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Baek Seok

Baek Seok, real name Paek Ki-haeng, was a Korean poet, born in 1912, who wrote his main work in Japanese-occupied Korea and died in the North in the mid-1990s.

Baek Sun-ho (백선호, legal name Lee Seon-ho), South Korean actor born 2003 in Seoul; former BigHit and C-JeS idol trainee (M.I.C) who debuted in Between Him and Her (2023) and leads Netflix's If Wishes Could Kill (2026).

Baek Sung-chul (백성철)

Baek Sung-chul (백성철, born 1999) is a South Korean model-turned-actor from Suncheon, known as Santa in Inspector Koo (2021), Oh Chan-hwi in Brewing Love (2024), and Shim Yu-geon in Dream to You (2026); distinct from the 1981-born actor of the same name.

Sep 21, 2026

Baek Sung-hee

Baek Sung-hee (백성희), also published as Sung Hee Baek, is a South Korean molecular and cellular geneticist and professor at Seoul National University known for her work on epigenetics and autophagy.

Baek Sung-hyun (백성현)

Baek Sung-hyun (백성현, born 1989) is a South Korean actor, a former child star of Stairway to Heaven and Damo, now known for Voice, Korea-Khitan War, and KBS daily dramas, winning 2024 KBS Drama Awards for Su-Ji and U-Ri.

Baekdu Mountain Boundary Monument

The Baekdu Mountain Boundary Monument (백두산정계비), also called the Mukedeng stele, was a stone marker erected in 1712 recording the Joseon–Qing border at Baekdu Mountain; it vanished in 1931.

Baekhyun (변백현)

Baekhyun (변백현, Byun Baek-hyun, born 1992) is a South Korean singer, main vocalist of EXO, EXO-CBX, and SuperM, and solo R&B artist under his label INB100; his EP Delight was the first solo album to earn Gaon triple platinum.

Baekje (백제)

Baekje (백제), ancient Korean kingdom 18 BCE–660 CE, one of the Three Kingdoms with Goguryeo and Silla; capitals at Hanseong, Ungjin (Gongju), and Sabi (Buyeo); fell 660; eight sites UNESCO-listed 2015.

Baekje Cultural Land

Baekje Cultural Land (백제문화단지) is Korea's largest history theme park, in Buyeo County, South Chungcheong. Built 1994 to 2010 on 3,276,000 square meters, it reconstructs Sabi Palace, Neungsa Temple, and Baekje kingdom life.

Sep 24, 2026

Baekje damdo system

The Baekje damdo system, or damro (담로), was the local governance system of the Korean kingdom of Baekje, dividing the realm into governor-ruled territorial units.

Baekje Gilt-bronze Standing Buddha (Buyeo)

The Baekje gilt-bronze standing Buddha (Buyeo) is a small gilt-bronze Buddhist statue cast by the Baekje kingdom, whose capital lay at Buyeo, characterized by gentle faces and harmonious proportions.

Baekje Historic Areas

Baekje Historic Areas (백제역사유적지구), UNESCO World Heritage serial property inscribed 2015: eight archaeological sites, 475–660 CE, in Gongju, Buyeo, and Iksan, South Korea, remains of the late Baekje kingdom's capitals.

Sep 24, 2026

Baekje revival movement

The Baekje revival movement (백제 부흥 운동) was the Baekje loyalist attempt, supported by the Wa, to restore their kingdom after the Silla–Tang conquest of 660, ending in 663.

Baekje–Japan relations

Baekje–Japan relations were the political, military, and cultural ties between the Korean kingdom of Baekje and Yamato Japan from the late 4th century to 660.

Baekje–Wa alliance

The Baekje–Wa alliance was the military partnership between the Korean kingdom of Baekje and the Wa of Japan, from 397 until Baekje's fall in 663.

Baekje's adoption of Buddhism

Baekje's adoption of Buddhism was the Korean kingdom of Baekje's official acceptance of the religion in 384, when the monk Marananta arrived from the Eastern Jin dynasty and was received by King Chimryu.

Baekje's move of capital to Sabi

Baekje's move of capital to Sabi (웅진에서 사비 천도) was King Seong's 538 relocation of the capital from Ungjin to Sabi, modern Buyeo, renaming the state Nambuyeo.

Baekje's move of capital to Ungjin

Baekje's move of capital to Ungjin (웅진천도) transferred the Korean kingdom's seat from Hanseong to Ungjin, present-day Gongju, in 475, after Goguryeo destroyed Hanseong and killed King Gaero.

Baekjo

Baekjo (백조, "White Tide") was a Korean literary magazine founded in 1922, remembered as the flagship journal of early 1920s romanticism despite lasting only three issues.

Bael (demon)

Bael (Baal, Baël) is the first spirit of the Ars Goetia in the Lesser Key of Solomon: a King of the East with 66 legions, three heads (toad, man, cat), hoarse voice, and power to grant invisibility, first printed in Weyer's 1577 Pseudomonarchia Daemonum.

Baelor

Baelor is the ninth episode of Game of Thrones season 1 (HBO, June 12, 2011), written by Benioff and Weiss and directed by Alan Taylor, famous for Ned Stark's beheading at the Great Sept of Baelor; distinct from Baelor Targaryen and the Sept itself.

Baetidae

Baetidae, the small minnow mayflies, is the most species-rich mayfly family: about 100 genera and 900 species worldwide except New Zealand and Antarctica, established by Leach in 1815, with larvae used in stream biomonitoring.

Baetis Chasma

Baetis Chasma is a 93-km-diameter chasma on Mars in the Valles Marineris system near Ophir and Candor Chasmata, IAU-named in 1985 (formerly Iamunae Chasma), associated with Baetis Mensa.

Baetis Labēs

Baetis Labēs is an 88.00-km-wide labēs (landslide-type) feature on Mars at 3.67°S, 288.54°E, IAU-approved February 2, 2017 from the classical albedo feature Baetis, one of seven Martian labēs.

Oct 20, 2026

Baetis Mensa

Baetis Mensa is a 181 km mesa, an interior layered deposit in Candor Chasma, Valles Marineris, Mars; IAU-named 1985 from a classical albedo feature, likely a remnant of proto-Candor Mensa with sulfate-bearing layers.

Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase-like

Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase-like (InterPro IPR050775) is a family of FAD- and NADPH-dependent flavoprotein monooxygenases, including CHMO and PAMO, that insert an oxygen atom into ketone C-C bonds to form esters or lactones using O2.

Bafétimbi Gomis

Bafétimbi Gomis, French centre-forward born 1985 in La Seyne-sur-Mer; played Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Swansea, Marseille, Galatasaray, Al-Hilal, Kawasaki Frontale; 12 France caps; retired 10 November 2024 at 39.

Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay, also called Baffin's Bay, is an Arctic marginal sea between Greenland and Baffin Island, about 1,130 km long and over 2,740 m deep, linking the Arctic Ocean to Davis Strait; ice-covered most of the year with rapid sea-ice decline.

Baffin Island

Baffin Island (Qikiqtaaluk), Nunavut, Canada: largest Canadian and fifth-largest world island, 507,451 km², home to Iqaluit, the Barnes and Penny ice caps, Auyuittuq National Park, and the Mary River iron mine.