North Korea's fifth and current constitution was approved and adopted in September 1998, replacing the one previously adopted in 1972. The former constitution had last been amended in 1992. Under the new constitution, North Korea is a socialist state representing the interests of all the Korean people.

The Japanese invasion of Thailand (Thai: การบุกครองไทยของญี่ปุ่น, RTGS: Kan Buk Khrong Thai Khong Yipun; Japanese: 日本軍のタイ進駐, romanized: Nihongun no Tai shinchū) occurred on 8 December 1941.It was briefly fought between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Empire of Japan.Despite fierce fighting in Southern Thailand, the fighting lasted ...

While under Japanese supervision, the Korean army was dismissed on the pretext of lack of public finance regulations. ... His state funeral on 10 June 1926, was a catalyst for the June 10th Movement against Japanese rule. He had no children. Family ... Korea under Japanese rule. King Yi (Changdeokgung) 29 August 1910 – 24 April 1926 Succeeded by.

Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (日本国憲法第9条, Nihonkokukenpō dai kyū-jō) is a clause in the national Constitution of Japan outlawing war as a means to settle international disputes involving the state. The Constitution came into effect on 3 May 1947, following World War II.In its text, the state formally renounces the sovereign right of belligerency and aims at an ...

Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) (Korean: 신라; Hanja: 新羅; RR: Silla Korean pronunciation: , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki 2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula.Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of Korea.. Founded by Hyeokgeose of Silla, of the Park family, the Korean dynasty …

Pak Hon-yong or Park Heon-young (Korean: 박헌영; Hanja: 朴憲永; 28 May 1900 – 18 December 1955 [circular reference]) was a Korean independence activist, politician, philosopher, communist activist and one of the main leaders of the Korean communist movement during Japan's colonial rule (1910–1945). His nickname was Ijong (이정) and Ichun (이춘), his courtesy name being …

The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China (2005). excerpt; Henry, Todd A. Assimilating Seoul: Japanese Rule and the Politics of Public Space in Colonial Korea, 1910–1945 (U of California Press, 2014) Kim, Jinwung. A History of Korea: From "Land of the Morning Calm" to States in Conflict (Indiana ...

The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK; Korean: 더불어민주당; Hanja: 더불어民主黨; RR: Deobureominjudang; lit. Together Democratic Party), formerly known as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), is a liberal political party in South Korea.Controlling the unicameral National Assembly as of 2022, the DPK is regarded as one of two major parties in South …

In 1965, the North Korean government sharply criticized the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea. Under Prime Minister Eisaku Satō, Japanese-North Korean relations underwent a deterioration, but in 1971–1972, the process of Sino-Japanese rapprochement induced Japanese companies to broaden their economic ...

Following the British announcement that it would open a route to British citizenship for Hong Kongers born under British rule, a spike in interest in properties in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada occurred. Reuters held a poll of local opinion towards the law, in June before it was implemented. The result showed that a majority of Hong ...

A seal, in an East and Southeast Asian context, is a general name for printing stamps and impressions thereof which are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents, office paperwork, contracts, art, or any item requiring acknowledgement or authorship. On documents they were usually used to print an impression using a pigmented paste or ink, unlike the wax impression …

There are considerable variations in the composition and responsibilities of corporate title. Within the corporate office or corporate center of a corporation, some corporations have a chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) as the top-ranking executive, while the number two is the president and chief operating officer (COO); other corporations have a president and CEO but no official …