South Korea has traditional sports of its own, as well as sports from different cultures and countries. Taekwondo, a popular martial sport is often claimed...
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North Korea's participation in international sporting events has been hindered by the relations with South Korea. Until the 1990s, North Korea used to...
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League. Football is the most popular sport in South Korea. In ancient times, Silla, one of Three Kingdoms of Korea, had a ball game called "Chuk-guk" (축국;...
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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North...
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guide to South Korea: South Korea – densely populated sovereign presidential republic located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia...
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Korea National Sport University (KNSU) is a South Korean national university located in the neighborhood of Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. It is the only...
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Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (Korean: 대한체육회; Hanja: 大韓體育會, abbr. KSOC) is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea (competing as Korea)...
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The South Korea national football team (Korean: 대한민국 축구 국가대표팀; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international football...
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institutions of higher education in South Korea. Agricultural Cooperative College – Goyang, Gyeonggi Ajou Motor College – Boryeong, South Chungcheong Ajou University...
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Women in South Korea have experienced significant improvements for social changes in recent years, compared to previous times, when Confucianism was deeply...
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growing sport in South Korea. South Korea national team is ranked 3rd in the world.[citation needed] In 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, South Korea finished...
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union in South Korea is a minor but growing sport. Of the two Korean nations, the game tends to be mostly played in South Korea; North Korea's mostly...
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1953 which ended in an armistice agreement but without a peace treaty. North Korea is a one-party state run by the Kim family. South Korea was formerly governed...
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The Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic...
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Kim Ye-ji (Korean: 김예지; born 4 September 1992) is a South Korean pistol shooter. Born in Danyang, she started shooting in sixth grade after her gym teacher...
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Seoul (redirect from Sŏul Special City, South Korea)
Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province...
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Korea and South Korea in 1945 and the further destabilisation of the Korean War from 1950–53, baseball has become one of the most popular sports in South...
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are various forms of folk dancing still practiced in Korea. Although not commonly considered a sport, traditional mask dance drama is physically demanding[1]...
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Son Heung-min (redirect from Son (South Korean footballer))
Son Heung-min (Korean: 손흥민; Korean pronunciation: [son.ɣɯŋ.min]; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for...
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The South Korean mass media consist of several different types of public communication of news: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based...
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Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea, or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula...
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Ssireum (redirect from Korean sumo wrestling)
Ssireum (Korean: 씨름; Korean pronunciation: [ɕ͈iɾɯm]) or Korean wrestling is a folk wrestling style and traditional national sport of Korea that began in the...
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Asia Rugby. Rugby union in South Korea Sport in South Korea Korea Super Rugby League Korea Rugby Union Korea on irb.com Korea Archived 2018-11-09 at the...
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2024 Winter Youth Olympics (category Youth sport in South Korea)
Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Gangwon 2024 (Korean: 강원 2024), were a winter multi-sport event, cultural festival, and fourth edition of the Winter...
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Smoking in South Korea has decreased overall for both men and women in the past decades. However, a high prevalence of tobacco use is still observed, especially...
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In South Korea, video games are considered to be a major social activity, with most of the games being cooperative or competitive. Locally developed role-playing...
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National Universities (국립대학교) in South Korea were established by the South Korean government to provide higher education for aiding the development of...
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The South Korea national football team have appeared eleven times at the FIFA World Cup, including ten consecutive tournaments from 1986 to 2022. The...
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(born 1954), South Korean soprano Kim Young-mi (sport shooter) (born 1960), South Korean sport shooter Kim Yeong-mi (born 1991), South Korean curler Kim...
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The V-League is a South Korean club volleyball competition. It was founded in 2005 and currently has seven men's clubs and seven women's clubs. Ansan...
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