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The Grand People's Study House (Korean: 인민대학습당) is the central library located in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The library was built in 1982 in honour of the Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung 's 70th birthday .
The Yonsei University Korean Language Institute (Korean: 한국어학당; Hanja: 韓 國 語 學 堂) provides instruction in Korean as a foreign language for international students and businesspeople in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Established in 1959, over 62,000 students from more than 120 countries have studied at Yonsei KLI. [citation needed]
Paekpŏm ilchi [a] (Korean: 『백범일지』), title translated as the Diary of Kim Ku or Diary of Kim Gu, is the Korean-language autobiography of Korean independence activist Kim Ku. It was written in two parts, with the first volume completed in 1929 and the second around 1942. Both volumes were published at once on December 15, 1947.
As of November 2020, the library has 12,768,751 items total. 9,158,363 are Korean-language books, 1,552,489 are foreign-language books, 1,771,738 are non-book items, and 286,161 are old texts. [ 5 ] The library also possesses an extensive digital collection, including archives of newspapers and primary sources related to Korean history and society.
Universities in South Korea go as far back as 1398 ACE when Sungkyunkwan was founded as the highest educational institute of the Joseon dynasty. [11] However, Keijō Imperial University, the predecessor of Seoul National University, established in 1924 by the Japanese Empire, marks the beginning of higher education in South Korea that agrees with the modern definition of a university.
Kyujanggak (Korean: 규장각; Hanja: 奎章閣), also known as Gyujanggak, was the royal library of the Joseon dynasty. It was founded in 1776 by order of King Jeongjo of Joseon (as a major policy arm of his government), [1] [2] at which time it was located on the grounds of Changdeokgung.
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The cover of the Korean web novel 'The Remarried Empress' Web novels in South Korea (Korean: 웹소설; Hanja: 웹小說; RR: Websoseol) have been growing in popularity in the 21st century. Among e-publishing fields, web novels are the core contents that are leading the e-book market.