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Ganghwa Island incident

The Ganghwa Island incident (강화도 사건), known in Japan as the Unyō incident, was an armed clash between the Japanese navy and Joseon Korean coastal defenses in September 1875.

Ganghwa Yusubu

Ganghwa Yusubu (강화 유수부) was the special administrative government of Joseon Korea, established on Ganghwa Island in 1627 to shelter the king and defend the capital's western approaches.

Gangjong of Goryeo

Gangjong of Goryeo (Wang O; 1152–1213) was the 22nd king of the Goryeo dynasty, reigning from 1211 to 1213 as a puppet under the military dictator Choe Chungheon.

Gangkhar Puensum

Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum, གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ) is Bhutan's highest mountain at 7,570 m and the world's highest unclimbed peak, protected by Bhutan's 1994 and 2003 mountaineering bans and a disputed China border.

Gangland Undercover

Gangland Undercover: History docudrama (2015–2017) based on Charles Falco's memoir Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws about his three years infiltrating the Vagos biker gang for the ATF; two seasons, 14 episodes, starring Damon Runyan.

Ganglands

Ganglands (Braqueurs) is a French Netflix action crime series created by Hamid Hlioua and Julien Leclercq, adapted from his 2015 film The Crew, starring Sami Bouajila as robber Mehdi; two seasons, 12 episodes, 2021–2023.

Gangliocytoma

Gangliocytoma: rare WHO grade I mixed neuronal-glial CNS tumor of dysplastic ganglion cells in non-neoplastic glial stroma, mostly temporal lobe, presenting with seizures; no defined molecular signature.

Ganglioglioma

Ganglioglioma, a rare WHO grade 1 glioneuronal brain tumor of children and young adults, mixed glial and neuronal cells, temporal lobe, seizures, BRAF V600E, treated by surgical resection.

Ganglion cyst

Ganglion cyst (Bible bump): benign mucin-filled lump from a joint capsule or tendon sheath, most often dorsal wrist (scapholunate origin). Most common hand/wrist soft-tissue mass; 60-70% of such masses; often resolves untreated.

Ganglion mother cell

Ganglion mother cell (GMC): the intermediate neural progenitor of the Drosophila CNS, budded off by asymmetric neuroblast division and dividing once into two neurons or glia, specified by Prospero, Brat, Numb, and temporal gene cascades.

Ganglionectomy

Ganglionectomy: surgical removal of a ganglion. Covers autonomic/sensory ganglion removal (sympathetic, dorsal root, Gasserian) for pain and hyperhidrosis, and wrist ganglion cyst excision, with recurrence 6-41% after surgery.

Ganglioneuroblastoma

Ganglioneuroblastoma, also called GNB-intermixed or GNB-nodular, is a rare pediatric neuroblastic tumor of sympathetic tissue mixing neuroblasts and ganglion cells, intermediate between neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroma, classified by the INPC.

Ganglioneuroma

Ganglioneuroma: a rare benign tumor of the sympathetic autonomic nervous system, made of mature ganglion cells and Schwann cells; most often adrenal, retroperitoneal, or mediastinal; treated by surgery when symptomatic, with excellent prognosis.

Ganglionic eminence

The ganglionic eminence is a transient embryonic structure in the ventral telencephalon that produces the basal ganglia's neurons and most inhibitory interneurons of the cortex and hippocampus.

Ganglioside

Gangliosides are sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids, named via Svennerholm's GM1/GD1a code, most abundant in brain membranes; defects cause gangliosidoses, and GM1 is trialed in Parkinson's and spinal cord injury.

Gangnam B-Side (강남 비사이드)

Gangnam B-Side (강남 비-사이드) is a 2024 Disney+ Korean crime action thriller, 8 episodes, directed by Park Noo-ri, starring Jo Woo-jin, Ji Chang-wook, Ha Yoon-kyung, and BIBI, about the disappearance of a Gangnam club ace.

Gangnam Beauty

Gangnam Beauty refers to My ID is Gangnam Beauty (내 아이디는 강남미인), a 2018 JTBC drama and Gi Maeng-Gi webtoon about Kang Mi-rae, a bullied student who has plastic surgery before university; it critiques Korean lookism, averaging 2.54% Nielsen ratings.

Gangnam Blues (강남 1970)

Gangnam Blues (강남 1970), released internationally as Gangnam 1970, is a 2015 South Korean action crime film by Yoo Ha, starring Lee Min-ho and Kim Rae-won as gangster rivals in 1970s Seoul.

Gangnam District (강남구)

Gangnam District (강남구, Gangnam-gu) is a southeast Seoul autonomous district of 39.5 km² and about 564,280 residents, created in 1975, developed from 1966 farmland into a finance, education, and luxury-housing center.

Gangnam Project

Gangnam Project (강남 프로젝트) is a Canadian tween K-pop dramedy series created by Sarah Haasz for CBC Kids and CBBC, following Korean-Canadian teen Hannah Shin at the OME training academy; two seasons, 20 episodes, Netflix from 2026.

Gangnam Station

Gangnam Station (강남역) is a subway station in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, served by Line 2 and the Shinbundang Line, and was Seoul Metro's busiest station from 1997 to 2022.

Gangnam Style (music video)

Gangnam Style (강남스타일) music video, directed by Cho Soo-hyun for Psy's 2012 single; first YouTube video to one billion views (Dec 21, 2012), most-viewed for 1,689 days, over 6 billion views by July 2026.

Gangnam Style (강남스타일)

Gangnam Style (강남스타일) is PSY's July 15, 2012 Korean-language single satirizing Seoul's Gangnam district; first YouTube video to 1 billion views and first Korean-language song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 2.

Gangnaru Folk Village

Gangnaru Folk Village (강나루민속촌) is a folk village on Nakdong 1-gil along the Nakdong River in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, near the Nakdonggang Bike Path; distinct from the Incheon locality Gangnaru and Seoul's Gwangnaru station.

Gangneung Kim clan

The Gangneung Kim clan (강릉 김씨) is a Korean clan whose ancestral seat is Gangneung, traced to Kim Ju-won of the Silla royal line of King Muyeol.

Gangotri Glacier

Gangotri Glacier, a large debris-covered Garhwal Himalaya glacier and Ganga basin source, feeds the Bhagirathi at Gaumukh; mass balance about −0.9 m w.e. per year with slowing retreat but accelerating thinning.

Gangrene

Gangrene: death of body tissue from blocked blood supply (ischemia), bacterial infection, or both; types include dry, wet, and gas gangrene (Clostridium). Major risk factors are diabetes and peripheral arterial disease; treatment is debridement, antibiotics, and revascularization.

Gangs in Australia

Gangs in Australia covers outlaw motorcycle gangs (bikies), other organised crime groups, and youth gangs; roughly 5,669 known OMCG members in 39 gangs, with anti-association laws and police strategies shaping state responses.

Gangs in Canada

Gangs in Canada cover street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and mafia groups; no single definition exists. About 4% of firearm-related violent crime was gang-related in 2024, and gang homicides fell to 119 in 2025.

Gangs in Chicago

Gangs in Chicago: street groups from antebellum fire-company gangs to Irish outfits like the Dukies, mid-century Blackstone Rangers, Vice Lords, Latin Kings, and Gangster Disciples, then post-1990s cliques, with policing, gang database scrutiny, and prevention programs.