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Sukiyaki (song) " Ue o Muite Arukō " ( Japanese: 上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up as I Walk"), alternatively titled " Sukiyaki ", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the charts in a number of countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
Arirang ( 아리랑 [a.ɾi.ɾaŋ]) is a Korean folk song. [ 1 ] There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "Arirang, arirang, arariyo" (" 아리랑, 아리랑, 아라리요 "). [ 2 ] It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old. [ 3 ]
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953. North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China (PRC) while South Korea was supported by the United Nations Command (UNC) led by the United ...
Albert B. and M. J. Wallis. Anna Wallis Suh (1900–1969), the woman generally associated [ 1] with the nickname " Seoul City Sue ," was an American Methodist missionary, educator, and North Korean propaganda radio announcer to United States forces during the Korean War . Suh was born in Arkansas, the youngest of six children.
Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others satirize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
The Battle of Winwick was fought on 19 August 1648 between a Scottish Royalist army and a Parliamentarian army during the Second English Civil War. The Scottish army invaded north-west England and was attacked and defeated at Preston on 17 August. The surviving Royalists fled south, closely pursued. Two days later, hungry, cold, soaking wet ...
McCune–Reischauer. Chosŏn inmin'gun'ga. The Song of the Korean People's Army is a patriotic song of the Korean People's Army, the army of North Korea 's ruling Workers' Party of Korea composed by Ri Beon-su and Ra Guk. [1] It was adopted in 1968 as the official anthem of the KPA. [2]
Operation Pokpung ( Korean: 폭풍 작전, lit. 'Storm') was the military invasion of the Republic of Korea (ROK) by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that triggered the Korean War. The DPRK military began the offensive by crossing the 38th parallel north and entering ROK territory at 04:00 PYT / KST on 25 June 1950; the DPRK ...