KOREA Definition & Meaning

Korea

[ kuh-ree-uh, kaw-, koh- ]

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noun

a former country in East Asia, on a peninsula southeast of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at the 38th parallel into North Korea and South Korea.
Dem·o·crat·ic Peo·ple's Re·pub·lic of Ko·re·a, official name of North Korea.
Re·pub·lic of Ko·re·a, official name of South Korea.

Korea

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noun

a former country in E Asia, now divided into two separate countries, North Korea and South Korea. Korea occupied the peninsula between the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and the Yellow Sea: an isolated vassal of Manchu China for three centuries until the opening of ports to Japanese trade in 1876; gained independence in 1895; annexed to Japan in 1910 and divided in 1945 into two occupation zones (Russian in the north, American in the south), which became North Korea and South Korea in 1948 Japanese name (1910–45)Chosen See North Korea South Korea

Korea

Historic region consisting of North Korea and South Korea ; peninsula off northeastern China separating the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan, two arms of the Pacific Ocean .

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Notes

Korea was under Japanese rule in the early twentieth century. At the end of World War II , Korea was divided at the thirty-eighth parallel of north latitude into two zones, with troops of the Soviet Union in the north and troops of the United States in the south. By 1948, two separate governments had emerged, the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north and the noncommunist Republic of Korea in the south. American and Soviet troops were withdrawn by 1949. The Korean War (1950–1953) began when North Korean forces invaded South Korea. Forces of the United Nations under General Douglas MacArthur aided South Korea, whereas Chinese forces aided North Korea.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Korea¹

First recorded in 1610–20; from Korean Goryeo, Koryŏ

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The Trump administration has started talks with trading partners over tariffs, with a Japanese delegation visiting Washington last week and South Korea is set to start negotiations this week.

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A couple of months ago Bybit, the world's second largest cryptocurrency exchange by some estimates, was tricked out of $1.5bn worth of coins by hackers thought to be working for North Korea.

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She arranges for the wedding to continue as planned, if only to appease Min’s grandfather, who stayed behind in Korea.

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He pointed to Brazil and South Korea, which have histories of dictatorships and which in recent years have rejected anti-democratic threats.

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An iPhone for example may contain chips that were designed in the US, manufactured in Taiwan, Japan or South Korea, using raw materials like rare earths which are mostly mined in China.

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