| | Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658 | |
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| | Samsung (South Korean electronics company) | |
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| | surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) | |
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| | Korea | |
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| | China, Japan and Korea | |
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| | Russia, China and North Korea | |
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| | first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) | |
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| | Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道, South Korea | |
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| | Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province | |
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| | budae jjigae, a type of Korean stew | |
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| | History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼 in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽, Baekje 百濟|百济, Silla 新羅|新罗. | |
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| | North Korea / Korea as geographic term / Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1] | |
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| | Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee | |
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| | Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province | |
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| | Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道, South Korea | |
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| | Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Korean language | |
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| | South Korea | |
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| | Daegu Metropolitan City, capital of North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道 in east South Korea | |
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| | special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia | |
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| | Japan and Korea | |
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| | enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white | |
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| | stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun" | |
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| | Paekche or Baekje (18 BC-660 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Longjing, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin | |
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| | a North Korean; (in broader or historical usage) a Korean | |
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| | foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea) | |
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| | South Jeolla Province, in southwest South Korea, capital Gwangju 光州 | |
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| | People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) | |
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| | Park Geun-hye (1952-), Korean politician, daughter of former dictator Park Chung-Hee 朴正熙, president of Korea 2013-2017 | |
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| | subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar) | |
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| | Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日, supreme leader of North Korea from 2011 | |
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| | Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市 | |
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| | (Tw, HK) North Korea | |
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| | samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc | |
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| | China-South Korea | |
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| | to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) | |
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| | Pyongyang, capital of North Korea | |
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| | (Tw, HK) South Korea | |
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| | Korean Peninsula | |
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| | Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川 in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan / Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道, South Korea | |
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| | Korean ethnic group; Koreans (major ethnic group of the Korean Peninsula) / Korean ethnic minority in China | |
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| | hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet | |
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| | Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia | |
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| | Korean language | |
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| | Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea | |
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| | Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市 | |
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| | secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage) | |
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| | Hyundai, the Korean corporation | |
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| | South Korea (Republic of Korea) / (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 | |
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| | Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道, South Korea | |
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| | stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean | |
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| | three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o | |
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| | Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series | |
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| | Korean War (1950-1953) | |
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| | Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川 in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan / Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道, South Korea | |
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| | North Jeolla Province, in west South Korea, capital Jeonju 全州 | |
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| | Lelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea | |
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| | won (currency of South Korea) | |
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| | Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea | |
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| | Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016 | |
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| | Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道, South Korea | |
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| | to close a country; to exclude foreign contact / closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc) | |
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| | Seoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea | |
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| | Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) | |
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| | Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道, South Korea | |
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| | South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Daejeon 大田 | |
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| | Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders | |
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| | (coll.) curvaceous thighs (loanword from Korean) | |
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| | Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies | |
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| | Korean War (1950-1953) | |
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| | North and South Korea | |
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| | the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950 | |
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| | Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan | |
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| | Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic crater lake on the border between China and North Korea | |
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| | aikido (Japanese martial art) / hapkido (Korean martial art) | |
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| | North and South Korea | |
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| | Jeolla or Cholla Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Jeolla Province 全羅北道|全罗北道 and South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道 | |
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| | Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000 | |
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| | Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han | |
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| | the Korean side | |
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| | 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea | |
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| | Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea | |
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| | Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道, South Korea | |
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| | surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] | |
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| | Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea | |
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| | bibimbap (Korean cuisine) | |
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| | buldak ramen (a type of spicy Korean instant noodles) | |
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| | gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori) | |
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| | raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also called 狸 | |
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| | "turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin war of 1592-1598 壬辰倭亂|壬辰倭乱 | |
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| | Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 | |
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| | Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) | |
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| | Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper | |
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| | talks on North Korea's nuclear program | |
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| | Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea 忠清北道 | |
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| | unified Silla (658-935), Korean kingdom | |
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