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Heian'nan-dō (平安南道, Korean : 평안남도), alternatively Heian'nan Province or South Heian Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Heijō. The province consisted of modern-day South Pyongan, North Korea .
Kim Il Sung (/ k ɪ m ɪ l ˈ s ʌ ŋ,-ˈ s ʊ ŋ /; Korean: 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
Heian, now called Kyoto (which means "capital city"), would remain Japan's capital for more than a thousand years. Like Japan's earlier capitals, Heian was built to resemble magnificent Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), the Chinese capital during the Tang dynasty.
The Korean Empire, officially the Empire of Korea or Imperial Korea, was a Korean monarchical state proclaimed in October 1897 by King Gojong of the Joseon dynasty. The empire stood until Japan 's annexation of Korea in August 1910.
Nov 25, 2016 · Ancient East Asia was dominated by the three states known today as China, Japan, and Korea. These kingdoms traded raw materials and high-quality manufactured goods, exchanged cultural ideas and practices, and fought each other in equal measure throughout the centuries.
The new capital at Nara was modeled on the Chinese imperial capital of Chang-an. It had an imperial palace in the north, and residences, and temples and markets to the south. At its height it had perhaps 200,000 people living and working along broad streets laid out on a north-south axis.
Namiseom or Nami Island (Korean: 남이섬) is a half-moon shaped river island located in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea, formed as the land around it was inundated by the rising water of the North Han River as the result of the construction of Cheongpyeong Dam in 1944.
