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Cheondeung (Jeongdeung–sa) Temple, on the island's south coast. Stiff Korean resistance, coupled by the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Korean defenders, now numbering 10,000 men, forced a French retreat with dozens of casualties but no deaths, finally resulting in the French retreating, and abandoning the island.
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in 1866. The encounter lasted nearly six weeks. In the first battle, a Korean infantry division lost heavily, and Korean
General Yang Heon-su concluded that only a large cavalry division could stand up to French firepower. On 9 November, the French were checked when they attempted to occupy the
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over 100 years ago, craftsman Han
Chunggyo from the white-mat producing village, Yango-ri, Haesongmyeon, Ganghwa-gun, achieved a successful product by the design of his own idea. Thereafter, various designs have been developed and manufacturing techniques have been improved.
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Catholic missionaries and Korean converts alike leading to a punitive
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Japanese ship, Unyo, made and incursion into the restricted coastal zone, under the guise of measuring the coastline. It fired a few shots at the fortress on the island. When the Unyo sent a boat to the island, the Korean garrison
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1641:Categories
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1433:8 December
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1261:References
1132:Hwamunseok
1124:Speciality
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190:Population
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1589:Ganghwa
1561:Namdong
1546:Gyeyang
1401:4 April
1377:4 April
1255:Fukuoka
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695:(61.3)
690:(51.8)
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