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  1. South Korea. The First Republic, established in August 1948, adopted a presidential system, and Syngman Rhee was subsequently elected its first president. South Korea also adopted a National Security Law, which effectively prohibited groups that opposed the state or expressions of support for North Korea. Rhee was reelected in August 1952 while ...

  2. About China. The map shows China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), a vast country in East Asia with a 14,500 km (around 9,010 mi) long coastline in the east. China’s coasts are on the Bohai Sea, the Korea Bay, the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea. The People's Republic borders 14 countries: Afghanistan ...

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  4. The divisions between Asia and Europe occur at the Ural Mountains, Ural River, and Caspian Sea in the east, the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea, Bosporus Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea in the south. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey all have territory in both Asia and Europe.

  5. Asia’s First Republic The Birth and Development of the Modern Chinese State October 24 Arkansas Studies Institute 401 Clinton Ave. 2:00 p.m. free & open to the public For more info, contact Dr. Jeff Kyong-McClain at jwkyongmccl@ualr.edu Dr. Lane J. Harris Dr. Harris is Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies at Furman University.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PhilippinesPhilippines - Wikipedia

    The Philippines is generally mountainous; uplands make up 65 percent of the country's total land area. [53]: 38 [201] The Philippines is an archipelagoof about 7,641 islands,[202][203]covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).

  7. Dec 28, 2021 · First inhabited by Austronesian people, Taiwan became home to Han immigrants beginning in the late Ming Dynasty (17th century). In 1895, military defeat forced China's Qing Dynasty to cede Taiwan to Japan, which then governed Taiwan for 50 years. Taiwan came under Chinese Nationalist (Kuomintang, KMT) control after World War II.

  8. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › countriesWorld Factbook Glyph

    Country name. conventional long form: Republic of Korea conventional short form: South Korea local long form: Taehan-min'guk local short form: Han'guk abbreviation: ROK etymology: derived from the Chinese name for Goryeo, which was the Korean dynasty that united the peninsula in the 10th century A.D.; the South Korean name "Han'guk" derives from the long form, "Taehan-min'guk," which is itself ...