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1. www.britannica.com › topic › history-of-South-KoreaHistory of South Korea | Flag, Map, Relation with North Korea

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   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 ...

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3. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › aboutKorea, South - The World Factbook

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   Dec 19, 2023 · 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 ...

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   Dec 28, 2021 · note: a novel coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in South Korea; as of 6 October 2021, South Korea has reported a total of 323,379. cases of COVID-19 or 630.75 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 4.95 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 5 October 2021, 77.54% of the population ...

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   Asian American and Pacific Islander Migrations - History and Geography

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   • Massive student demonstrations took place that culminated in a major event on April 19 in which many demonstrators died. Rhee resigned under pressure six days later and fled to exile in Hawaii, where he died in 1965 at age 90. The Second Republic, which adopted a parliamentary cabinet system, lasted only nine months.

   History of South Korea | Flag, Map, Relation with North Korea

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   When did Korea become a state?

   • By the 5 th century A.D., Kogoryo emerged as the most powerful, with control over much of the Peninsula, as well as part of Manchuria (modern-day northeast China). However, Silla allied with the Chinese to create the first unified Korean state in the late 7 th century (688).

   Korea, South - The World Factbook

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6. depts.washington.edu › moving1 › asian_migrationAsian American and Pacific Islander Migrations - History and ...

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   Dramatic migration increases since the 1970s mean that most Asian Americans are foreign born as shown in this 2017 map. Click to explore. Since 1965 Congress rewrote American immigration law in 1965, ending a system that had imposed drastic restrictions on people from Asia, Africa, and most of Europe.

7. depts.washington.edu › moving1 › map_asian_migrationMapping Asian American and Pacific Islander Migrations

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   By 1980 Asian American populations had reached 3.6 million nearly four times the number twenty years earlier. Twenty years later in 2000, the Census Bureau reported more than 12 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and that number has passed 24 million in the 2020 report. People have been coming from new locations in the last fifty years.

8. history-maps.com › event › First-Republic-of-KoreaFirst Republic of Korea | Map and Timeline

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   The first Republic of Korea existed from August 1948 to April 1960 and was the government of South Korea. It was established on August 15th, 1948, after the transfer of power from the United States Army Military Government which had been governing South Korea since the end of Japanese rule in 1945. This was the first independent republican ...

9. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › aboutKorea, South - 2022 World Factbook Archive

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   Dec 21, 2022 · Major infectious diseases. respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020) note: a novel coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in South Korea; as of 9 December 2022, South Korea has reported a total of 27,611,555 cases of COVID-19 or 53,856 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 30,975 cumulative deaths or a rate of 60.4 cumulative ...