Sino-Korean

For now, the only way over the Yalu — and one of North Korea ' s few links to the outside world — is the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, which was built by the Japanese in 1943, and is so narrow that traffic can move only in one direction at a time.

Border Bridge Reflects Dilemma Jeremy Page 2010

Note 191: For Zhikong, see YNSLCK 3/254-255; Qi Qingfu, "Zhikong Youdian Jian Zhengxushi Kao" (A study on Zhikong in Yunnan and the building of Zhengxu Monastery), Yunnan Shehuikexue 2 (1995): 88-94; and Xiao Yaohui, "Zhonghan-Hanzhong Zhikong Yanjiu Xueshu Taolunhui Zhongshu" (A summary of Sino-Korean Studies on Zhikong), Yunnan Shehuikexue 4 (1998): 92-94. back

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

Pass the Chinese all data necessary to ensure they can interdict a possible North Korean refugee flow across the Sino-Korean border.

Eric C. Anderson: Enough of North Korea 2009

Mainly because the Chinese fear a collapse of the regime that could send millions of refugees streaming over the Sino-Korean border.

Going Ballistic (Sort of) 2007

Fortunately for Hoeryong, and the residents of other dusty towns that dot the Sino-Korean border, Chinese traders are willing to come calling.

Waiting On The Dear Leader 2007

If the thesis is correct, and I see no reason why it should not be, then I expect a dip in South Korea's IQ in the near future, as for more than a decade Korea's own Levellers have been promoting a disuse of Sino-Korean characters in favor of relying solely on the native phonetic script, Hangul*.

Smart Koreans 2006

I've heard that the DPRK has actually created now compound words made of native Korean roots to replace Sino-Korean homonyms, to make up for the confusion caused by the elimination of Hanja.

Hanja (Chinese characters) in Korean language Sun Bin 2006

The Sino-Korean forces slogged slowly up the hill after the slowly retreating Japanese.

1590s Military Technology Gaps 2005

I have noticed in passing that some Sino-Korean terms like that exist both ways, like kwallyôn (關聯), and its rarer partner yôn'gwan (聯關).

The Fates Horace Jeffery Hodges 2005

Incidentally, I have an improbable suggestion on the reversal of ideographic sequence in Sino-Korean terms.

The Fates Horace Jeffery Hodges 2005