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Korban (קרבן)
Korban (קרבן, plural korbanot) is the Hebrew term for the offerings prescribed in the Torah and brought in the Temple in Jerusalem, from a root meaning "to draw near".
Korbin Albert
Korbin Albert, now Korbin Shrader, American midfielder born 2003 in Grayslake, Illinois; Notre Dame star, PSG from 2023, OL Lyonnes from 2025; USWNT Olympic gold medalist at Paris 2024, assisting the final's winning goal.
Korbinian Brodmann
Korbinian Brodmann was a German neurologist who divided the human cerebral cortex into 43 numbered areas in his 1909 monograph, a map neuroscientists still use to localize brain imaging data.
Korbovo
Korbovo (Корбово), village on the right bank of the Danube near Kladovo, northeastern Serbia. Archaeological sites include Glamija Bronze Age urn necropolis (48 graves), Zbradila Vinča settlement, a Roman fort, and medieval necropoles.
Korçë
Korçë (Korça), southeastern Albanian city, seat of Korçë County; eighth most populous in Albania, home of the 1887 first Albanian school, Old Bazaar, Beer Festival, and new festival and university hubs.
Korchagin Oil and Gas Field
The Korchagin Oil and Gas Field, also called the Yury Korchagin field, is an offshore field in Russia's North Caspian Sea, operated by LUKOIL since 2010.
Kord machine gun
The Kord is a Russian 12.7mm heavy machine gun developed in the 1990s by the Degtyarev Plant in Kovrov to replace the NSV Utyos, and adopted in 1997.
Kordell Stewart
Kordell Stewart, nicknamed "Slash," is a former NFL quarterback (Steelers 1995-2002, Bears, Ravens) known for the Miracle at Michigan and a 1997 season with 21 passing and 11 rushing touchdowns.
KORDHELL
KORDHELL is the drift phonk project of Mick Kenney, a British-born producer based in California who broke out in 2022 with the Platinum single "Murder in My Mind".
Kordian
Kordian is an 1834 romantic drama in verse by Polish poet Juliusz Słowacki, following a young Pole's journey from dreamer to would-be assassin of Tsar Nicholas I.
Kordin Temples
Kordin Temples: three Neolithic megalithic temple complexes on Corradino Heights, Paola, Malta, dating from at least 3600 BCE; only Kordin III survives, with a unique stone-paved forecourt, managed by Heritage Malta.
Kordofan campaign (2023–present)
Kordofan campaign (2023–present): SAF-RSF fighting in North, South, and West Kordofan states of Sudan, a corridor between army-held center and RSF-held Darfur, marked by the el-Obeid and Kadugli sieges and heavy drone warfare.
Kore
Kore, also designated Jupiter XLIX and provisionally S/2003 J 14, is a small retrograde moon of Jupiter in the Pasiphae group, discovered in 2003 at Mauna Kea and named by the IAU in 2007.
Kore.ai
Kore.ai is an American enterprise software company founded by Raj Koneru and headquartered in Orlando, Florida, whose platform lets large organizations build and govern virtual assistants and AI agents.
Korea
Korea (한국/조선): East Asian peninsula divided since 1945 into South Korea and North Korea along the 38th parallel; Korean War 1950–53 ended in armistice, no peace treaty; DMZ 248 km; divergent economies and frozen inter-Korean relations.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is South Korea's first research-oriented science and engineering university, founded in 1971 and now headquartered in Daejeon, with about 12,300 students.
Korea Aerospace Industries (한국항공우주산업)
Korea Aerospace Industries (한국항공우주산업) is a South Korean aerospace and defense manufacturer, the country's sole aircraft maker, founded in October 1999 in Sacheon. It makes the T-50 trainer, KF-21 Boramae fighter, and Surion helicopter.
Korea Airports Corporation
Korea Airports Corporation (한국공항공사) is a government-owned South Korean corporation established in 2002 that operates and manages 14 airports, including Gimpo, Gimhae, and Jeju, all except Incheon International Airport.
Korea Association of Robot Industry
The Korea Association of Robot Industry (한국로봇산업협회), founded in 2008, is South Korea's largest private robotics industry association, co-organizing RobotWorld and renamed the Korea AI·Robot Industry Association in 2025.
Korea Bay
Korea Bay (서해 북부) is the northeastern embayment of the Yellow Sea, below China's Liaodong Peninsula between Liaoning and North Korea. The Yalu River enters it at Dandong; drift ice up to 35 cm forms there in winter.
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (대한상공회의소, KCCI) is South Korea's central statutory business organization, coordinating 71 local chambers and representing business since 1905.
Korea Communications Commission
The Korea Communications Commission (방송통신위원회, KCC) was South Korea's regulator of broadcasting and telecommunications, launched in 2008 and replaced in 2025 by the Korea Media and Communications Commission.
Korea Credit Data
Korea Credit Data (한국신용데이터) is a South Korean financial-technology company founded in Seoul in 2016. It operates Cashnote, a business-management app for small merchants with about 2.3 million users.
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA, 질병관리청), South Korea's independent central disease control agency, successor to KCDC; runs national immunization (19 mandatory diseases), infectious disease surveillance, chronic disease programs from Osong.
Korea District Heating
Korea District Heating Corporation (KDHC), founded in 1985, is a South Korean public corporation supplying district heating, cooling, and electricity, serving about 1.9 million apartment households and listed on KOSPI.
Korea e-Sports Association
Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA, 한국e스포츠협회), South Korea's esports governing body founded 2000 under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; regulates player contracts, runs the KeSPA Cup, and fields Asian Games national teams.
Korea Electric Power
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO, 한국전력공사) is the state-controlled utility that transmits and distributes nearly all electricity in South Korea. Incorporated in 1982 and headquartered in Naju, it also owns six generation subsidiaries.
Korea Exchange
The Korea Exchange (KRX) is South Korea's demutualized exchange operator, created in 2005 by merging the Korea Stock Exchange, KOSDAQ, and Korea Futures Exchange; it runs the KOSPI, KOSDAQ, KONEX, and derivatives markets.
Korea Expressway Corporation
Korea Expressway Corporation (한국도로공사, KEC) is a South Korean government-owned corporation, founded in 1969, that holds the exclusive right to operate and collect tolls on most of the country's expressways.
Korea Gas
Korea Gas Corporation, also known as KOGAS (한국가스공사), is South Korea's state-controlled wholesale natural gas company, founded in 1983, importing LNG and supplying the entire domestic market.