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The sites described in this section provide links to general information; general portals; an online encyclopedia; Korean national anthem, and holidays.
Gateway to Korea (http://www.han.com/gateway.html)
Network Korea offers a collection of resources on Korea, including Korean news,
travel, business, arts and entertainment,
research,
organizations, and universities.
Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Countries & Regions. Country Profiles: South Korea (http://www.fco.gov.uk/)
From the “Most Popular Sections” at the top of the page, pull down Country Profiles and scroll down for an alphabetical list of countries. Prepared by Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) desk officers, the profile provides a general overview of the Republic of Korea and includes information on the country's recent history, recent political developments, relations with the international community, and bilateral political and commercial relations with the UK, as well as links to other relevant pages on the FCO site.
Governments on the WWW: Korea (Republic) (http://gksoft.com/govt/en/kr.html)
Links to national and regional institutions, representations in foreign countries, political parties, and more.
Korean
National Anthem (http://david.national-anthems.net/kr.htm)
This site includes information about the Korean National Anthem, a MIDI file
of the song, lyrics, and sheet music. The lyrics are in Korean, English translation,
and Romanization; the sheet music is in Korean.
Korea Knowledge Portal (http://www.knowledge.go.kr/index.jsp)
The National Computerization Agency (NCA) has been developing the Korea Knowledge
Portal. The integrated knowledge portal bears significance in that it enables
comprehensive one-stop information searching of the major eight areas including
Culture, Ocean, History, Industry, Science, Education, Information Technology,
Construction. In addition, a specialized portal, offering news, terminology and
an encyclopedia, enables easy access to knowledge, information and related portal
sites. In English and Korean.
Korea Web (http://koreaweb.ws)
Comprehensive information on Korean studies. Organized by subjects, including
art, Korean Americans, academia, literature, news, computing tools, DPRK, scholarships and jobs,
library gateway, and women. Also links to Korean Studies Review–an electronic review journal of works pertaining to Korean Studies, published under the auspices of KoreanStudies, an international, English-language, nonpartisan, moderated Internet discussion list. By Frank Hoffman.
Korea National Statistical Office (KNSO) (http://www.nso.go.kr)
KNSO is the central government authority in charge of statistics and was founded to coordinate the national statistical works, to establish the statistical standards, to formulate the economic and social statistics, and to provide the statistical information rapidly. Includes links to news releases, searchable data, survey, publications, and statistical standards. In Korean and English.
Korea.net: Gateway to Korea (http://www.kois.go.kr)
Korean government's official home page and portal to information about Korea. Includes translations of the latest reports and analyses released by various departments of the Korean government, directories, information about Korea from government to business to slides, and a multimedia center. In multiple languages with major news stories in Korean, English, Chinese Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Arabic. From the Korean Overseas Information Service (KOIS) of the Government Information Agency.
Korean Area
Studies - Internet Resources Subject Guides (http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/korea/internet.htm)
Established by Committee on Korean Materials of Council on East Asian Libraries.
Comprehensive subject guides to South Korea. In English.
NationMaster (http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ks-korea-south)
NationMaster links to country, facts, statistics, job listings, hotel, maps,
and more.
Online Libraries: South Korea
WWW Virtual Library (http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/s-sk.html)
A comprehensive directory of useful Korean websites in English. Organized by subjects: arts and culture, Asia, economy, education, history, law, media, religion, science, technology and environment, and more.
U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Click on country link.
U.S. Library of Congress. Federal Research Division. South Korea, a country study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/krtoc.html)
The Federal Research Division (FRD) of the Library of Congress published in 1992 an extensive handbook entitled South Korea: a country study. The text and selected graphics of the 408-page work are available in an electronic format on the FRD Web site. The reader can search for words or variants of search words, within one country study or across multiple studies. The country study can be downloaded, one section at a time, and saved as an html or txt file.
Tradeport (http://www.tradeport.org/countries/southkorea/01grw.html)
Facts on South Korea; includes population distributions, geography, demographics, economy and trade, and official holidays.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The World
Factbook: Korea, South (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ks.html)
General information and statistics about South Korea, with the following subdivisions: introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Open Directory Project. Regional: Asia: South Korea (http://dmoz.com/Regional/Asia/South_Korea/)
Links to a wide variety of Web sites culled from major search engines.
U.S. Library of Congress. Federal Research Division. Country Profile: South Korea (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/South_Korea.pdf)
Reference guide offering brief, summarized information on South Korea’s historical background, geographic, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security. |