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Find the answer at the bottom. While South Korea lacks a specific law officially designating a national flower, the rose of Sharon, or "mugunghwa" in Korean, is widely recognized as such. The ...
Pyongyang streets filled to celebrate a major national holiday Tensions have risen over the past two months%3B South Koreans fine Kim Jung Un visits grave of grandfather%2C founder of North Korea ...
The Korean Cultural Centre UK held a craft event, ‘Drawing the National Flower, Mugunghwa’ as we mark Korean Independence Movement Day on 2nd March 2024. Koreans to Commemorate Mar.1 Independence ...
Most of the objects in Made in North Korea are from trips Bonner made between 1993 to 2005, from the bars he visited to hotels that sheltered him to the Air Koryo flights he took to and fro Beijing.
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) established a small forest filled with the Korean national flower (Hibiscus syriacus) in Seoul's financial district of Yeouido to create a healthy urban ...
Ampotan has a nice post discussing differences in symbolism of Japan and Korea's national flowers: cherry blossom or sakura (Japan) and the Rose of Sharon or mugunghwa (Korea). Global Voices stands ...