South Korea (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "South Korea" in Simple English language version.

Last modified: 10:40:36, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

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adsabs.harvard.edu (Global: 14^th place; Simple English: 17^th place)

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Grantham, H. S.; et al. (2020). "Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 5978. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.5978G. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7723057. PMID 33293507.

aljazeera.com (Global: 165^th place; Simple English: 105^th place)

"South Korea's President Yoon declares emergency martial law". Al Jazeera English. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

apnews.com (Global: 101^st place; Simple English: 68^th place)

Kim, Tong-Hyung (3 December 2024). "South Korean parliament votes to defy president by lifting his declaration of martial law". AP News. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; Simple English: 3^rd place)

Pang, M. G.; Kim, D. S. (2002). "Extraordinarily high rates of male circumcision in South Korea: History and underlying causes". BJU International. 89 (1): 48–54. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02545.x. PMID 11849160. S2CID 30235521.

asianinfo.org (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Geography of Korea Archived July 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Asia Info Organization

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; Simple English: 9^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

Flashback: The Kwangju massacre Archived September 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, May 17, 2000.
"'Korean Wave' piracy hits music industry". BBC News. November 9, 2001. Retrieved June 25, 2010.

bmj.com (Global: 1,341^st place; Simple English: 735^th place)

sti.bmj.com

Ku, J. H.; Kim, M. E.; Lee, N. K.; Park, Y. H. (2003). "Circumcision practice patterns in South Korea: Community based survey". Sexually Transmitted Infections. 79 (1): 65–67. doi:10.1136/sti.79.1.65. ISSN 1368-4973. PMC 1744613. PMID 12576619. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; Simple English: 4^th place)

Quinn, Joseph Peter (2019). "South Korea". In Demy, Timothy J.; Shaw, Jeffrey M. (eds.). Religion and Contemporary Politics: A Global Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-4408-3933-7. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
Kim, Jinwung (2012). A History of Korea: From "Land of the Morning Calm" to States in Conflict. Indiana University Press. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0-253-00024-8. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
Wells, Kenneth M. (July 3, 2015). Korea: Outline of a Civilisation. Brill. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-90-04-30005-7. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
Lee, Injae; Miller, Owen; Park, Jinhoon; Yi, Hyun-Hae (December 15, 2014). Korean History in Maps. Cambridge University Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-1-107-09846-6. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
Lee, Kenneth B. (1997). Korea and East Asia: The Story of a Phoenix. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-275-95823-7. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
신형식 (January 2005). A Brief History of Korea. Ewha Womans University Press. ISBN 978-89-7300-619-9. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
Beirne, Paul (April 2016). Su-un and His World of Symbols: The Founder of Korea's First Indigenous Religion. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-04749-0. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2016.

britannica.com (Global: 37^th place; Simple English: 16^th place)

"Korea – Korea under Japanese rule | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.

cbsnews.com (Global: 136^th place; Simple English: 87^th place)

"South Korea president declares emergency martial law, warns of "communist forces"". CBS News. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

chosun.com (Global: 327^th place; Simple English: 669^th place)

조선일보 (2020-07-22). "신자 수, 개신교 1위… "종교 없다" 56%". 조선일보 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

cia.gov (Global: 133^rd place; Simple English: 60^th place)

"Korea, South", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-02-27, archived from the original on 2021-01-29, retrieved 2023-03-21

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; Simple English: 21^st place)

edition.cnn.com

Yoonjung, Seo; Peter, Wilkinson; Rob, Picheta; Lauren, Said-Moorhouse (3 December 2024). "South Korea president declares emergency martial law, sending shockwaves across country". CNN. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
"South Korea's green new deal". CNN. October 18, 2009. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
Lara Farrar. "'Korean Wave' of pop culture sweeps across Asia". CNN. Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2025-06-10.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; Simple English: 2^nd place)

Grantham, H. S.; et al. (2020). "Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 5978. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.5978G. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7723057. PMID 33293507.
Ku, J. H.; Kim, M. E.; Lee, N. K.; Park, Y. H. (2003). "Circumcision practice patterns in South Korea: Community based survey". Sexually Transmitted Infections. 79 (1): 65–67. doi:10.1136/sti.79.1.65. ISSN 1368-4973. PMC 1744613. PMID 12576619. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
Pang, M. G.; Kim, D. S. (2002). "Extraordinarily high rates of male circumcision in South Korea: History and underlying causes". BJU International. 89 (1): 48–54. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02545.x. PMID 11849160. S2CID 30235521.

imf.org (Global: 225^th place; Simple English: 45^th place)

"World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

index.go.kr (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,759^th place)

"체류 외국인 현황". www.index.go.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
"Distribution of income (Gini index)". e-National Index. Daejeon: Korea National Statistical Office. Retrieved June 30, 2017.

joins.com (Global: 375^th place; Simple English: 686^th place)

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

"Korea marks first-ever decline in registered population". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 2021-01-03. Archived from the original on 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

article.joins.com

재미있는 동양3국의 젓가락 문화비교 Archived June 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Article.joins.com (May 19, 2012). Retrieved October 5, 2016.

koreatimes.co.kr (Global: 582^nd place; Simple English: 615^th place)

"Hallyu fuels foreign investment in Korea". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.

kosis.kr (Global: 4,023^rd place; Simple English: 6,729^th place)

"Kosis 100대 지표". Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
Population Census, Korean Statistical Information Service Archived 2020-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2000–2020, Statistics Korea

kostat.go.kr (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,084^th place)

김, 수영. "장래인구추계: 2015~2065년" [Future Population Forecast: 2015-2065]. Kostat. Retrieved 2019-11-11.

mcgilltribune.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,517^th place)

Kim, Harry (February 2, 2016). "Surfing the Korean Wave: How K-pop is taking over the world | The McGill Tribune". The McGill Tribune. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2019.

nationmaster.com (Global: 8,319^th place; Simple English: 3,540^th place)

"Korean religious statistics". NationMaster.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-19.

naver.com (Global: 50^th place; Simple English: 259^th place)

100.naver.com

"Korean Cuisine (한국요리 韓國料理)" (in Korean). Naver / Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

ngii.go.kr (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

nationalatlas.ngii.go.kr

"Physical Setting of Korea". National Atlas.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2025.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; Simple English: 5^th place)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Grantham, H. S.; et al. (2020). "Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 5978. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.5978G. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7723057. PMID 33293507.
Ku, J. H.; Kim, M. E.; Lee, N. K.; Park, Y. H. (2003). "Circumcision practice patterns in South Korea: Community based survey". Sexually Transmitted Infections. 79 (1): 65–67. doi:10.1136/sti.79.1.65. ISSN 1368-4973. PMC 1744613. PMID 12576619. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
Pang, M. G.; Kim, D. S. (2002). "Extraordinarily high rates of male circumcision in South Korea: History and underlying causes". BJU International. 89 (1): 48–54. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02545.x. PMID 11849160. S2CID 30235521.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Grantham, H. S.; et al. (2020). "Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 5978. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.5978G. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7723057. PMID 33293507.
Ku, J. H.; Kim, M. E.; Lee, N. K.; Park, Y. H. (2003). "Circumcision practice patterns in South Korea: Community based survey". Sexually Transmitted Infections. 79 (1): 65–67. doi:10.1136/sti.79.1.65. ISSN 1368-4973. PMC 1744613. PMID 12576619. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.

npr.org (Global: 114^th place; Simple English: 78^th place)

Chow, Kat (16 April 2015). "How The South Korean Government Made K-Pop A Thing". NPR. National Public Radio. Retrieved September 4, 2021.

nrk.no (Global: 486^th place; Simple English: 225^th place)

https://www.nrk.no/urix/sor-koreas-yoon-suk-yeol-er-formelt-avsatt-som-president-1.17369720. Retrieved 2025-04-04

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; Simple English: 11^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Pang, M. G.; Kim, D. S. (2002). "Extraordinarily high rates of male circumcision in South Korea: History and underlying causes". BJU International. 89 (1): 48–54. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02545.x. PMID 11849160. S2CID 30235521.

uaic.ro (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

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"A New Way of Seeing Country Social Responsibility" (PDF). Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.

uic.edu (Global: 6,212^th place; Simple English: 4,242^nd place)

"3_4whicharethe.pdf (application/pdf 객체)" (PDF). uic.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2010.

undp.org (Global: 638^th place; Simple English: 157^th place)

hdr.undp.org

"Human Development Report 2019". United Nations Development Programme. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

"A New Way of Seeing Country Social Responsibility" (PDF). Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
"체류 외국인 현황". www.index.go.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
조선일보 (2020-07-22). "신자 수, 개신교 1위… "종교 없다" 56%". 조선일보 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
"Kosis 100대 지표". Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
"World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
"Human Development Report 2019". United Nations Development Programme. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
"3_4whicharethe.pdf (application/pdf 객체)" (PDF). uic.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
Kim, Jinwung (2012). A History of Korea: From "Land of the Morning Calm" to States in Conflict. Indiana University Press. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0-253-00024-8. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
Wells, Kenneth M. (July 3, 2015). Korea: Outline of a Civilisation. Brill. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-90-04-30005-7. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
Lee, Injae; Miller, Owen; Park, Jinhoon; Yi, Hyun-Hae (December 15, 2014). Korean History in Maps. Cambridge University Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-1-107-09846-6. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
Lee, Kenneth B. (1997). Korea and East Asia: The Story of a Phoenix. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-275-95823-7. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
"Korea – Korea under Japanese rule | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
Geography of Korea Archived July 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Asia Info Organization
Flashback: The Kwangju massacre Archived September 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, May 17, 2000.
"Korea, South", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-02-27, archived from the original on 2021-01-29, retrieved 2023-03-21
Population Census, Korean Statistical Information Service Archived 2020-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2000–2020, Statistics Korea
"Korea marks first-ever decline in registered population". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 2021-01-03. Archived from the original on 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
"South Korea's green new deal". CNN. October 18, 2009. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
신형식 (January 2005). A Brief History of Korea. Ewha Womans University Press. ISBN 978-89-7300-619-9. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
Beirne, Paul (April 2016). Su-un and His World of Symbols: The Founder of Korea's First Indigenous Religion. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-04749-0. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
재미있는 동양3국의 젓가락 문화비교 Archived June 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Article.joins.com (May 19, 2012). Retrieved October 5, 2016.
"Korean religious statistics". NationMaster.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
"Hallyu fuels foreign investment in Korea". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
Lara Farrar. "'Korean Wave' of pop culture sweeps across Asia". CNN. Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
Kim, Harry (February 2, 2016). "Surfing the Korean Wave: How K-pop is taking over the world | The McGill Tribune". The McGill Tribune. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
Ku, J. H.; Kim, M. E.; Lee, N. K.; Park, Y. H. (2003). "Circumcision practice patterns in South Korea: Community based survey". Sexually Transmitted Infections. 79 (1): 65–67. doi:10.1136/sti.79.1.65. ISSN 1368-4973. PMC 1744613. PMID 12576619. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; Simple English: 6^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Grantham, H. S.; et al. (2020). "Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 5978. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.5978G. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7723057. PMID 33293507.
Ku, J. H.; Kim, M. E.; Lee, N. K.; Park, Y. H. (2003). "Circumcision practice patterns in South Korea: Community based survey". Sexually Transmitted Infections. 79 (1): 65–67. doi:10.1136/sti.79.1.65. ISSN 1368-4973. PMC 1744613. PMID 12576619. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.

South Korea (Simple English Wikipedia)

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