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Geoje
Geoje (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city located in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is located near Busan. Hanwha Ocean in Okpo and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Gohyeon are both located on Geoje Island. The city also offers a wide range of tourist sights. The city is made up of a number of islands, of which by far the largest is Geoje Island. There are multiple dong (neighbourhood), dong in the city: Jangpyeongdong, Okpo-dong and Gohyeon. Etymology Geoje is Korean language, Korean for "great rescue", from the syllables ''geo'' () meaning great, and ''je'' () meaning rescue. History Geoje has a history stretching back thousands of years. Various artifacts dating back to the Neolithic era have been found at archaeological digs on Naedo, Sandaldo, and Isudo. While no written history can be found from this era, the digs show evidence of numerous small establishments along the coasts. The first written mention of Geoje appears as, Geoje being one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoje POW Camp
Geoje-do POW camp (, zh, 巨济岛战俘营) was a prisoner of war camp located on Geoje island at the southernmost part of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It is considered the largest of the UNC established camps. Geoje Camp was a United Nations Command (UN) Prisoner-of-war camp, POW camp that held North Korean and Chinese prisoners captured by UN forces during the Korean War. History After the surprise Battle of Inchon, Inchon landings on 15 September 1950 and the follow-up Eighth Army Pusan Perimeter Offensive, breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, the North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA) began to retreat north pursued by UN forces in the UN September 1950 counteroffensive. Large numbers of KPA were taken prisoner in the swift maneuver and sent to the rear. The number of prisoners rose from under 1,000 in August 1950 to over 130,000 in November. Unfortunately, little provision had been made for so many prisoners and facilities to confine, clothe and feed them were not availabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoje Island
Geojedo (), or Geoje Island, is the principal island of Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is joined to land by two bridges from nearby Tongyeong. Gohyeon is the largest town on the island. Geojedo covers an area of , the second largest island in South Korea, after Jeju Island. The landscape features several peaks: Garasan, Gara (), Daegeum () and Guksabong (North Gyeongsang), Guksabong (). Geojedo is known for its rich deposits of granite. The southern belt of Geojedo, together with part of Namhaedo in Namhae County, belongs to Hallyeo Maritime National Park. Geojedo features several natural harbors. Shipbuilding is the largest industry on the island. The second and third largest shipyards in South Korea are both located on the island, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in the city of Okpo-dong, Okpo, and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in the city of Gohyeon (Geoje City). The Busan–Geoje Bridge was opened in December 2010 and provides a more dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jangpyeongdong
Jangpyeong-dong () is a ''dong'' (neighborhood) of Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It has an area of 5.86 km2, and a population of 29,867 people consisting of 11,057 households.장평동의 일반현황 2011년 6월 23일 확인 From 1979 it has been the home of the complex (삼성중공업). History *1414AD (King Taejong's 14th year (태종14년)): Geochang and Geoje are unified under the name of Geojehyeon (거제현). *1423AD ( |
Gohyeon
Gohyeon-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighborhood) in Geoje, South Korea. It contains the Geoje POW Camp Geoje-do POW camp (, zh, 巨济岛战俘营) was a prisoner of war camp located on Geoje island at the southernmost part of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It is considered the largest of the UNC established camps. Geoje Camp was a United Nation ... and Gohyeon fortress. External linksOfficial website {{coord, 37, 33, N, 127, 25, E, display=title, region:KR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Geoje Neighborhoods of South Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanwha Ocean
Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. (), formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME; ), is one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea, along with Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai and Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung. History On 21 February 2011, the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group (Maersk) ordered 10 large container ships from DSME, each with a capacity of 18,000 containers, surpassing the then record holder; the Mærsk E-class at 15,200 containers. The contract is worth $1.9bn. The first was to be delivered in 2014. In June 2011, Maersk ordered ten more, for another $1.9bn. The new class is called the Maersk Triple E class, Triple E class. On December 20, 2011, Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering won the largest single defense contract by a Korean firm; valued at $1.07 billion to build three Chang Bogo-class submarine, Indonesian submarines. It also would mark the first exports of submarines from South Korea. On 22 February 2012, a £452 million order was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okpo-dong
Okpo is a neighborhood in the city of Geoje in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The village is located on the eastern coast of Geoje Island and a center of the island. The Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. (), formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME; ), is one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea, along with Hyundai and Samsung. History On 21 February 2011, the A. P. Moller-Maersk ... (DSME) shipyard is located close to the town. A large portion of DSME employees live in Okpo, and DSME jackets are a common sight in the town at night. There are very few standalone houses in Okpo and most residential accommodation is fulfilled by high-rise apartments. Rent is high. There are a number of local accommodation agencies offering apartments for rent to incoming foreigners, as well as other supporting services. Okpo has a large foreign transient population due to the shipyards. As a result, there is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Gyeongsang Province
South Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that houses the '' Tripitaka Koreana'' and tourist attraction, is located in this province. Automobile and petrochemical factories are largely concentrated along the southern part of the province, extending from Ulsan through Busan, Changwon, and Jinju. Etymology The name derives ; . The name derives from the names of the principal cities of Gyeongju () and Sangju (). History Joseon In 1407, for military purposes, the administrative districts were reorganized, with Gyeongsang-do being divided into Gyeongsangjwa-do (or Gyeongsangjwa Province; left) and Gyeongsangwu-do (or Gyeongsangwu Province; right) as the reference points of the Nakdonggang River. Before 1895, the area corresponding to modern-day South Gyeongsang Province was part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busan
Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" (including Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Gyeongsang, Daegu, and part of North Gyeongsang Province, North Gyeongsang and South Jeolla Province, South Jeolla) is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification. As of 2019, Busan Port is the primary port in Korea and the world's sixth-largest container port. Busan is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Invasions Of Korea (1592–1598)
The Imjin War () was a series of two Japanese invasions of Korea: an initial invasion in 1592 also individually called the "Imjin War", a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597 called the Chŏngyu War (). The conflict ended in 1598 with the withdrawal of Japanese forces from the Korean Peninsula after a military stalemate in Korea's southern provinces. The invasions were launched by Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the intent of conquering the Korean Peninsula and China proper, which were ruled by the Joseon and Ming dynasties, respectively. Japan quickly succeeded in occupying large portions of the Korean Peninsula, but the contribution of reinforcements by the Ming, "(Korean) war minister Yi Hang-bok pointed out that assistance from China was the only way Korea could survive." as well as the disruption of Japanese supply fleets along the western and southern coasts by the Joseon Navy, "His naval victories were to prove decisive in the Japanese defeat, although Yi was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In South Korea
The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces. Seoul, the largest city and capital, is classified as a ''teukbyeolsi'' (List of special cities of South Korea#Position in hierarchy and types, Special City), while the next six-largest cities are classified as ''gwangyeoksi'' (Metropolitan Cities). Smaller cities are classified as ''si'' ("cities") and are under provincial jurisdiction, at the same level as counties. City status Article 10 of the Local Autonomy Act defines the standards under which a populated area may become a city: an area which is predominantly urban area, urbanised and has a population of at least 50,000; a which has an urbanised area with a population of at least 50,000; or a which has a total population of at least 150,000 and multiple urbanised areas each with a population of at least 20,000. An English translation is available from the Korea Legislative Research Institute, but is out of date: Article 7 of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samsung Heavy Industries
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. () is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea (including Hyundai and Hanwha). Geoje (in South Gyeongsang Province) is one of the largest shipyards in the world, having 3 dry docks and 5 floating docks. A core subsidiary of the Samsung Group, South Korea's largest conglomerate, SHI's main focus is on the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and the delivery of: transportation ships for the commercial industry, topsides modules, drilling and floating production units for the oil and gas sector, gantry cranes for fabrication yards, digital instrumentation and control devices for ships, and other construction and engineering services. SHI operates manufacturing facilities at home and abroad, including ship block fabrication factories in Ningbo and Rongcheng, China. The Geoje Shipyard in particular, SHI's largest shipyard in South Korea, boasts the highest dock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
