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1 day ago · As of May 2015, the current version of the English Wikipedia article / template / redirect text was about 51 GB uncompressed in XML format. The size of the article text in the English Wikipedia, measured in gigabytes (compressed), grew steadily from 1 GB in 2006 to 9 GB in 2013 to 11.5 GB in 2015 as shown in the chart.
- 11.37%
- 6,728,199
- 19.86
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1 day ago · The capital is Seoul (Sŏul). After being destroyed by fire in 2008, Seoul's Namdaemun (“Great South Gate”) was restored and reopened in 2013. South Korea faces North Korea across a demilitarized zone (DMZ) 2.5 miles (4 km) wide that was established by the terms of the 1953 armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War (1950–53).
2 days ago · The Korean Wave or Hallyu ( Korean : 한류; Hanja : 韓流; RR : Hallyu; lit. Flow/Wave of Korea; listen ⓘ) is a cultural phenomenon in which the global popularity of South Korean popular culture has dramatically risen since the 1990s. Worldwide interest in Korean culture has been led primarily by the spread of K-pop and K-dramas, with ...
2 days ago · According to Worldometers' South Korea Population Forecast statistics, South Korea is supposed to have a 0.36% yearly change increase by 2020, a 0.28% yearly change increase by 2025, a 0.18% yearly change increase by 52,701,817, and a 0.04% yearly change increase by 2035.
- 4.9 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
- 0.24% (2022 est.)
- 7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
- 51,628,117 (2022 est.)
2 days ago · Yŏm Che-sin (1304–1382) was the main political opponent of the monk, Sin Ton, who was in power. When King Gongmin ascended to the throne, Goryeo was under the influence of the Mongol Yuan China. He was forced to spend many years at the Yuan court, being sent there in 1341 as a virtual prisoner before becoming king.
2 days ago · The Kia Sportage (Korean: 기아 스포티지) is a series of automobiles manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Kia since 1993 through five generations. Initially a compact SUV built on a body-on-frame chassis, the second-generation Sportage transitioned to a car-based platform which placed it into the compact crossover SUV class, and has been developed alongside the Hyundai Tucson.
17 hours ago · They also won the Best Dance Performance Award at the MAMA Awards in 2017, 2018, 2022, and 2023. [197] [198] [122] On October 28, 2020, Seventeen received a Prime Minister's Commendation at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards , in honor for their contribution to the development of South Korea's contemporary pop culture and arts. [199]
