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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP; 한국수력원자력) is a South Korean state-owned utility, a wholly owned subsidiary of KEPCO, that operates all of Korea's nuclear power plants and generates about 32% of the country's electricity.
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH, 한국생산기술연구원) is a South Korean government-funded research institute, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Cheonan, that supports small and medium-sized enterprises.
Korea Investment Holdings
Korea Investment Holdings, also written as 한국투자금융지주, is a South Korean financial holding company formed in 2005 around Korea Investment & Securities, Korea's top brokerage by operating profit.
Korea Meteorological Administration
The Korea Meteorological Administration (기상청) is South Korea's government agency for weather, earthquakes, and climate, founded in 1949, elevated in 1990, and based in Daejeon since 2022.
Korea National Ballet
Korea National Ballet (국립발레단), or Korean National Ballet, is South Korea's first professional ballet company, founded in 1962 within the National Dance Company; a state-run, Seoul-based ensemble whose repertoire includes Grigorovich, Bart, and Neumeier full-lengths, led since August 2026 by Kim Joo-won.
Korea National Oil Corporation
Korea National Oil Corporation, also known as KNOC, is the state-owned oil and gas company of South Korea. Established in 1979, it manages strategic petroleum stockpiling and overseas production.
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, or KRISS, is South Korea's national metrology institute in Daejeon, maintaining national measurement standards and Korea Standard Time.
Korea Science Academy of KAIST
Korea Science Academy of KAIST (KSA, 한국과학영재학교) is a Busan high school for scientifically gifted students, founded as Busan Science High School in 1991, Korea's first science gifted school in 2003, and KAIST-affiliated since 2009.
Korea Semiconductor Industry Association
The Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA; 한국반도체산업협회) is a private, member-based trade association promoting South Korea's semiconductor industry since 1991, with 275 member companies; it organizes the SEDEX exhibition.
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, commonly KSOE, is a South Korean holding company created in 2019 that controls HD Hyundai's shipbuilding yards, offshore, and engine businesses.
Korea Software Industry Association
The Korea Software Industry Association (KOSA) is a South Korean statutory industry association for software and artificial intelligence, founded in 1988 and representing about 12,000 member companies.
Korea Strait (대한해협)
The Korea Strait (대한해협), also called the Tsushima Strait, links the East China Sea to the Sea of Japan between Korea and Japan's Kyushu and Honshu.
Korea Testing and Research Institute
Korea Testing and Research Institute (KTR) is a South Korean testing, inspection, and certification organization founded in 1969, serving industrial, chemical, electrical, and healthcare fields.
Korea Testing Laboratory
Korea Testing Laboratory (한국산업기술시험원, KTL) is South Korea's public comprehensive testing and certification organization, operating under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, founded in 1966 and headquartered in Jinju.
Korea Train Express (한국고속철도)
Korea Train Express (한국고속철도), commonly known as KTX, is the high-speed rail service of South Korea, operated by KORAIL since 2004 and cutting Seoul–Busan to under three hours.
Korea Transportation Safety Authority
The Korea Transportation Safety Authority (한국교통안전공단), branded as TS, is South Korea's traffic safety organization, responsible for vehicle inspection, safety research, and qualification testing across road, rail, and aviation transport.
Korea under Japanese rule
Korea under Japanese rule (1910-1945), also called the Japanese colonial period, was Japanese governance of annexed Korea via the Government-General of Joseon, spanning military rule, the 1919 March First Movement, cultural policy, and wartime assimilation.
Korea University (고려대학교)
Korea University (고려대학교) is a private research university in Seoul, founded in 1905 as Bosung College and renamed Korea University in 1946. A member of the SKY trio, it has Seoul and Sejong campuses, three hospitals, and QS rank 67th (2025).
Korea Water Resources Corporation
Korea Water Resources Corporation (한국수자원공사), known as K-water, is a South Korean state-owned corporation that develops and manages water resources, operating multipurpose dams since 1967.
Korea Zinc
Korea Zinc (고려아연) is a South Korean non-ferrous metal smelting company headquartered in Seoul since 1974, operating the world's largest single zinc smelter at Onsan, Ulsan.
Korea–Chile Free Trade Agreement
The Korea–Chile Free Trade Agreement, signed in Seoul in 2003 and in force since 2004, is South Korea's first free trade agreement and quadrupled bilateral trade.
Korea–United States Free Trade Agreement
The Korea–United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) is a US–South Korea trade agreement in force since 2012 that eliminated most tariffs between the two countries.
Korea–United States Treaty of Amity and Commerce
The Korea–United States Treaty of Amity and Commerce (조미수호통상조약), Korea's first treaty with a Western power, was signed at Jemulpo in 1882 by Commodore Robert W. Shufeldt.
Korea's treaties with European powers, 1883–1886
Between 1883 and 1886 Korea concluded treaties with four European powers: Britain and Germany in 1883, Russia in 1884, and France in 1886, all unequal treaties.
Koreaki Ito
Koreaki Ito (伊藤 維昭) is a Japanese molecular biologist at Kyoto Sangyo University known for work on protein export, disulfide bond formation, and translation in E. coli.
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (국가기술표준원, KATS) is South Korea's agency for national standards, conformity assessment, and legal metrology, under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Korean Air (대한항공)
Korean Air (대한항공), legally Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., is South Korea's flag carrier, hubbed at Incheon and parent of Asiana Airlines since December 2024.
Korean Air and Missile Defense
Korean Air and Missile Defense (KAMD, 한국형 미사일방어) is South Korea's independent, multi-layered air and missile defense system, the defensive axis of its three-axis system against North Korean missile threats.
Korean Air Flight 801 (대한항공 801편)
Korean Air Flight 801 (대한항공 801편), also known as the KAL Guam Crash, was a Seoul to Guam passenger flight that crashed into Nimitz Hill in 1997, killing 228 of 254 aboard.
Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858 was a Baghdad-to-Seoul passenger flight destroyed by a bomb over the Andaman Sea in November 1987, killing all 115 aboard, including 95 passengers.