In 1985, the decision was made to build a dam on the Hwanggang River in Hapcheon-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang Province), in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. They wanted to solve the chronic problems that result from seasonal floods. A study was conducted beforehand to examine the land that would be submerged if the dam were to...
A bundle of 2,000-year-old coins believed to have come from the ancient Chinese Xin Dynasty are unearthed from a tomb in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do Province.
A bundle of ancient coins, called hwacheon (화천, 貨泉), believed to date back to the Chinese Xin Dynasty (신조, 新朝) (A.D. 8-23), has been unearthed in the ruins of a tomb in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do Province.
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