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Gyeonggi Province has been a politically important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations during the Three Kingdoms period. Ever since King Onjo, the founder of Baekje (one of the three kingdoms), founded the government in Wiryeseong of Hanam, the Han River Valley was absorbed into Goguryeo in the mid-fifth century, and became Silla's territory in the year 553 (the 14th ...
Yongjugol (Korean: 용주골; sometimes Yong Ju Gol, Yongju-gol, or Yongju-Gol) is a red-light district in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. [1] The area first received its reputation around the time of the 1950–1953 Korean War, when it emerged as a kijichon (military base camp town). The practice persisted in the area, despite increasing ...
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Uijeongbu is located north of the South Korean capital Seoul; it lies inside a defile, with mountains on two sides, and commands a natural choke point across the main traditional invasion route from the North into Seoul.
The plant is known for the only nuclear power plant operating PHWRs (Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor) in South Korea [22] and supplies about 5% of South Korea's electricity. [201] The owner, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power [ 202 ] began to build the Wolseong 1 in the districts of Yangnam-myeon , Yangbuk-myeon and Gampo-eup in 1976.
Gyeonggi (Korean: 경기; Hanja: 京畿), alternatively spelled Kyŏnggi or Kyunggi, is a region of the Korean Peninsula that has historically occupied the west-central region of Korea. In modern times, the region hosts South Korea's Gyeonggi Province and Incheon Metropolitan City , and North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Region , and Changpung ...
Anyang (Korean: 안양; Korean pronunciation:) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population of approximately 600,000, it is the 20th largest city in South Korea. It is a satellite city of Seoul and located approximately 21 km (13 mi) south of Seoul, and 19 km (12 mi) north of Suwon.
Songtan is an area in the northern end of Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggido, South Korea.Songtan achieved city status in its own right in 1981, five years earlier than Pyeongtaek, but merged, along with Pyeongtaek County, into Pyeongtaek City in May 1995 [1] (during the 1995 municipal annexation in South Korea).