In 1895 Korea was declared independent.
The geology of Korea is very imperfectly known.
From the Khingan ranges to the Pacific, south of the Amur, stretch the rich districts of Manchuria, a province which connects Russia with the Korea by a series of valleys formed by the Sungari and its affluents - a land of hill and plain, forest and swamp, possessing a delightful climate, and vast undeveloped agricultural resources.
The Church now has, besides these missions, others in India (1834), Siam (1840), China (1846),(1846), Colombia (1856), Brazil (1859),(1859), Japan (1859), Laos (1867),(1867), Mexico (transferred in 1872 by the American and Foreign Christian Union), Chile (transferred in 1873 by the same Union; first established in 1845), Guatemala (1882),(1882), Korea (1884)(1884) and the Philippine Islands (1899).
From Manchuria, it was assumed, the political influence and spontaneous infiltration would naturally spread to Korea, and on the deeply indented coast of the Hermit Kingdom might be constructed new ports and arsenals more spacious and strategically more important than Port Arthur.
In the sphere of direct influence fall Korea, Japan and Annam; in the outer sphere are Mongolia, Tibet, Siam, Cambodia and Burma, where Indian and Chinese influence are combined, the.
The second half of the 16th century was a period of ferment and anarchy, marked by the arrival of the Portuguese and the rise of some remarkable adventurers, one of whom, Hideyoshi, conquered Korea and apparently meditated the invasion of China.
Korea received its civilization and religion from China, but differs in language, and to some extent in customs. An alphabet derived from Indian sources is in use as well as Chinese writing.
Thus with the exception of a little folklore the literature of Indo-China, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea and Manchuria is mainly Indian or Chinese.
Korea is stated to have originally received its cotton plants from China some 500 years ago.
In the future Korea may become an important source of supply for Japan, especially if, as appears likely, Korea proves suited to the cultivation of American cotton.
The Ya-lu rises in Korea, and is the frontier river of that country.
With even greater success than his Mongolian counterpart, Nurhachu drew tribe after tribe under his sway, and after numerous wars with Korea and Mongolia he established his rule over the whole of Manchuria.
The province, therefore, now consists of the five British divisions of Jubbulpore, Nerbudda, Nagpur, Chhattisgarh and Berar, which are divided into the twenty-two districts of Saugor, Damoh, Jubbulpore, Mandla, Seoni, Narsinghpur, Hoshangabad, Nimar, Betul, Chhindwara, Wardha, Nagpur, Chanda, Bhandara, Balaghat, Raipur, Bilaspur, Amraoti, Akola, Ellichpur, Buldana and Wun; and the fifteen tributary states of Makrai, Bastar, Kanker, Nandgaon, Kairagarh, Chhuikhadan, Kawardha, Sakti, Raigarh, Sarangarh, Chang Bhakar, Korea, Sirguja, Udaipur and Jashpur.
Ultimately he rose to high rank in the newly organized imperial government, but in 1873 he retired from the cabinet by way of protest against its decision not to take armed action against Korea.
In Asia, after the accession of Nicholas II., the expansion of Russia, following the line of least resistance and stimulated by the construction of the Trans-Siberian railway, took the direction of northern China and the effete little kingdom of Korea.
Indian alphabets have spread to Tibet, Cambodia, Java and Korea.
The production is not sufficient to meet the home demand; during the five years of normal trade before the war with Russia Japan imported annually about 800,000 bales of cotton, chiefly from British India, China and the United States, and during the same period exported each year some 2000 bales, mainly to Korea.
The first runs from Peking to Kirin via Mukden, where it sends off a branch to Korea.
In 1905 the greater part of Sambalpur district, with the feudatory states of Bamra, Rairakhol, Sonpur, Patna and Kalahandi, were transferred to Bengal, while the feudatory states of Chang Bhakar, Korea, Surguja, Udaipur and Jashpur were transferred from Bengal to the Central Provinces.
The dolmen-builders of the New Stone Age are now known to have long occupied both Korea and Japan, from which advanced Asiatic lands they may have found little difficulty in spreading over the Polynesian world, just as in the extreme west they were able to range over Scandinavia, Great Britain and Ireland.
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Korea, annexed in August 1910, is separately noticed.
On the south, the RikiU Islands bring her within reach of Formosa and the Malayan archipelago; on the west, Oki, Iki, and Tsushima bridge the sea between her and Korea; on the north-west Sakhalin connects her with the Amur region; and on the north, the Kuriles form an almost continuous route to Kamchatka.
This discrepancy caused anxiety at one time, but large fields suitable for colonization have been opened in Sakhalin, Korea, Manchuria and Formosa, so that the problem of subsistence has ceased to be troublesome.
The first and most important is the Manchu-Korean type; that is to say, the type which prevails in north China and in Korea.
The most plausible hypothesis is that men of this type are descendants of Korean colonists who, in prehistoric times, settled in the province of Izumo, on the west coast of Japan, having made their way thither from the Korean peninsula by the island of Oki, being carried by the cold current which flows along the eastern coast of Korea.
If then the languages of Korea and Japan had a common stock, they must have branched off from it at a date exceedingly remote.
Iwleanwhile an inquirer is confronted by the strange fact that of three neighboring countries between which frequent communication existed, one (China) never deviated from an ideographic script; another (Korea) invented an alphabet, and the third (Japan) devised a syllabary.
Antiquaries have sought to show that Japan possessed some form of script before her first contact with either Korea or China.
Korea, however, had neither a literary nor an ethical message to deliver, and thus her script failed to attract much attention.
It has been practised to some extent in China and Korea, but there is no evidence of its antiquity in these countries.
Architects, turners, tilemakers, decorative artists and sculptors, coming from China and from Korea, erected grand temples for the worship of Buddha enshrining images of much beauty and adorned with paintings and carvings of considerable merit.
The third clearly differentiated epoch was inaugurated by the discovery of true kaolin at Izumi-yama in Hizen, the discoverer being one of the Korean potters who came to Japan in the train of Hideyoshis generals returning from the invasion of Korea, and the date of the discovery being about 1605.
The ceramic art in Satsuma owed much to the aid of a number of Korean experts who settled there after the return of the Japanese forces from Korea.
He took for his models the raku faience of KiOto, the masterpieces of Ninsei and Kenzan, the rococc wares of Korea, the enamelled porcelain of China, and the blue-andwhite ware of Delft.
Coining originated independently in China at a later date than in the western world, and spread from China to Japan and Korea.
The subsequent occupation of Port Arthur and other Chinese harbours by European powers, and the evident intention of consolidating Russian influence in Manchuria, were again and again the subject of Japanese representations at St Petersburg, and these representations became more vigorous when, in 1903, Russia seemed to be about to extend her Manchurian policy into Korea.
The army could therefore, for the moment, only occupy Korea and try to draw upon itself hostile forces that would otherwise be available to assist Port Arthur when the land attack opened.
On the first day of I st Army hostilities Rear-Admiral Uriu disembarked troops at in Korea.
A Japanese expedition occupied Saghalien (July 8-30), and another, General Hasegawa, advanced through Korea towards Vladivostok.
The peace negotiations were opened at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the 9th of August, and by the end of the month the belligerents had agreed as to the main points at issue, that Russia should cede the half of Saghalien, annexed in 1875, surrender her lease of the Kwangtung peninsula and Port Arthur, evacuate Manchuria and recognize Japan's sphere of influence in Korea.
It was adopted by Tatars, Turks and Mongols, in Tibet and Tong-king, Japan and Korea.
Bering Sea is bounded by the Alaskan Peninsula and the chain of the Aleutian Islands; the sea of Okhotsk is enclosed by the peninsula of Kamchatka and the Kurile Islands; the Sea of Japan is shut off by Sakhalin Island, the Japanese Islands and the peninsula of Korea; the Yellow Sea is an opening between the coast of China and Korea; the China Sea lies between the Asiatic continent and the island of Formosa, the Philippine group, Palawan and Borneo.
The society's foreign agencies extend to China, Japan, Korea, the Turkish empire, Bulgaria, Egypt, Micronesia, Siam, Mexico, Central America, the South American republics, Cuba and the Philippines.
That prepared in Korea is now the most esteemed variety.
The account given by Koempfer of the preparation of nindsin, the root of Sium ninsi, in Korea, will give a good idea of the preparation of ginseng, ninsi being a similar drug of supposed weaker virtue, obtained from a different plant, and often confounded with ginseng.
Through Korea a knowledge of the silkworm and its produce reached Japan, but not before the early part of the 3rd century.
But in 187 3 he resigned his portfolio as a protest against the ministry's resolve to refrain from warlike action against Korea.
The Australian Presbyterians have important agencies in the South Seas and in Korea, the Australian Baptists in Bengal, the Canadians of various denominations in the Far North-West of the Dominion, and in India and China.
In Korea, the " Hermit Nation," or as the Koreans prefer to say, " The Land of the Morning Calm," Christianity was introduced at the end of the 18th century by some members of the Korean legation at Pekin who had met Roman Catholic missionaries.
Its northern boundary is marked by the Tumen and Yalu rivers; the eastern boundary by the Sea of Japan; the southern boundary by Korea Strait; and the western boundary by the Yalu and the Yellow Sea.
The east coast of Korea is steep and rock-bound, with deep water and a tidal rise and fall of 1 to 2 ft.
Korea is distinctly mountainous, and has no plains deserving the name.
They are always strongly folded and it is in them that the mineral wealth of Korea is situated.
Recent eruptive and volcanic rocks are met with in the interior of Korea and also in the island of Quelpart.
With this possible exception there are no active volcanoes in Korea, and the region has also been remarkably free from earthquakes throughout historic times.
There are deer (at least five species), boars, bears, antelopes, beavers, otters, badgers, tiger-cats, marten, an inferior sable, striped squirrels, &c. Among birds there are black eagles, peregrines (largely used in hawking), and, specially protected by law, turkey bustards, three varieties of pheasants, swans, geese, common and spectacled teal, mallards, mandarin ducks white and pink ibis, cranes, storks, egrets, herons, curlews, pigeons, doves, nightjars, common and blue magpies, rooks, crows, orioles, halcyon and blue kingfishers, jays, nut-hatches, redstarts, snipe, grey shrikes, hawks, kites, &c. But, pending further observations, it is not possible to say which of the smaller birds actually breed in Korea and which only make it a halting-place in their annual migrations.
Northern Korea, with its severe climate, is thinly peopled, while the rich and warm provinces of the south and west are populous.
It possesses the stately remains of the palace of the Korean kings of the Wang dynasty, is a great centre of the grain trade and the sole centre of the ginseng manufacture, makes wooden shoes, coarse pottery and fine matting, and manufactures with sesamum oil the stout oiled paper for which Korea is famous.
It lies on rocky heights above a region of stoneless alluvium on the east, and with the largest and richest plain in Korea on the west.
The actual antiquities of Korea are dolmens, sepulchral pottery, and Korean and Japanese fortifications.
Crystal is a noted product of Korea, and talc of good quality is also present.
The privilege of owning mines in Korea was extended to aliens under the Mining Regulations of 1906.
Korea produces all cereals and root crops except the tropical, along with cotton, tobacco, a species of the Rhea plant used for making grass-cloth, and the Brousonettia papyrifera.
The industries of Korea, apart from supplying the actual necessaries of a poor population, are few and rarely collective.
Korea is connected with the Chinese and Japanese telegraph systems by a Japanese line from Chemulpo via Seoul to Fusan, and by a line acquired by the empire between Seoul and Wiju.
The state has also lines from Seoul to the open ports, &c. Korea has regular steam communication with ports in Japan, the Gulf of Pechili, Shanghai, &c. Her own mercantile marine is considerable.
Under a treaty signed at Seoul on the 17th of November 1905, Japan directed the external relations of Korea, and Japanese diplomatic and consular representatives took charge of Korean subjects and interests in foreign countries.
Japan undertook the maintenance of existing treaties between Korea and foreign powers; and Korea agreed that her future foreign treaties should be concluded through the medium of Japan.
By a treaty dated August 22nd 1910, which came into effect seven days later the emperor of Korea made "complete and permanent cession to the emperor of Japan of all rights of sovereignty over the whole of Korea."
Korea for administrative purposes is divided into provinces and prefectures or magistracies.
Until 1904 the finances of Korea were completely disorganized; the currency was chaotic, and the budget was an official formality making little or no attempt at accuracy.
The Dai Ichi Ginko (First Bank of Japan), which has a branch in Seoul and agencies in other towns, was made the government central treasury, and its notes were recognized as legal tender in Korea.
The currency of Korea being thus fixed, the first step was to reorganize the nickel coinage.
Regulations have also been promulgated with respect to promissory notes, which have long existed in Korea.
Buddhism, which swayed Korea from the 10th to the 14th century, has been discredited for three centuries, and its priests are ignorant, immoral and despised.
Putting aside the temporary Christian work of a Jesuit chaplain to the Japanese Christian General Konishe, in 1594 during the Japanese invasion, as well as that on a larger scale by students who received the evangel in the Roman form from Peking in 1792, and had made 4000 converts by the end of 1793, the first serious attempt at the conversion of Korea was made by the French Societe des Missions Etrangeres in 1835.
In 1884 and 1885, toleration being established, Protestant missionaries of the American Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal Churches entered Korea, and were followed by a large number of agents of other denominations.
By both Korean and Chinese tradition Ki-tze--a councillor of the last sovereign of the 3rd Chinese dynasty, a sage, and the reputed author of parts of the famous Chinese classic, the Shu-King--is represented as entering Korea in 1122 B.C. with several thousand Chinese emigrants, who made him their king.
By both learned and popular belief in Korea Ki-tze is recognized as the founder of Korean social order, and is greatly reverenced.
Nevertheless, Hiaksai, which with Korai and Shinra then constituted Korea, was a centre of literary culture in the 4th century, through which the Chinese classics and the art of writing reached the other two kingdoms.
In the 11th century Korea was stripped of her territory west of the Yalu by a warlike horde of Tungus stock, since which time her frontiers have been stationary.
He revived the name Ch'ao-Hsien, changed the capital from Song-do to Seoul, organized an administrative system, which with some modifications continued till 1895, and exists partially still, carried out vigorous reforms, disestablished Buddhism, made merit in Chinese literary examinations the basis of appointment to office, made Confucianism the state religion, abolished human sacrifices and the burying of old men alive, and introduced that Confucian system of education, polity, and social order which has dominated Korea for five centuries.
The early heirs of this vigorous and capable monarch used their power, like him, for the good of the people; but later decay set in, and Japanese buccaneers ravaged the coasts, though for two centuries under Chinese protection Korea was free from actual foreign invasion.
In 1592 occurred the epoch-making invasion of Korea by a Japanese army of 300,000 men, by order of the great regent Hideyoshi.
Korea never recovered from the effects of this invasion, which bequeathed to all Koreans an intense hatred of the Japanese.
In 1866, 1867, and 1871 French and American punitive expeditions attacked parts of Korea in which French missionaries and American adventurers had been put to death, and inflicted much loss of life, but retired without securing any diplomatic successes, and Korea continued to preserve her complete isolation.
In 1876 Japan, with the consent of China, wrung a treaty from Korea by which Fusan was fully opened to Japanese settlement and trade, and Won-san (Gensan) and Inchiun (Chemulpo) were opened to her in 1880.
These treaties terminated the absolute isolation which Korea had effectually preserved.
In 1884 at an official banquet the leaders of the progressive party assassinated six leading Korean statesmen, and the intrigues in Korea of the banished or escaped conspirators created difficulties which were very slow to subside.
China, always esteemed in Korea, consolidated her influence under the new conditions through a powerful resident; prosperity advanced, and certain reforms were projected by foreign "advisers."
Soon after this Japan had 12,000 troops in Korea, and occupied the capital and the treaty ports.
After some further negotiations and fights by land and sea between Japan and China war was declared formally by Japan, and Korea was for some time the battle-ground of the belligerents.
The Japanese victories resulted for Korea in the solemn renunciation of Chinese suzerainty by the Korean king, the substitution of Japanese for Chinese influence, the introduction of many important reforms under Japanese advisers, and of checks on the absolutism of the throne.
At last Japan resorted to arms, and her success against Russia in the war of 1904-5 enabled her to resume her influence over Korea.
On the 23rd of February 1904 an agreement was determined whereby Japan resumed her position as administrative adviser to Korea, guaranteed the integrity of the country, and bound herself to maintain the imperial house in its position.
Prolonged negotiations were necessary to the completion of the treaty of the 17th of November 1905, whereby Japan obtained the control of Korea's foreign affairs and relations, and the confirmation of previous agreements, the far-reaching results of which have been indicated.
In 1907 a Korean delegacy, headed by Prince Yong, a member of the imperial family, was sent out to lay before the Hague conference of that year, and before all the principal governments, a protest against the treatment of Korea by Japan.
This was effected peacefully in August 1910, the emperor of Korea by formal treaty surrendering his country and crown.
Hamel, a Dutchman, who was shipwrecked on the coast of Quelpart in 1654, and held in captivity in Korea for thirteen years.
The amount of papers on Korea scattered through English, German, French and Russian magazines, and the proceedings of geographical societies, is very great, and for the last three centuries Japanese writers have contributed largely to the sum of general knowledge of the peninsula.
He took part in RearAdmiral John Rodgers's expedition to Korea in 1871, and was adjutant of the American land forces in the attack on the Korean forts on Salee river on the 10th and 11th of June.
Returning to Japan in 1873, Iwakura found the cabinet divided as to the manner of dealing with Korea's insulting attitude.
It lies in close proximity to Korea, Port Arthur and Wei-hai-Wei, and it shared to some extent in the excitement to which the military and naval operations in these quarters gave rise.
The status of consuls commissioned by the Christian powers to reside in Mahommedan countries, China, Korea, Siam, and, until 1899, in Japan, and to exercise judicial functions in civil and criminal matters between their own countrymen and strangers, is exceptional to the common law, and is founded on special conventions or capitulations.
Consuls in the Ottoman empire, China, Siam and Korea have extensive judicial and executive powers.
In Borneo,China, Korea, Morocco, Persia, Siam, Tripoli and Turkey an extensive jurisdiction, civil and criminal, is exercised by treaty stipulation in cases where United States subjects are interested.
The chief markets for the soft or shipping varieties of opium are, China, Korea, the West Indian Islands, Cuba, British Guiana, Japan and Java; the United States also purchase for re-exportation as well as for home consumption.
His ship, the "Alceste," after a cruise along the coast of Korea and to the LooChoo Islands, on proceeding homewards was totally wrecked on a sunken rock in Gaspar Strait.
The province was reconstituted in 1905, when the Chittagong, Dacca and Rajshahi divisions, the district of Malda and the state of Hill Tippera were transferred from Bengal to a new province, Eastern Bengal and Assam; the five Hindi-speaking states of Chota Nagpur, namely Chang Bhakar, Korea, Sirguja, Udaipur and Jashpur, were transferred from Bengal to the Central Provinces; and Sambalpur and the five Oriya states of Bamra, Rairakhol, Sonpur, Patna and Kalahandi were transferred from the Central Provinces to Bengal.
After the RussoJapanese War (1905) he was appointed resident general in Korea, and in that capacity he was responsible for the steps taken to increase Japanese influence in that country.
He retired from his post in Korea in July 1909, and became president of the privy council in Japan.
We believe North Korea has active CW and BW programs and probably has chemical and possibly biological weapons ready for use.
Like the UK, nuclear transfer and subsequent implantation of cloned human blastocysts is not permitted in Korea.
The Advisory Committee agreed by acclamation to present the candidacy of Korea for the 2004 General Conference.
Daewoo Declared Bankrupt Creditors of Daewoo declared south Korea's third biggest carmaker bankrupt last Wednesday after unions rejected a restructuring plan calling for layoffs.
Such uranium centrifuges appear to be key to North Korea's revived nuclear bomb program.
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Sky 1st June 2006 North Korea An international consortium set up to build nuclear power plants for North Korea has abandoned the project.
North Korea must follow suit; therefore, Japan had better acquire a nuclear deterrent.
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The United States will not dole out any rewards to convince North Korea to live up to its existing obligations.
Pyongyang acquired dual-use biotechnical equipment, supplies, and reagents that could be used to support North Korea's BW program.
Later the Labor cabinet of which Bevin was part unanimously endorsed the US war in Korea.
The productivity gap averages around 5% in Taiwan while the corresponding figure for Korea exceeds 10% .
Visitors arriving from other parts of Korea may also touch down at Gimpo Airport, the city's domestic air transportation hub.
Thus far, North Korea has proved intractable on the issue.
Scaly-sided mergansers have also occurred in North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Myanmar, Tibet and Thailand.
As well as Korea, the drought has hit much of Northeast Asia including northern China and Mongolia.
These would include the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's continued non-compliance with its NPT safeguards obligations.
The United States' policy of hostility toward Korea seriously threatens peace and security, not only on the Korean peninsula but throughout the world.
You will receive a local SIM card for your GSM phone or a local handset for Japan or Korea.
Turkey went on to win the 3rd place playoff by 3-2 against, co-hosts, South Korea.
Woo Sun Park, vise president of GSM product planning at Samsung said TV was becoming a commodity item for mobile phones in Korea.
North Korea sees that Iran has been more dangerously seductive of late.
North Korea's latest shenanigans could embolden Japan to spend even more on defense, Quinlan says.
In 1994, the united stats came close to launching a pre-emptive strike against North Korea.
In the same treaty, she recognized the independence of Korea, thereby denying Chinese suzerainty.
Correspondents say North Korea may be using the missile threat to try to break the deadlock.
In 2005 he visited Korea representing the Royal Navy in a world triathlon competition, finishing in 10th place.
What North Korea has plenty of is natural uranium, which could supply nuclear power for hundreds of years.
Woo Sun Park, Vice President of GSM product planning at Samsung, said TV was becoming a commodity item for mobile phones in Korea.
Among his previous works are books on the Japanese invasion of Korea and studies of siege weapons of the Far East.
Rhabdopleura is no doubt of world-wide distribution, since it has been recorded in various localities from Greenland to South Australia, usually in water of not less than forty fathoms. Cephalodiscus, which for many years was known solely as the result of a single dredging by the " Challenger " from 2 4 5 fathoms in the Straits of Magellan, has recently been found in entirely different parts of the world, as for instance between Japan and Korea at ioo fathoms, at about half that depth off the south-east coast of Celebes, and between tide-marks on the coast of Borneo.
The boundary between this point and the extremity of the Malay Peninsula follows the coast of the Northern Pacific and the China Sea, on a line deeply broken by the projection of the peninsulas of Kamchatka and Korea, and the recession of the Sea of Okhotsk, the Yellow Sea, and the Gulfs of Tongking and Siam.
China replied that Korea must be left to reform herself, and that the withdrawal of the Japanese troops must precede negotiations.
The division of Korea into north and south is a great obstacle to the realization of permanent peace.
Do n't let these prisoners of South Korea 's class war rot in jail.
There is nonetheless an active gay scene in many of South Korea 's larger cities.
One of my seminary professors was a missionary to Korea.
North Korea 's latest shenanigans could embolden Japan to spend even more on defense, Quinlan says.
People do go on about Korea and Japan, but we have nearly as many new spanking great stadiums in this country.
The PRC made strenuous efforts with North Korea to realize such talks.
After those trilateral talks, we kept our promise and insisted that the next round of talks should include South Korea and Japan.
The permanent and verifiable dismantlement and removal of North Korea 's nuclear programs would follow the brief period.
China, North Korea, Cuba, and Russia, among others, are also believed to be developing cyber warfare capabilities.
Our international relations with North Korea continue to to vex the government officials.
It's easy to use (it only has three buttons) and was developed by Narea Inter from Korea.
Sadly, the Soban keychains are not available to everyone quite yet as they've only been released in Korea.
They operate their services in the United States, several Latin American countries, most European countries, Israel, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.
It is indigenous to Korea, Japan and China and has a flowery appearance.
In Korea and Japan, they deep fry steak strips and add them to a plate of rice and vegetables.
Kimchee is probably the most renowned of Korea foods.
Much of the cooking in Korea is done in a clay stewing pot known as a tukbaege.
The site claims to review your registration information for scouts working in Singapore, New York, Taipei, Korea, Germany, Greece, Spain, Australia, Los Angeles, Milan, Paris, and Tokyo.
In Korea kim chi is used as a side dish or a relish.
A pagoda is a traditional Asian style of building, usually one of worship, found in Eastern countries like India, Japan, China, and Korea.
She and husband Josh Kelley recently adopted a special needs baby from Korea, which was the reason for her hiatus from the show in the first place.
Tyson has made appearances in Japan, Australia, South Korea and all over the United States.
Natural Balance pet food can be found at pet stores throughout the US, Germany and Korea.
The process originated in Korea around 37 BC, when the excess heat from stoves was used to heat a home's floors.
Circle lenses are all the rage in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, and they're catching on in North America too.
For example, in Japan and South Korea, wearing lenses that are both colored and larger than the natural iris is a popular way to draw attention to the eyes.
These two colors were also launched in South Korea and were the first video games released under the new Nintendo of Korea company.
Developed by Andamiro of Korea, Pump It Up is a music game that is in many ways similar to DDR, except it is comprised of five arrows instead of four.
It is in their native Korea where you will find the largest variety of LG Chocolate phones.
The original handset is a CDMA phone that works only in Korea.
Sky is a subsidiary of Pantech, Korea's second largest mobile phone manufacturer.
As is all the rage in Korea, particularly in metropolitan areas like Seoul, is Mobile TV, usually powered by something called DMB, or "digital media broadcasting."
Korea is exclusively blanketed in CDMA-based networks, so GSM phones won't work there.
At its inception, many of the costumes, dance steps, and musical traditions were still being influenced by China and also Korea, but the Japanese were well on their way towards making the art form their own.
For example, if your asking price is $399,144 there are certain buyers that would never consider buying your house because the 4 is considered a very unlucky number to people of China, Korea and Japan as mentioned before.
International career opportunities are available for those interested in working in Walmart stores in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.
After 9-11, Sun-Min Kim had to move back to Korea, creating a painfully long-distance relationship.
Russ stuffed animals and other products from the company became so successful that Russ Berrie expanded his line internationally during the 1970s, first in Korea and then in Taiwan.
There are Barbie dolls representing several countries of the world, including China, Korea, and Holland.
There were versions found that dated from as early as 300 A.D. in Korea.
Christmas is seen as more of a Western custom that has been introduced to Korea due to globalization.
South Korea recognizes Christmas as a public holiday, although North Korea does not.
Cards in Korea usually feature snowy mountain scenes or other aspects of nature as opposed to religious art or pictures of animals or children.
Santa Claus does make an appearance in South Korea, as he is another Western import.
There are several Christmas festivals held in South Korea each year, mostly geared toward American and European tourists.
In Korea, caroling is almost as popular as it is in England.
Telenovelas air in Italy, Britain, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, Eastern Europe, South Korea, China, Japan and the Philippines making them truly the international soap opera genre.
In Asian cultures, particularly in China but also in Japan, Korea, Thailand and Mongolia, the dragon is seen as a friend to humanity.
The tree can be grown in Asian countries other than Japan (particularly Korea and China) and there are hundreds of varieties.
This amazing device came out of Kyungki University in Korea and is not only extremely efficient and user friendly, but also very attractive and perfect with casual and formal wear.
Choi was born in Seoul, Korea, and grew up in Virginia.
Leilanai Smith - 36 - Black belt martial art instructor who was born in Korea but moved to Los Angeles in her 20s.
Her mother, Joanne Perkins, was born in Korea but was actually of Japanese descent.
Richard Tyler (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), a black man who disappeared in the early 1950s, was in trouble with his Army buddies in Korea for getting involved with a white woman.
Real android developments include Japan's Project Aiko and South Korea's Eve-R.
By contrast, the Eve-R project in South Korea focuses on creating a female robot who might act as a tour guide, a librarian or a caretaker.
MySpace has a similar capability, but is currently only reaching into about 30 foreign countries, with the most common being Britain, Australia, India, Korea and Malaysia.
North Korea then expelled IAEA officials in December 2002 and announced its intention to withdraw from the NPT in January 2003.
There were two epochs in Japani study of the Chinese language first, the epoch when she received Confucianism through Korea; and, secondly, the epoch when sh began to study Buddhism direct from China.