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#Korea Panorama 70 Years

Part 26: Dawning of Professional Sports in Korea

2015-06-30

In September 1981 the government won the bid to host the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul and the pro baseball league was launched in March of the ...

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King Anjang

2015-06-25

King Anjang was the 22nd ruler of the Goguryeo kingdom. He inherited his predecessor’s policy of maintaining good relations with Chinese states, ...

#Korea Panorama 70 Years

Part 25: Reviving the Han River

2015-06-23

The Han River in Seoul is a playground for Seoul citizens as well as a tourist destination. Koreans were able to enjoy the Han River through the hard ...

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King Munjamyeong

2015-06-18

King Munjamyeong was the grandson of King Jangsu. His father, Joda, had been named crown prince by King Jangsu, who outlived his son. As the prince ...

#Korea Panorama 70 Years

Part 24. From Oppression to Democracy

2015-06-16

Former army general Chun Doo-hwan was inaugurated as Korea’s 12th president on March 3, 1981, opening the era of the Fifth Republic. From the very ...

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King Jangsu (2)

2015-06-11

After successfully wrapping up his military campaign in Baekje by taking a considerable part of the southwestern kingdom, King Jangsu continued ...

#Korea Panorama 70 Years

Part 23. The May 18th Democratic Uprising

2015-06-09

In the midst of the chaos following President Park Chung-hee's assassination in October 1979, then-army commander Chun Doo-hwan staged a military ...

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King Jangsu (1)

2015-06-04

King Jangsu is remembered as a great ruler, just like his father, Gwanggaeto the Great. Based on his father’s vast territorial expansion, King Jangsu ...

#Korea Panorama 70 Years

Part 22. Cultural policies in the 1970s

2015-06-02

In 1973 the government initiated a five-year plan to promote Korean culture. It was the beginning of a nationwide project to restore the nationalistic ...

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#Korea Panorama 70 Years

Part 21. Nationwide campaigns that defined the 1970s

2015-05-26

The 1970s in Korea is remembered as an era of nationwide campaigns. The government’s policy guidelines penetrated deeply into the everyday lives ...

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