The Haedong Kosung-jon ( Biographies of High Monks ) records that King Beopheung of Silla had desired to promulgate Buddhism as the state religion.

The first extant Korean text to mention Gija ( the Korean pronunciation of Jizi ) was Kim Busik's Samguk Sagi ( completed in 1145 ), which claimed that Gija had been enfeoffed in Haedong ( 海東: Korea ) by the Zhou court, but commented that this account was uncertain because of the brevity of the sources.

Haedong Gumdo derives its name from Haedong Seongguk Balhae ( 海東盛國渤海 ), a name for Balhae, a medieval kingdom in the region of northeastern Korea, and southern Manchuria.

Haedong myeongjangjeon ( Biographies of famed Korean Generals ), written in 18th century Joseon, states that he was from the Mountain Seokda ( 石多山 ) in Pyongyang.

) Lives of Eminent Korean Monks: The Haedong Kosŭng Chŏn ( by Gakhun ).

* Haedong Goseungjeon, Lives of Eminent Korean Monks

The Hwarang segi survived to the time that Kim Busik 金富軾 ( 1075 – 1151 ) compiled the Samguk sagi, but is believed to have been lost since the 13th century, because no reference to the Hwarang segi was made after reference to the text found in monk Gakhun's 覺訓 Haedong goseung jeon 海東高僧傳 ( Lives of Eminent Korean Monks, ca.

1285 ), and the partially extant Haedong Goseungjeon ( 1215 ), a compilation of biographies of famous monks of the Three Kingdoms.

There are also several martial arts clubs teaching a variety of disciplines including Karate, Kickboxing, Savate, Krav Maga, Haedong Kumdo, Ninjitsu and Tai Chi.

Over the years, Castlebar has hosted several major international Martial Arts seminars with instructors such as S. Kato Sensei ( 9th Dan Shotokan ), T. Nagamine Hanshi-sei ( 10th Dan Matsubayashi-ryu ), Kim Jeong Seong ( 9th Dan Haedong Kumdo ) and Tommy Lawlor ( 15th dan Bujinkan Ninjutsu ).

Haidong Gumdo, also spelled Haedong kumdo, is a name coined around 1982 and used for several Korean martial arts organizations that use swords.

Most notable are Haidong Gumdo by the original organization ( Daehan Haidong Gumdo Federation ) under Kim Jeong-Ho, and Haedong Kumdo by the largest offshoot ( Hanguk Haedong Gumdo Federation ) under Na Han-Il.

The Honkōji copy resembles maps in the Haedong Jegukgi ( 1471 ), suggesting that information was regularly updated.

Haidong Gumdo ( Haedong Gumdo ( 海東劍道 " Korean way of the sword ") arose in the 1980s from the desire to reconstruct a native Korean " battlefield " style of swordsmanship, moving away from the Kendo heritage of Gumdo.

Singapore maintains an embassy or High Commission in Brunei, Cambodia, People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea ( South ), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The French High Commissioner in Germany André François-Poncet replied that the admiral seemed ill-informed about history and the law, stating that North Korea had attacked South Korea, and that UN forces in Korea were fighting in response to South Korean appeals for help and under the authority of the UN Security Council, which did not correspond at all to the situation with Norway in 1940.

Choi graduated from Gwangju Jaeil High School in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1998.

A year later North Korea invaded South Korea and in 1951, during the Korean War, the Liberal government of Robert Menzies tried to ban the Communist Party of Australia, first by legislation that was declared invalid by the High Court, then by referendum to try to overcome the constitutional obstacles to that legislation, but the referendum was narrowly defeated.

South Korea is also home to its own form of hip hop artists, including MC Mong, Epik High,

* Gyeonggibuk Science High School, a science high school in Uijeongbu, Republic of Korea

As planning progressed, the Korea High Speed Rail Construction Authority ( KHSRCA ) was established in March 1992 as a separate body with its own budget responsible for the project.

Following his graduation from DuSable High School in 1954, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served 18 months in Korea.

* The High Contracting parties, having mutually recognized the independence of China and Korea, declare themselves to be entirely uninfluenced by aggressive tendencies in either country, having in view, however, their special interests, of which those of Great Britain relate principally to China, whilst Japan, in addition to the interests which she possesses in China, is interested in a peculiar degree, politically as well as commercially and industrially in Korea, the High Contracting parties recognize that it will be admissible for either of them to take such measures as may be indispensable in order to safeguard those interests if threatened either by the aggressive action of any other Power, or by disturbances arising in China or Korea, and necessitating the intervention of either of the High Contracting parties for the protection of the lives and properties of its subjects.

* 2007 Korea Visual Arts Festival: Best Actress ( Tazza: The High Rollers )

HCI offers a host of exchange programmes with schools spread across the Asia-Pacific, including University of Tsukuba in Japan, Philippine Science High School in the Philippines and the Bugil Academy in South Korea.

* April 1 – High speed train service is inaugurated in Korea between Seoul and Pusan ; the trains make the trip in 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Unlike most technical colleges in South Korea, it began its existence as a public institution: Andong Nursing High School ( 안동간호고등기술학교 ), which was founded in 1967.

The Paekche kingdom in Korea had political alliances with Yamato, and in the 5th century imported the Chinese writing system to record Japanese names and events for trade and political records.

According to the history records in Japan ( Nihon Shoki ) and Korea ( Samguk Sagi ), Korean prince was sent to Japan as a hostages.

Important note regarding these records is Japan and South Korea had revisited many of these interpretations in history and came to void many erroneous quotes and interpretations after a 3 year study.

* 355 AD-Nihon-shoki, a largely mythical narrative, records hawking first arriving in Japan as of the 16th emperor Nintoku from Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

North Korea claims that Kim Il-sung organized his resistance against the Japanese forces there and that Kim Jong-il was born there, although records outside of North Korea suggest that he was actually born in the Soviet Union near the city of Khabarovsk.

The Nihon Shokis entry for Emperor Yūryaku, also known as Ohatsuse no Wakatakeru, records an uprising, after the Emperor's death, of Emishi troops who had been levied to support an expedition to Korea.

Captain John McMahn and Sergeant White, of the 182d Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Texas Air National Guard, close out flight records at Taegu AB ( K-2 ), South Korea, following their F-84E Thunderjet becoming the first such aircraft to complete 1, 000 flying hours, 1952.

The film was a critical and financial success in Korea and broke box office records.

Although there are records of Buddhist monks from China coming to Japan before the Asuka Period, the " official " introduction of Buddhism to Japan is dated to 552 in Nihon Shoki when Seong of Baekje sent a mission from his kingdom in Korea to Nara that included some Buddhist monks or nuns, together with an image of Buddha and a number of sutras to introduce Buddhism.

Tsunoda 1951: 15 ) records that in 247 when a new governor arrived at Daifang Commandery in Korea, Queen Himiko officially complained of hostilities with Himikuku ( or Pimikuku卑彌弓呼 ) the King of Kunu ( 狗奴, literally " dog slave ").

There are records that some foreign emissaries from China and Korea sailed on the Inland Sea.

The earliest records show that Liaodong was initially under the rule of the Gojoseon kingdom, the first known kingdom of Korea.

During the Colonial Korea of 1910-1945, the Japanese conducted a restoration, but there are no records of the work done, and known treasures disappeared during this time.

There are possible records of this form from Hong Kong and South Korea.

Both The National Assembly Library of Korea and records kept by Lilias Underwood ( 1851 – 1921 ), an American missionary who came to Korea in 1888 and was appointed the Queen ’ s doctor ( she enjoyed the Empress ' full trust and intimate friendship ), left very sincere and vivid descriptions of the Queen.

The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty ( also known as The True Record of the Joseon Dynasty ) are the annual records of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, which were kept from 1413 to 1865.

* July 24 – 26 – Operating off the east coast of Korea, the U. S. Navy aircraft carriers,,, and, supporting United Nations ground forces, break records for the number of sorties flown with the highest sortie rates of the Korean War.

Kim stated in his biography that the change of his name symbolized breaking free from Japanese nationality records and that he chose the pen name Baekbeom, which means " ordinary person ", hoping every ordinary Korean person would fight for the independence of Korea.

The document is thought to be extremely comprehensive and very specific although no copies or even parts of copies survive. However copies have said to have been discovered in Korea, moreover there are records of excerpts among many chronicles including Makrizi, Vartang, and ibn Batuta, among others.

The third example records a conversation from a soldier and his selfless commitment towards the liberation of Korea.

They were involved in the ancient history of Korea: The records of the southern Korean Kingdoms of Baekje and Silla during the 1st century and 2nd century AD include numerous battles against the Mohe.

Koreans believe Usan-do is Liancourt Rocks ( Dokdo in Korea, Takeshima in Japan ), although some Japanese scholars dispute the interpretation of some of the records.