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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It extends over the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and includes the adjacent islands. It borders North Korea to its north along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. It has a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul metropolitan area, the world's ninth most populous metropolitan area; its other major cities are Busan, Daegu, and Incheon.

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  1. 663 CEBattle of BaekgangNorth JeollaThe Battle of Baekgang (Korean: 백강 전투; Hanja: 白江戰鬪) or Battle of Baekgang-gu, also known as the Battle of Hakusukinoe (Japanese: 白村江の戦い, romanized: Hakusuki-no-e no Tatakai / Hakusonkō no Tatakai) in Japan, and as the Battle of Baijiangkou (Chinese: 白江口之战; Chinese: 白江口之戰; pinyin: Bāijiāngkǒu Zhīzhàn) in China, was a battle between Paekche restoration forces and their ally Yamato Japan against the allied forces of…Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  2. 1592Battle of Hansan IslandHansandoThe Battle of Hansan Island (Korean: 한산도 대첩) and the following engagement at Angolpo took place on 15 August 1592. In two naval encounters, Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin's fleet managed to destroy roughly 100 Japanese ships and halted Japanese naval operations along the southern coast.Source: Wikidata (country)
  3. 1592Battle of OkpoOkpo-dongThe Battle of Okpo was a military engagement which took place during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98), also known as the Imjin War. Korean commanders Yi Sun-sin and Wŏn Kyun's fleet destroyed a group of anchored Japanese transport ships. It was the first naval battle of the Imjin War, and the first victory of Admiral Yi against the Japanese naval fleet of Todo Takatora.Source: Wikidata (country)
  4. 1592Battle of SacheonSacheonThe Battle of Sacheon was a naval engagement on May 29, 1592 (Gregorian: July 8, 1592) during the Imjin War (1592–98). It occurred at Sacheon where Yi Sunsin's fleet managed to destroy 13 large Japanese ships. It was the first battle of Admiral Yi's 2nd Campaign in the Imjin War, between Japan and Korea, when the turtle ship was first used.Source: Wikidata (country)
  5. 1592Battle of SangjuSangjuThe Battle of Sangju was a battle during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98). After capturing Busan and Dongnae, the Japanese army under Konishi Yukinaga advanced at a rapid rate of almost 20 kilometres (12 mi) per day towards the Joseon capital of Hanseong (present-day Seoul) .Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  6. 1592Siege of BusanjinBusanjinseongThe siege of Busanjin (Korean: 부산진 전투; Hanja: 釜山鎭戰鬪) was a battle fought at Busan on 24 May 1592, between Japanese and Korean forces. The attacks on Busan and the neighboring fort of Dadaejin were the first battles of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98).Source: Wikidata (country)
  7. 1592Siege of DongnaeDongnaeeupseong FortressThe siege of Dongnae (Korean: 동래성 전투) was a siege that occurred on May 25, 1592 (Korean calendar: April 15, 1592) during the 1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea. It resulted in the capture by Japanese forces of Dongnaeeupseong, a mountain fortress on the way to Hanseong (Seoul).Source: Wikidata (country)
  8. 1593Battle of HaengjuHaengjusanseongThe Battle of Haengju took place on 14 March 1593 during the 1592–1598 Japanese invasion of Korea. The Japanese attack failed to overcome the fortress Haengjusanseong.Source: Wikidata (country)
  9. 1597Battle of ChilcheollyangGeojeThe Battle of Chilcheollyang was a naval engagement fought during the night of 28 August 1597, as part of the Imjin War. In this battle, the Japanese fleet decisively defeated the Joseon navy, destroying nearly the entire Korean fleet.Source: Wikidata (country)
  10. 1597Battle of MyeongnyangMyeongnyang StraitThe Battle of Myeongnyang was fought on October 26, 1597 between the Joseon Navy led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin and the Japanese navy in the Myeongnyang Strait, near Jindo Island, off the southwest corner of the Korean Peninsula.Source: Wikidata (country)
  11. 1598Battle of NoryangJoseonThe Battle of Noryang, the last major battle of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598), was fought between the Japanese navy and the combined fleets of the Joseon Kingdom and the Ming dynasty. It took place in the early morning of 16 December (19 November in the Lunar calendar) 1598 and ended past dawn.Source: Wikidata (country)
  12. 1871United States expedition to KoreaGanghwa IslandThe United States expedition to Korea, known in Korea as the Shinmiyangyo (Korean: 신미양요; Hanja: 辛未洋擾; lit. '"Western Disturbance in the Shinmi Year"'), or simply the Korean Expedition, was an American military action in Korea that took place predominantly on and around Ganghwa Island in 1871.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  13. 1875Ganghwa Island incidentGanghwa IslandThe Ganghwa Island incident or the Japanese Battle of Ganghwa (Korean: 운요호 사건 [雲揚號事件] Unyo-ho sageon meaning "Un'yō incident"; Japanese: 江華島事件 Kōka-tō jiken) was an armed clash between the Joseon dynasty of Korea and Japan which occurred in the vicinity of Ganghwa Island on September 20, 1875.Source: Wikidata (country)
  14. 1894Battle of PungdoAsanThe Battle of Pungdo (Japanese: 豊島沖海戦, romanized: Hoto-oki kaisen) was the first naval battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 25 July 1894 off Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, between cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy and components of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. Both China and Japan had been intervening in Korea against the Donghak Peasant Revolution.Source: Wikidata (country)
  15. 1904Battle off UlsanUlsanThe naval Battle off Ulsan (Japanese: 蔚山沖海戦 Urusan'oki kaisen; Russian: Бой в Корейском проливе, Boi v Koreiskom prolive), also known as the Battle of the Japanese Sea or Battle of the Korean Strait, took place on 14 August 1904 between cruiser squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, four days after the Battle of the Yellow Sea.Source: Wikidata (country)
  16. 1948 – 1949Jeju uprisingFirst Republic of South KoreaThe Jeju uprising (in South Korea, the Jeju April 3 incident, Korean: 제주 4·3 사건) was an uprising on Jeju Island, South Korea, from April 1948 to May 1949.Source: Wikidata (country)
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean WarKorea StraitThe Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations led by the United States under the auspices of the United Nations Command (UNC).Source: Wikidata (country)
  18. 1950Battle of InchonIncheonThe Battle of Inchon (Korean: 인천 상륙 작전; Hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; MR: Inch'ŏn sangnyuk chakchŏn), also called the Inchon landings, was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command. The operation involved some 75,000 troops and 261 naval vessels and led to the recapture of the South Korean capital of Seoul two weeks later.Source: Wikidata (country)
  19. 1950Battle of OsanOsanThe Battle of Osan (Korean: 오산 전투) was the first engagement between the United States and North Korea during the Korean War. On July 5, 1950, Task Force Smith, an American task force of 540 infantry supported by an artillery battery, was moved to Osan, south of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and was ordered to fight as a rearguard to delay the advancing North Korean forces while more US troops arrived to form a…Source: Wikidata (country)
  20. 1950Battle of TaejonDaejeonThe Battle of Taejon (16–20 July 1950) was an early battle of the Korean War, between U.S. and North Korean forces. Forces of the United States Army attempted to defend the headquarters of the 24th Infantry Division. The 24th Infantry Division was overwhelmed by numerically superior forces of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at the major city and transportation hub of Daejon (then spelt Taejon).Source: Wikidata (country)
  21. 1950Battle of the Pusan PerimeterPusan PerimeterThe Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, known in Korean as the Battle of the Naktong River Defense Line (Korean: 낙동강 방어선 전투), was a large-scale battle between United Nations Command (UN) and North Korean forces lasting from August 4 to September 18, 1950. It was one of the first major engagements of the Korean War.Source: Wikidata (country)
  22. 1950First Battle of SeoulSeoulThe First Battle of Seoul was one of the early battles of the Korean War. Following the border engagements at the outbreak of the war, it was fought between the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and the Korean People's Army of North Korea from 26 to 28 June 1950 across the central region of South Korea, centering on the city of Seoul.Source: Wikidata (country)
  23. 1950Hill 303 massacreWaegwanThe Hill 303 massacre (Korean: 303 고지 학살 사건) was a massacre that took place during the opening days of the Korean War on August 17, 1950, on a hill above Waegwan, Republic of Korea. Forty-one United States Army (US) prisoners of war were murdered by troops of the North Korean People's Army (KPA) during one of the engagements of the Battle of Pusan Perimeter.Source: Wikidata (country)
  24. 1950No Gun Ri massacreNogeun-riThe No Gun Ri massacre was a mass killing of South Korean civilian refugees by United States military air and ground forces near the village of Nogeun-ri (노근리) in central South Korea from July 26 to 29, 1950, during the US Army's retreat in the early phase of the Korean War.Source: Wikidata (country)
  25. 1968Siege of Khe SanhGapyeong CountyThe Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January – 9 July 1968) was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), during the Vietnam War. The main forces defending Khe Sanh Combat Base (KSCB) were a regiment of the United States Marine Corps and a battalion of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops.Source: Wikidata (country)
  26. 19791979 South Korean coup d'étatSouth KoreaThe coup d'état of December Twelfth or the 12·12 Military Insurrection (Korean: 12·12 군사 반란; Hanja: 十二十二軍事反亂) was a mutiny which took place on 12 December 1979, in South Korea, where a secret society of military officers known as Hanahoe led by Major General Chun Doo-hwan mutinied against the Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army General Jeong Seung-hwa.Source: Wikidata (country)
  27. 1980Gwangju UprisingGwangjuThe Gwangju Uprising, also known in South Korea as the May 18 Democratization Movement (Korean: 5·18 민주화 운동), was a series of student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980, against the coup d'état of May Seventeenth by Chun Doo-hwan that strengthened his power.Source: Wikidata (country)
  28. 1987June Democratic StruggleSouth KoreaThe June Democratic Struggle (Korean: 6월 민주 항쟁), also known as the June Democracy Movement and the June Uprising, was a nationwide pro-democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from 10 to 29 June 1987.Source: Wikidata (country)
  29. 2002Battle of YeonpyeongSouth KoreaThe Battle of Yeonpyeong, also known as the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong (South Korean: 제2연평해전; RR: Je I Yeonpyeong Haejeon), was a confrontation at sea between North Korean and South Korean patrol boats along a disputed maritime boundary near Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea in 2002. This followed a similar confrontation in 1999.Source: Wikidata (country)
  30. 2002First World Cup in AsiaSouth Korea and JapanThe first World Cup held in Asia and the first with two host countries. Brazil wins a record fifth title.Source: Wikidata (country)
  31. 2006Anti-Counterfeiting Trade AgreementTokyoThe Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multilateral treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement that did not enter into force.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  32. 2010Sinking of ROKS CheonanBaengnyeongdoThe Sinking of ROKS Cheonan occurred on 26 March 2010, when Cheonan, a Pohang-class corvette of South Korea, carrying 104 personnel, sank off the country's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen. The cause of the sinking is disputed.Source: Wikidata (country)
  33. 2014Sinking of MV SewolSouth KoreaOn the morning of Wednesday, 16 April 2014, the ferry MV Sewol sank while en route from Incheon towards Jeju City in South Korea. The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, 15 April 2014). Out of 476 passengers and crew, 304 people died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School in Ansan.Source: Wikidata (country)
  34. 2016 – 2017Impeachment of Park Geun-hyeSouth KoreaOn 9 December 2016, Park Geun Hye, the president of South Korea, was impeached as the culmination of a political scandal involving interventions to the presidency from her aide, Choi Soon-sil. 234 members of the 300-member National Assembly voted to impeach and temporarily suspend Park's presidential powers and duties.Source: Wikidata (country)
  35. 2020COVID-19 pandemicWorldwideA new coronavirus spreads worldwide. Lockdowns, remote work and fast-developed vaccines reshape daily life.Source: Wikidata (country)