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Heijo

(Encyclopedia)Heijo: see Pyongyang, North Korea. ...

Gensan

(Encyclopedia)Gensan: see Wonsan, North Korea.

Kanko

(Encyclopedia)Kanko: see Hamhung, North Korea.

Seishin

(Encyclopedia)Seishin: see Chongjin, North Korea. ...

Shingishu

(Encyclopedia)Shingishu: see Sinuiju, North Korea. ...

Far East

(Encyclopedia)Far East, in the most restricted sense, region comprising the countries of E Asia, namely China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan, and the easternmost portion of Russian Siberia (...

Gyeonggi

(Encyclopedia)Gyeonggi or Kyonggi gyŭngˈgēˈ [key], province, NW South Korea. Suwon is the capital. The province ...

Dandong

(Encyclopedia)Dandong änˈto͞ongˈ [key], city, SE Liaoning prov., China, at the mouth of the Yalu River, ...

Gunsan

(Encyclopedia)Gunsan or Kunsan go͝onˈsänˈ [key], Jap. Gunzan, city, North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW Sou...

Bandung Conference

(Encyclopedia)Bandung Conference, meeting of representatives of 29 African and Asian nations, held at Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955. The aim—to promote economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism—...

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