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Main article: Korean Empire The earliest surviving depiction of the Korean flag was printed in a US Navy book Flags of Maritime Nations in July 1889. Leffman, David (2 June 2014). The Rough Guide to China. Penguin. ISBN 978-0241010372 . Retrieved 29 July 2016.

Gyeongbok Palace". Seoul City. South Korea: Life in Korea. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009 . Retrieved 3 November 2009. Japanese Royal Tomb Opened to Scholars for First Time". National geographic. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008 . Retrieved 21 May 2012. Korea has a temperate climate with comparatively fewer typhoons than other countries in East Asia. Due to the peninsula's position, it has a unique climate influenced by Siberia in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the east and the rest of Eurasia in the west. The peninsula has four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. [178] Spring Embree, Ainslie Thomas (1988). Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner. p.324. ISBN 9780684188997 . Retrieved 29 July 2016. de Laet, Sigfried J. (1994). History of Humanity: From the seventh to the sixteenth century. UNESCO. p.1133. ISBN 9789231028137 . Retrieved 10 October 2016.

See also: Geography of North Korea, Geography of South Korea, and Provinces of Korea Satellite image of Korea A view of Mount Seorak Daedongyeojido – this 1861 map of Korea represents the peak of pre-modern mapmaking in the region. Jeju Island seashore Haralambous, Yannis; Horne, P. Scott (26 September 2007). Fonts & Encodings. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". p.155. ISBN 9780596102425 . Retrieved 8 October 2016. Seth, Michael J. (16 October 2010). A History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p.144. ISBN 9780742567177. OCLC 644646716 . Retrieved 28 July 2016. The sound and performance of their Dragonfly collection is what put Michael Kelly Guitars on the map. Now, they import high-quality guitars made in South Korea, manufactured to their specifications. Schecter Guitars

Yoshiaki, Yoshimi (2001) [岩波書店, 1995], Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II, O'Brien, Suzanne transl, Columbia University Press, ISBN 978-0-231-12032-6 a b c Lee, Kenneth B. (1997). Korea and East Asia: The Story of a Phoenix. Greenwood Publishing Group. p.72. ISBN 9780275958237 . Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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The southern and southwestern coastlines of the peninsula form a well-developed ria coastline, known as Dadohae-jin in Korean. This convoluted coastline provides mild seas, and the resulting calm environment allows for safe navigation, fishing, and seaweed farming. In addition to the complex coastline, the western coast of the Korean Peninsula has an extremely high tidal amplitude (at Incheon, around the middle of the western coast, the tide can get as high as 9m). Vast tidal flats have been developing on the south and west coastlines.

Korean is the official language of both North and South Korea, and (along with Mandarin) of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, China. Worldwide, there are up to 80 million speakers of the Korean language. South Korea has around 50 million speakers while North Korea around 25 million. Other large groups of Korean speakers through Korean diaspora are found in China, the United States, Japan, former Soviet Union and elsewhere. Bowman, John (5 September 2000). Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. Columbia University Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780231500043 . Retrieved 1 August 2016. The Mongolian-Khitan invasions of the late tenth century challenge the stability of the Koryo government, but a period of prosperity follows the defeat of the Khitan in 1018.. Poceski, Mario (13 April 2007). Ordinary Mind as the Way: The Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism. Oxford University Press. p.24. ISBN 978-0198043201 . Retrieved 29 July 2016.White, Matthew (7 November 2011). Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History. W. W. Norton & Company. p.78. ISBN 9780393081923 . Retrieved 8 November 2016. Gruhl, Werner (2007). Imperial Japan's World War Two: 1931–1945. Transaction Publishers. p.111. ISBN 978-1-4128-0926-9. OCLC 1099050288. Unlike most ancient mountains on the mainland, many important islands in Korea were formed by volcanic activity in the Cenozoic orogeny. Jeju Island, situated off the southern coast, is a large volcanic island whose main mountain, Mount Halla or Hallasan (1,950m), is the highest in South Korea. Ulleung Island is a volcanic island in the Sea of Japan, the composition of which is more felsic than Jeju. The volcanic islands tend to be younger, the more westward. Asia Society: The Collection in Context". Asia society museum. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009 . Retrieved 21 May 2012. Reischauer, Edwin Oldfather (1955). Ennins Travels in Tang China. John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited. pp.276–283. ISBN 978-0471070535 . Retrieved 21 July 2016. "From what Ennin tells us, it seems that commerce between East China, Korea and Japan was, for the most part, in the hands of men from Silla. Here in the relatively dangerous waters on the eastern fringes of the world, they performed the same functions as did the traders of the placid Mediterranean on the western fringes. This is a historical fact of considerable significance but one which has received virtually no attention in the standard historical compilations of that period or in the modern books based on these sources. . . . While there were limits to the influence of the Koreans along the eastern coast of China, there can be no doubt of their dominance over the waters off these shores. . . . The days of Korean maritime dominance in the Far East actually were numbered, but in Ennin's time the men of Silla were still the masters of the seas in their part of the world."

The Russians were pushed out of the fight for Korea following the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). Korea became a protectorate of Japan shortly afterwards. In Manchuria on 26 October 1909, An Jung-geun assassinated the former Resident-General of Korea, Itō Hirobumi, for his role in trying to force Korea into occupation. Africa has to spend carefully", The Independent (leading article), UK, 13 July 2006, archived from the original on 13 May 2011 Tsai, Shih-shan Henry (January 1996). The Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. SUNY Press. pp.119–120. ISBN 9780791426876 . Retrieved 20 July 2016. Later Silla carried on the maritime prowess of Baekje, which acted like the Phoenicia of medieval East Asia, [79] and during the 8th and 9th centuries dominated the seas of East Asia and the trade between China, Korea and Japan, most notably during the time of Jang Bogo; in addition, Silla people made overseas communities in China on the Shandong Peninsula and the mouth of the Yangtze River. [80] [81] [82] [83] Later Silla was a prosperous and wealthy country, [84] and its metropolitan capital of Gyeongju [85] was the fourth largest city in the world. [86] [87] [88] [89] Later Silla experienced a golden age of art and culture, [90] [91] [92] [93] as evidenced by the Hwangnyongsa, Seokguram, and Emille Bell. Buddhism flourished during this time, and many Korean Buddhists gained great fame among Chinese Buddhists [94] and contributed to Chinese Buddhism, [95] including: Woncheuk, Wonhyo, Uisang, Musang, [96] [97] [98] [99] and Kim Gyo-gak, a Silla prince whose influence made Mount Jiuhua one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Chinese Buddhism. [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] During June at the start of the summer, there tends to be a lot of rain due to the cold and wet air from the Sea of Okhotsk and the hot and humid air from the Pacific Ocean combining. When these fronts combine, it leads to a so-called rainy season with often cloudy days with rain, which is sometimes very heavy. The hot and humid winds from the south west blow causing an increasing amount of humidity and this leads to the fronts moving towards Manchuria in China and thus there is less rain and this is known as midsummer; temperatures can exceed 30°C (86°F) daily at this time of year.

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This project was “made in Korea” and attempts to understand a fascinating and unique culture, at once familiar and also completely unto itself. This competitive nature also manifests in the South Korean ideal of aesthetic perfection. The country is famous for having the highest rate of plastic surgery interventions in the world. Almost every young person undergoes, at minimum, a few of basic “Western-style” eye and mouth procedures. Korean cuisine is probably best known for kimchi, a side dish which uses a distinctive fermentation process of preserving vegetables, most commonly cabbage. Kimchi is said to relieve the pores on the skin, thereby reducing wrinkles and providing nutrients to the skin naturally. It is also healthy, as it provides necessary vitamins and nutrients. Gochujang, a traditional Korean sauce made of red pepper is also commonly used, often as pepper (chilli) paste, earning the cuisine a reputation for spiciness. In the 1350s, King Gongmin was free at last to reform the Goryeo government when the Yuan dynasty began to crumble. Gongmin had various problems that needed to be dealt with, which included the removal of pro-Mongol aristocrats and military officials, the question of land holding, and quelling the growing animosity between the Buddhists and Confucian scholars. During this tumultuous period, Goryeo momentarily conquered Liaoyang in 1356, repulsed two large invasions by the Red Turbans in 1359 and 1360, and defeated the final attempt by the Yuan to dominate Goryeo when General Choe Yeong defeated a Mongol tumen in 1364. During the 1380s, Goryeo turned its attention to the Wokou threat and used naval artillery created by Choe Museon to annihilate hundreds of pirate ships. Kim, Jinwung (2012). A History of Korea: From "Land of the Morning Calm" to States in Conflict. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p.35. ISBN 978-0253000781 . Retrieved 15 July 2016.