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Encyclopedia > Korea Bay
Korea Bay
Chosŏn'gŭl: 서조선만
(South Korea:서한만)
Hanja: 西朝鮮灣
(South Korea:西韓灣)
McCune-Reischauer: Sŏjosŏn-man
(South Korea:Sŏhan-man)
Revised Romanization: Seojoseon-man
(South Korea: Seohan-man)

The Korea Bay, also called the West Korea Bay, is located at the north of the Yellow Sea, between Liaoning Province of China and North P'yŏngan Province of North Korea. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 428 pixelsFull resolution (934 × 500 pixel, file size: 167 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Korea Bay from NASAs Landsat source File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old... Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... ...   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... North Pyŏngan (Pyŏngan-pukto) is a province of North Korea. ...


It is separated from the Bohai Sea by the Liaodong Peninsula, with Dalian at its southernmost point. A map showing the location of the Bohai Sea. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dalian (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Dàlián; Japanese: Dairen; Russian: Далянь, Dalian or Дальний, Dalny) is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China. ...


The Yalu (Amnok) River, which marks the border between China and North Korea at this point, empties into the Korea Bay between Dandong (China) and Sinŭiju (North Korea). The Amnok River, or the Yalu River, is a river on the border between China and North Korea. ... statue in Dandong Dandong (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Dāndōng) is a city in the Liaoning province, China. ... SinÅ­iju (SinÅ­iju-si) is a city in North Korea, on the border with China and is the capital of North Pyŏngan Province. ...


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Korea: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (9479 words)
The peninsula is currently divided into North Korea and South Korea, and borders China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, with Japan situated to the southeast across the Korea Strait.
After the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea by Silla in 676, Korea was ruled by a single government and maintained political and cultural independence, despite the Mongol invasions of the Goryeo Dynasty in the 13th century and Japanese invasions of the Joseon Dynasty in the 16th century.
Korea is populated by a highly homogeneous ethnic group, the Koreans, who speak a distinct language called Korean.
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