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P'yŏngyang. lit.'flat soil'. Pyongyang [a] is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" ( 혁명의 수도 ). [8] Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about 109 km (68 mi) upstream from its mouth on the ...
Jan 6, 2016 · The single most important fact for understanding North Korea. by Max Fisher. Jan 6, 2016, 7:20 PM UTC ... in a Pyongyang propaganda poster. ... Imperial Japan's official worldview was race-based ...
37 BCE. Traditional founding date of the Goguryeo Kindom in northern Korea . 37 BCE - 668 CE. The Goguryeo kingdom rules in northern Korea . 371 CE. Baekje conquers the Mahan federation and attacks Pyongyang, killing the Goguryeo king Gogugwon. 427 CE. Pyongyang replaces Gungnae as the Goguryeo capital. 612 CE.
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Nov 23, 2016 · Pyongyang (aka Pyeongyang) was the capital of several successive ancient Korean kingdoms. Located on the Daedong River in the north of the peninsula, the site was chosen by the legendary Dangun (Tangun), founder of the first Korean state Gojoseon, to be his capital city on earth. Pyongyang remained an important city throughout the following ...
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Oct 20, 2016 · Dangun & Kija. Dangun is traditionally credited with then creating the entire Korean race and ruling over the kingdom of Gojoseon, ancient Korea's first proper state, which was founded in 2333 BCE. Indeed, Dangun's name means 'mountain-birch ruler' or 'altar ruler' and Choson is sometimes referred to as Dangun Gojoseon/Tangun Choson.
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Sep 6, 2017 · Pyongyang Metro - One of the deepest metro systems in the world, with stunning artwork reflecting the name of each station. Due to the depth of the metro and lack of outside segments, its stations ...
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Jan 10, 2022 · Whether race and racism have been a part of the human condition throughout history is a matter of debate. 1 But there is little question that the emergence of racism as a scientific, profitable, offensive, geopolitical and normative basis for organizing world order came only with the rise of European global dominance, which began in the sixteenth century Ce and morphed into the era of American ...
