2006KoreaOpen in badminton was held in Seoul, from August 21 to August 27, 2006. The prize money was US$300,000. Jangchung Gymnasium retired 2006 Korea...
The 2006 Hansol KoreaOpen Tennis Championships was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament...
South Korea at the 2006 Asian Games 2006 BWF World Junior Championships 2006 World Junior Curling Championships 2006KoreaOpen2006 in South Korean football...
The 2006 North Korean nuclear test was the detonation of a nuclear device conducted by North Korea on October 9, 2006. On October 3, 2006, North Korea announced...
Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided...
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula...
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and borders North...
rounds of North Korean missile tests were conducted on July 5, 2006. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) reportedly fired...
demographics of North Korea are determined through national censuses and international estimates. The Central Bureau of Statistics of North Korea conducted the...
The 2006Korean Tour, titled as the 2006 SBS Korean Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th season on the Korean Tour, the main professional golf tour...
Islam (Korean: 이슬람교) is a minor religion in South Korea and North Korea. The Muslim community is centered in Seoul and Busan and there are a few mosques...
There are no known official statistics of religions in North Korea. Officially, North Korea is an atheist state, although its constitution guarantees free...
continued to resist foreign attempts to open it up. Japan eventually succeeded in opening Joseon with the unequal Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876. Afterwards, Japan...
The Korean diaspora consists of around 7.3 million people, both descendants of early emigrants from the Korean Peninsula, as well as more recent emigrants...
The human rights record of North Korea is often considered to be among the worst in the world and has been globally condemned, with the United Nations...
posts in South Korea, although a number have been closed or are in caretaker status: Camp Ames Camp Bonifas - turned over to ROK in 2006 Camp Carroll Camp...
Korean ethnic nationalism (Korean: 한국의 민족주의), or Korean racial nationalism, is a political ideology and a form of ethnic and racial identity for Korean...
Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is...
Lower Paleolithic era on the Korean Peninsula and in Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago. The earliest known Korean pottery dates to around 8000...
is moderate-open to dialogue with the North Korean government. However, unlike the DPK, which supports a friendly approach to North Korea.[sentence fragment]...
rapidly modernize, forcefully openKorea, and establish its own hegemony over the peninsula. Eventually, it formally annexed Korea in 1910. The 1919 March 1st...
Koreans in Japan (在日韓国人・在日本朝鮮人・朝鮮人, Zainichi Kankokujin/Zainihon Chōsenjin/Chōsenjin) (Korean: 재일 한국/조선인) are ethnic Koreans who immigrated to Japan before...