metal type. UNESCO confirmed ''Jikji'' as the world's oldest metalloid type in September 2001 and includes it in the Memory of the World Programme. ''Jikji'' was published in Heungdeoksa, Heungdeok Temple in 1377, 78 years prior to Johannes Gutenberg's acclaimed Gutenberg Bible, "42-Line Bible" printed during the years 1452–1455. The greater part of the ''Jikji'' is now lost; today only the last volume survives, and is kept at the division of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, National Library of France (BnF). The BnF has hosted a digital copy online. ''Jikji Simche'' means "If you look at a person's heart correctly through the Zen meditation, you will realize that the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Heungdeok District
Heungdeok District () is a non-autonomous district of Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Heungdeok District was re-established from a part of Heungdeok District and a part of Cheongwon County Cheongwon County () was a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It was dissolved on July 1, 2014 and consolidated to Cheongju. Government The Korea Food and Drug Administration (later Ministry of Food and Drug Safety), and K ... in July 2014. The newly created Seowon District annexed the part of Heungdeok District. Administrative divisions Heungdeok District is divided into one town (''eup''), 2 townships (''myeon''), and 8 neighborhoods (''dong''). Economy Aero K has its headquarters in , Heungdeok District. Korean address "주소 : 충청북도 청주시 흥덕구 오송읍 오송생명3로 154" References External links * Districts of Cheongju 1995 establishments in South Korea States and territories established in 1995 {{No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Cheongwon County
Cheongwon County () was a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It was dissolved on July 1, 2014 and consolidated to Cheongju. Government The Korea Food and Drug Administration (later Ministry of Food and Drug Safety), and Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were/are headquartered in the Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, which was once in Cheongwon County. Korean address "(363-951) 충북 청원군 오송읍 오송생명2로 187 오송보건의료행정타운내 질병관리본부" Sister cities Cheongwon was twinned with: * Cangzhou, Hebei, China * Kikuchi, Kumamoto is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a populat ..., Japan References ╋ Cheongju Former subdivisions of South Korea States and territories disestablis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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North Chungcheong Province
North Chungcheong Province (), also known as Chungbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Chungcheong has a population of 1,578,934 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Hoseo region on the south-centre of the Korean Peninsula. North Chungcheong borders the provinces of Gyeonggi and Gangwon to the north, North Gyeongsang to the east, North Jeolla to the south and South Chungcheong, Sejong Special Autonomous City and Daejeon Metropolitan City to the west. Cheongju is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong, with other major cities including Chungju and Jecheon. North Chungcheong was established in 1896 from the province of Chungcheong, one of the Eight Provinces of Korea, consisting of the northeastern half of the territory, and is South Korea's only landlocked province. North Chungcheong was known as Chūsei-hoku Prefecture during the Japanese Colonial Period from 1910 and became part of South Korea following the division of Korea in 1945. Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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List Of Cities In South Korea
The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces. Seoul, the largest city and capital, is classified as a ''teukbyeolsi'' (List of special cities of South Korea#Position in hierarchy and types, Special City), while the next six-largest cities are classified as ''gwangyeoksi'' (Metropolitan Cities). Smaller cities are classified as ''si'' ("cities") and are under provincial jurisdiction, at the same level as counties. City status Article 10 of the Local Autonomy Act defines the standards under which a populated area may become a city: an area which is predominantly urban area, urbanised and has a population of at least 50,000; a which has an urbanised area with a population of at least 50,000; or a which has a total population of at least 150,000 and multiple urbanised areas each with a population of at least 20,000. An English translation is available from the Korea Legislative Research Institute, but is out of date: Article 7 of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Administrative Divisions Of South Korea
South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 List of special cities of South Korea#Position in hierarchy and types, metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 List of special cities of South Korea, special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 List of special cities of South Korea#Position in hierarchy and types, special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and Provinces of South Korea, 14 provinces (''Do (province), do'' ), including three Provinces of South Korea#Types, special self-governing provinces (''teukbyeol jachido'' ) and Provinces of North Korea, five claimed by Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces, the ROK government. These are further subdivided into a variety of smaller entities, including List of cities in South Korea, cities (''si'' ), List of counties in South Korea, counties (''Gun (administrative division), gun'' ), List of districts in South Korea, districts (''Gu (administrative division), gu'' ), List of towns in South Korea, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hideyoshi's Invasions Of Korea
The Imjin War () was a series of two Japanese invasions of Korea: an initial invasion in 1592 also individually called the "Imjin War", a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597 called the Chŏngyu War (). The conflict ended in 1598 with the withdrawal of Japanese forces from the Korean Peninsula after a military stalemate in Korea's southern provinces. The invasions were launched by Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the intent of conquering the Korean Peninsula and China proper, which were ruled by the Joseon and Ming dynasties, respectively. Japan quickly succeeded in occupying large portions of the Korean Peninsula, but the contribution of reinforcements by the Ming, "(Korean) war minister Yi Hang-bok pointed out that assistance from China was the only way Korea could survive." as well as the disruption of Japanese supply fleets along the western and southern coasts by the Joseon Navy, "His naval victories were to prove decisive in the Japanese defeat, although Yi was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Korea
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 38th parallel between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK). Both countries proclaimed independence in 1948, and the two countries fought the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The region is bordered by China to the north and Russia to the northeast, across the Yalu River, Amnok (Yalu) and Tumen River, Duman (Tumen) rivers, and is separated from Japan to the southeast by the Korea Strait. Known human habitation of the Korean peninsula dates to 40,000 BC. The kingdom of Gojoseon, which according to tradition was founded in 2333 BC, fell to the Han dynasty in 108 BC. It was followed by the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms period, in which Korea was divided into Goguryeo, Baekje, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Regions Of Korea
Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the peninsula. Many of the names in the list below overlap or are obsolete today, with Honam, Yeongdong, Yeongnam, and the modern term Sudogwon being the only ones in wide use. The names of Korea's traditional Eight Provinces are often also used as regional monikers. List of eight regions Extra regions See also * Eight Provinces of Korea * Korean dialects A number of Korean dialects are spoken in Korea and by the Korean diaspora. The peninsula is very mountainous and each dialect's "territory" corresponds closely to the natural boundaries between different geographical regions of Korea. Most of t ... * Provinces of Korea * Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin, Northeast China References {{Regions and administrative divisions of South Korea Regions of Korea, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hanja
Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and () refers to Classical Chinese writing, although ''Hanja'' is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja characters have never undergone any major reforms, they more closely resemble traditional Chinese and kyūjitai, traditional Japanese characters, although the stroke orders for certain characters are slightly different. Such examples are the characters and , as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Korea Meteorological Administration
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA; ) is the national meteorological service of South Korea. The service started in 1904 joining the WMO in 1956. Numerical weather prediction is performed using the Unified Model software suite. History The current administration was established in 1990. Temporary observatories set up in 1904 in Busan, Incheon, Mokpo and elsewhere were precursors to the current KMA. The Central Meteorological Office (CMO) was established in August 1949. In April 1978, CMO was renamed the Korea Meteorological Service (KMS). In 1999, the administration introduced a meteorological supercomputer for forecasting. As of November 2021, supercomputers ''Guru'' and ''Maru'' ranked 27th and 28th respectively TOP500, in the world. In 2010, the KMA launched South Korea’s first geostationary meteorological satellite, the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS), also known as Chollian. Chollian started its official operation in 2011. The Seoul and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |