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Panmunjeom

(Encyclopedia)Panmunjeom, South Korea: see Panmunjom. ...

Taegu

(Encyclopedia)Taegu, South Korea: see Daegu.

Taejon

(Encyclopedia)Taejon, South Korea: see Daejeon. ...

Sunchon

(Encyclopedia)Sunchon, South Korea: see Suncheon. ...

Yosu

(Encyclopedia)Yosu, South Korea: see Yeosu.

hantavirus

(Encyclopedia)hantavirus, any of a genus (Hantavirus) of single-stranded RNA viruses that are carried by rodents and transmitted to humans when they inhale vapors from contaminated rodent urine, saliva, or feces. T...

Seoul

(Encyclopedia)Seoul sāˈo͞ol, sāˈo͝ol, sōl [key], city (1995 pop. 10,229,262), capital of South Korea, NW South Korea, on the Han River. It has special status equivalent to that of a province. The political, ...

mir, former Russian peasant community

(Encyclopedia)mir mēr [key], former Russian peasant community. The mir, which antedated serfdom (16th cent.) in Russia, persisted in its primitive form until after the Russian Revolution of 1917. In a community of...

Samcheonpo

(Encyclopedia)Samcheonpoor Samchonpo, former city, South Korea: see Sacheon. ...

Suncheon

(Encyclopedia)Suncheon or Sunchon so͝onˈchônˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 249,241), South Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW South Korea. It is a transportation, administrative, agricultural, and service center. It is the si...