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Asia Song Festival
Asia Song Festival, A-Song-Fe or ASF, is an annual Asian pop music festival held in South Korea, since 2004.
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Bae Suzy
Bae Su-ji (born October 10, 1994), better known by the mononym Suzy, is a South Korean singer and actress.
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Baekje
Baekje (18 BC – 660 AD) was a kingdom located in southwest Korea.
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Big Bang (South Korean band)
Big Bang is a South Korean boy band formed by YG Entertainment.
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Brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.
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BTS (band)
BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a seven-member South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment.
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Buddhism
Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
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Buk District, Gwangju
Buk District (Buk-gu) is a district situated in the northern part of the city of Gwangju, South Korea.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Chonnam National University
Chonnam National University is a South Korean university located in the metropolitan city of Gwangju which lies in the middle of South Jeolla or Jeonnam (Chonnam) province, for which the school is named in the Southwest of the country.
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Chosun University
Chosun University is one of the oldest private universities in South Korea.
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Christianity
ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.
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Chun Doo-hwan
Chun Doo-hwan (or; born 18 January 1931) is a South Korean politician and former South Korean army general who served as the President of South Korea from 1979 to 1988, ruling as an unelected coup leader from December 1979 to September 1980 and as elected president from 1980 to 1988.
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Columbidae
Pigeons and doves constitute the animal family Columbidae and the order Columbiformes, which includes about 42 genera and 310 species.
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Coup d'état of December Twelfth
The Coup d'état of December Twelfth (Hangul: 12.12 군사반란; Hanja: 12.12 軍事叛亂) or the "12.12 Military Insurrection" was a military coup d'état which took place on December 12, 1979, in South Korea.
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Daegu
Daegu (대구, 大邱, literally 'large hill') formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the nation with over 2.5 million residents.
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Democratic Party of Korea
The Democratic Party, also known as The Minjoo Party of KoreaOfficially "The Minjoo Party of Korea" or "The Minjoo", including "The" in their name.
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Dong District, Gwangju
Dong District (Dong-gu) is a district, similar to a ward, situated in the city of Gwangju, South Korea.
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EXID
EXID (short for "Exceed in Dreaming"), is a South Korean girl group formed in 2012.
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Festival
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures.
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FINA World Aquatics Championships
The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, and water polo.
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Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko (both pronounced), also known as the maidenhair tree, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct.
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Goguryeo
Goguryeo (37 BCE–668 CE), also called Goryeo was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Manchuria.
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Guangzhou
Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong.
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Gwangju Airport
Gwangju Airport (Hangul: 광주공항, Hanja: 光州空港, Revised Romanization of Korean: Gwangju Gonghang, McCune-Reischauer: Kwangju Konghang) is an airport in the city of Gwangju, South Korea and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation.
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Gwangju Biennale
The Gwangju Biennale is a contemporary art biennale founded in September 1995 in Gwangju, South Jeolla province, South Korea.
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Gwangju FC
Gwangju FC (Korean:광주 FC, Hanja: 光州 FC) is a South Korean professional football club.
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Gwangju Health University
Gwangju Health University (GHU) is a private bachelor's degree-granting community college located in Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea.
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Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) is a research-oriented university located in Gwangju, South Korea.
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Gwangju Metro
Gwangju Metro is the rapid transit system of Gwangju, South Korea, operated by the Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (GRTC, or Gwangju Metro).
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Gwangju National Museum
Gwangju National Museum is a national museum located in Gwangju, South Korea.
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Gwangju Songjeong station
Gwangju Songjeong Station (formerly Songjeongni Station) is a station in Gwangju, South Korea.
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Gwangju Station
Gwangju Station is a train station located in Gwangju, South Korea, 353 km south of Yongsan Station.
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Gwangju University
Gwangju University began in 1981 as a four-year college in Jinwol-dong, Nam-gu, Gwangju, named Gwangju Gyeongsang Jeonmun Daehak.
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Gwangju Uprising
The Gwangju Uprising, alternatively called May 18 Democratic Uprising by UNESCO, and also known as May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, was a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju, South Korea, from May 18 to 27, 1980.
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Gwangju World Cup Stadium
The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a football stadium in the South Korean city of Gwangju.
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Gwangsan District
Gwangsan District (Gwangsan-gu) is a district, similar to a ward, situated in the city of Gwangju, South Korea.
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Gyeongsang Province
Gyeongsang (경상도, Gyeongsang-do) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon dynasty.
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Han Kang
Han Kang (born November 27, 1970) is a South Korean writer.
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Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (from Korean hangeul 한글), has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by Sejong the Great.
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Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters.
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Honam
Honam (literally "south of the lake") is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea.
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Honam University
Honam University is a university located in Gwangsan-gu, South Korea.
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Index of Korea-related articles
This is a list of articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts.
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Infinite (band)
Infinite (인피니트; stylized as INFINITE) is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010 by Woollim Entertainment.
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J-Hope
Jung Ho-seok (born February 18, 1994), better known by his stage name J-Hope (stylized as j-hope), is a South Korean rapper, dancer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Jeolla dialect
The Jeolla dialect of Korean (also known as Cholla), or Southwestern Korean, are spoken in the Honam region of South Korea, including the city of Gwangju.
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Jeolla Province
Jeolla Province was a province in southwestern Korea, one of the historical Eight Provinces of Korea during the Kingdom of Joseon.
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Joseon
The Joseon dynasty (also transcribed as Chosŏn or Chosun, 조선; officially the Kingdom of Great Joseon, 대조선국) was a Korean dynastic kingdom that lasted for approximately five centuries.
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Justice Party (South Korea)
The Justice Party (정의당) is a political party in South Korea.
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K League
K League (Hangul: K리그) (Korea Professional Football League) is South Korea's professional association football league including the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2.
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Kia Tigers
Kia Tigers (기아 타이거즈) is a Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju.
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Kim Yu-bin
Kim Yu-bin may refer to.
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Korea Baseball Organization
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO; 한국야구위원회) is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea.
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Korea Train Express
Korea Train eXpress (KTX) is South Korea's high-speed rail system, operated by Korail.
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Korea under Japanese rule
Korea under Japanese rule began with the end of the short-lived Korean Empire in 1910 and ended at the conclusion of World War II in 1945.
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Korean language
The Korean language (Chosŏn'gŭl/Hangul: 조선말/한국어; Hanja: 朝鮮말/韓國語) is an East Asian language spoken by about 80 million people.
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Korean shamanism
Korean shamanism, also known as Shinism (Hangul 신교, Hanja 神敎; Shingyo or Shinkyo, "religion of the spirits/gods"), or Shindo (Hangul: 신도; Hanja: 神道, "way of the spirits/gods"), is the collective term for the ethnic religions of Korea which date back to prehistory, and consist in the worship of gods (신 shin) and ancestors (조상 josang).
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Lee Sung-jong
Lee Sung-jong (Hangul: 이성종; hanja: 李成種; born September 3, 1993), commonly known as Sungjong, is a South Korean singer.
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List of cities in South Korea
The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces.
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List of special cities of South Korea
Special cities are one of the first-level administrative divisions within South Korea.
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May 18th National Cemetery
May 18th National Cemetery is a cemetery for those who participated in the Gwangju Uprising.
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McCune–Reischauer
McCune–Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems.
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Medan
Medan; is the capital of North Sumatra province in Indonesia.
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Minzy
Gong Min-ji (born January 18, 1994), better known by her stage name Minzy, is a South Korean singer and songwriter.
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Miss A
Miss A (Hangul: 미쓰에이) was a South Korean girl group, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2010, consisting of Fei, Jia, Min, and Suzy.
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Monsta X
Monsta X (often stylized as MONSTA X) is a South Korean boy band formed by Starship Entertainment through the 2015 Mnet survival show No.Mercy.
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Muan County
Muan County (Muan-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province (Jeollanam-do), South Korea.
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Mudeungsan
Mudeungsan is a mountain in South Korea.
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Mudeungsan National Park
Mudeungsan National Park, previously Mudeungsan Provincial Park, is located in the city of Gwangju and the province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea.
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Nam District, Gwangju
Nam District (Nam-gu, 남구) is the southern district of Gwangju (광주광역시), South Korea.
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Namak, South Korea
Namak New Town refers to a planned city surrounding Buju-dong, Samhyang-dong of Mokpo, and Samhyang-eup, Illo-eup of Muan County.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.
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Provinces of Korea
Korea's provinces (Do; hangul: 도; hanja: 道) have been the primary administrative division of Korea since the mid Goryeo dynasty in the early 11th century, and were preceded by provincial-level divisions (Ju and Mok) dating back to Unified Silla, in the late 7th century.
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Regions of Korea
Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the peninsula.
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Revised Romanization of Korean
The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea proclaimed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to replace the older McCune–Reischauer system.
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Rhododendron schlippenbachii
Rhododendron schlippenbachii, the royal azalea, is a species of Rhododendron native to the Korean Peninsula and adjacent regions of Manchuria (Liaoning, Nei Mongol), Japan, and the Russian Far East.
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Samguk sagi
Samguk sagi (삼국사기, 三國史記, History of the Three Kingdoms) is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla.
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San Antonio
San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States.
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Sendai
is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the largest city in the Tōhoku region, and the second largest city north of Tokyo.
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Seo District, Gwangju
Seo District (Seo-gu) is a district, meaning west-district in Korean (Korean hanja), but situated in the center of the Gwangju city, South Korea.
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Seo Hye-lin
Seo Hye-rin, referred to as Hyerin, is a South Korean singer.
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Seoul
Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.
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Seungri
Lee Seung-hyun (Hangul: 이승현; born December 12, 1990), better known by his stage name Seungri (Hangul: 승리, Victory) and V.I when performing in Japan, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.
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Silla
Silla (57 BC57 BC according to the Samguk Sagi; however Seth 2010 notes that "these dates are dutifully given in many textbooks and published materials in Korea today, but their basis is in myth; only Goguryeo may be traced back to a time period that is anywhere near its legendary founding." – 935 AD) was a kingdom located in southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula.
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Sister city
Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.
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South Jeolla Province
South Jeolla Province or Jeollanam-do is a province in the southwest of South Korea.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.
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South Korea national football team
The Korea Republic national football team (대한민국 축구 국가대표팀) represents South Korea in international association football and is organised by the Korea Football Association.
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Special Operations Command Korea
Special Operations Command Korea or SOCKOR, the United States (U.S.) Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) in the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a Sub-Unified Command assigned under the Combatant Command (COCOM) of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), who delegated Operational Command (OPCON) of SOCKOR to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Commander, who further delegated OPCON of SOCKOR to the United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander.
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The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian is a South Korean three-part drama novella written by Han Kang and first published in 2007.
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Three Kingdoms of Korea
The concept of the Three Kingdoms of Korea refers to the three kingdoms of Baekje (백제), Silla (신라) and Goguryeo (고구려).
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Turin
Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.
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TVXQ
TVXQ (stylized as TVXQ!), an initialism for Tong Vfang Xien Qi, is a South Korean pop duo consisting of U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.
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Universiade
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU).
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Wonder Girls
Wonder Girls was a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment.
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Yunho
Jung Yun-ho (born February 6, 1986), also known by his stage name U-Know Yunho or simply U-Know, is a South Korean singer, actor, and a member of the pop duo TVXQ.
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2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA.
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2NE1
2NE1 (투애니원) was a South Korean girl group composed of Bom, Dara, CL, and Minzy, formed by YG Entertainment in 2009.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju
