Korean language
Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographic ...
encyclopedia
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published by Doosan Donga (두산동아). The encyclopedia is based on the ''Dong-A Color Encyclopedia'' (동아원색세계대백과사전), which comprises 30 volumes and began to be published in 1982 by Dong-A Publishing (동아출판사). Dong-A Publishing was merged into Doosan Donga, a subsidiary of
Doosan Group
Doosan Group () is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation. In 2009, the corporation was placed in the ''Fortune'' Global 500 index. It is the parent company of Bobcat and Škoda Power. Doosan Group is the oldest running company i ...
, in February 1985. The ''Doosan Encyclopedia'' is a major encyclopedia in South Korea.
Digital edition
EnCyber
The online version of the ''Doosan Encyclopedia'' was named EnCyber, which is a
blend
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Blend
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* Blend word, a word formed from parts of other words
* ''Blend'' (album), a 1996 album by BoDeans
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of two English words: ''Encyclopedia'' and ''Cyber''. The company has stated that, with the trademark, it aims to become a center of living knowledge. EnCyber provides free content to readers via
South Korea
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portal
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* Portal (architecture), an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, or the extremities (ends) of a tunnel
Portal may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Gaming
* ''Portal'' (series), two video games ...
s such as Naver. Naver has risen to the top position in the
search engine
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market of South Korea partially because of the popularity of EnCyber encyclopedia. When Naver exclusively contracted Doosan Doonga in 2003, the former paid multi billion won to the latter in royalties.
The articles in the EnCyber encyclopedia aim to educate readers in every age group. It is regarded as a major encyclopedia in South Korea. , EnCyber was the biggest online encyclopedia of South Korea.
Doopedia
On November 1, 2010, the digital version of Doosan Encyclopedia was renamed 'doopedia', a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsDoosan webzine October 2010 (PDF, Korean, 5.7 MB) On 7 November 2013 were 463,953 items in the 'doopedia' available. In the
Korean Wikipedia
The Korean Wikipedia () is the Korean language edition of Wikipedia. It was founded on 11 October 2002 and reached ten thousand articles on 4 June 2005. As of , it has articles with active users and is the largest Wikipedia.
History
The ...
on that day there were 252,830 articles.
See also
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Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
The ''Encyclopedia of Korean Culture'' is a Korean language encyclopedia published by the Academy of Korean Studies and DongBang Media Co. The articles in the encyclopedia are aimed at readers who want to learn about Korean culture and histor ...
List of encyclopedias by language
This is a list of encyclopedias by language.
Albanian
Encyclopedias written in Albanian.
* '' Albanian Encyclopedic Dictionary'' ( sq, Fjalori Enciklopedik Shqiptar): published by Academy of Sciences of Albania;
** First Edition (1985; ''FESH'' ...
Lists of encyclopedias
For lists of encyclopedias, see:
* List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge
* List of encyclopedias by date
* List of encyclopedias by language
* List of online encyclopedias
See also
* Bibliography of encyclopedias
* List of almanacs
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