The legendary founder of Gojoseon was Dangun Wanggeom. Dangun is thought to be a title meaning Emperor, although frequently used to refer to the founder Wanggeom. Some records indicate the abdication of Emperor Koyulga in 239 BC, while other accounts record the date as 1137 BC. According to one account, the dynasty's name was changed to Daebuyeo in 425 BCE. Hwandan-gogi is a controversial text said to detail ancient Korean history, but its authenticity has been widely questioned. It appears to be partly based on other kn ...

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Rulers of Korea, Rulers of Korea - Gojoseon c.2333 BCE–c.239 BCE, Rulers of Korea - Buyeo c.239 BCE–494 CE, Rulers of Korea - Bukbuyeo c.108 BCE–c.58 BCE, Rulers of Korea - Dongbuyeo c.86 BCE–22 CE, Rulers of Korea - Gaya Garak 42-532, Rulers of Korea - Baekje 18 BCE–660 CE, Rulers of Korea - Goguryeo 37 BCE–668 CE, Rulers of Korea - Legendary line, Rulers of Korea - Great King line, Rulers of Korea - Hwando-Guknae line, Rulers of Korea - P'yŏngyang line, Rulers of Korea - Silla 57 BCE–935 CE, Rulers of Korea - Balhae Bohai 669–926, Rulers of Korea - Goryeo 918–1392, Rulers of Korea - Joseon 1392–1897, Rulers of Korea - Korean Empire 1897–1919, Rulers of Korea - Presidents of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1919–1948, Rulers of Korea - Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1948–present, Rulers of Korea - Republic of Korea 1948–present

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Korea refers to South Korea and North Korea together, which were a unified country until 1948. It is situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is populated by a homogeneous ethnic group, the Koreans, who speak a distinct language (Korean) and use the unique script Hangul. Korea was partitioned into two halves following World War II. South Korea is now a capitalist liberal democracy, and sometimes referred to simply as "Korea". North Korea remains a Communist state, of ...

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• Korea - Names of Korea
• Korea - Culture and philosophy
• Korea - History
• Korea - Gojoseon
• Korea - The Three Kingdoms
• Korea - Balhae and Unified Silla
• Korea - Goryeo
• Korea - Joseon
• Korea - Japanese occupation
• Korea - Division
• Korea - Civil war and hopes for reunification
• Korea - Geography
• Korea - Demographics
• Korea - Korea in sporting events
• Korea - Further readings
• Korea - Special characters

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Goguryeo (37 BC – 668) was an empire in Manchuria and northern Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Baekje and Silla. The modern English name "Korea" derives from the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo, which in turn took its name from "Goguryeo". See Names of Korea. It is said to have been founded in 37 BC by King Jumong, although it likely existed at around the time of Gojoseon's fall. Other small states in former Gojoseon territory included Buyeo, Okjeo and Dongye, all of which were lat ...

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• Goguryeo - History
• Goguryeo - Founding
• Goguryeo - Centralized kingdom
• Goguryeo - Further expansion
• Goguryeo - King Gwanggaeto the Great
• Goguryeo - Internal strife
• Goguryeo - Sui wars
• Goguryeo - Silla-Tang invasion
• Goguryeo - Culture
• Goguryeo - Language
• Goguryeo - Modern politics

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Daegaya was a major chiefdom of the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. Daegaya was located in present-day Goryeong County, in North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. (It should not be confused with Goryeong Gaya, which was located in present-day Jinju.) According to "Geographies" in Samguk Sagi, Daegaya existed for about 520 years from the first king, Ijinashi (이진아시왕), to the last, King Doseolji (도설지왕). Daegaya had sixteen kings from King Ininashi to King Doseolji but only four of those are known; 1st King Ijinashi, 9th King Anoi, 16th King Dos ...

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Joseon (조선, also Chosŏn) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases: Korea was named Joseon in the Korean language during the Joseon Dynasty Korea under Japanese rule was named Joseon (or more accurately, the Japanese version Chōsen). North Korea today refers to Korea as a whole, or sometimes just North Korea, as Chosŏn in the Korean language. See Names of Korea for more details on the changing use of the name. It is also used in the names of two prominent newspapers: the South Korean Chosun ...

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Yun Poson (Korean hangul: 윤보선; hanja: 尹潽善; revised: Yun Boseon; McCune-Reischauer: Yun Posŏn; August 26, 1897 – July 18, 1990) was the President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962. Born in Asan, South Chungcheong province, Yun graduated with an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh in 1930. He entered politics after Japanese occupation ended in 1945, with Syngman Rhee being his mentor. In 1948, Yun was appointed by Rhee as mayor of Seoul. A year later, he was appointed as the Minister of Commerce and ...

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The Daewon-gun, or properly Heungseon Daewon-gun, (1820–1898) was the regent of Joseon during much of the later 19th century. Daewon-gun simply means "regent." The Daewon-gun was the father of the next-to-last Joseon monarch Gojong, and effectively wielded royal power. He was engaged in recurrent power struggles with Queen Min, the wife of the king. She had him sent into exile in 1882, but he returned four years later and was able b ...

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Yuri of Silla (d. 57, r. 24-57), often known by his formal title Yuri Isageum, was the third ruler of the ancient Korean state of Silla. According to the Samguk Sagi, the principal source for events of this period, Yuri established the official administrative divisions of Silla, as well as the bureaucratic hierarchy. However, this account is not generally credited by historians, given that Silla in this period is not believed to have be ...

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The state of Goryeo ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the founding of Joseon in 1392. The name "Goryeo" is a shortened form of "Goguryeo," the name of a kingdom in northern Korea which was conquered by Silla in 668. The English name "Korea" comes from "Goryeo." See Names of Korea. Two of this period's most notable products are Goryeo pottery — the famous Korean celadon pottery — and the Tripitaka Koreana — the Buddhist scriptures (Tripitak ...

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• Goryeo - History

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Myeongjong was the third son of King Injong, and king of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo (1170–1197). Although it was intended that Injong's second son should succeed his father*, he was assassinated because Chung Jung-Bu feared that he might become a threat to him in the future. Myeongjong was a weak king, and was merely on the throne to show the general populace they still had a king, as the true rulers were the military leaders. His reign saw constant bloodshed as well as the deaths of the rebels Chung Jung-bu, ...

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Pasa Isageum (80-112, d. 112) was the fifth ruler of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla. He was either King Yuri's son or his nephew, and thereby a descendant of Silla's first ruler Bak Hyeokgeose. According to the Samguk Sagi, the Wolseong royal fortress was first constructed in the twenty-second year of his reign. Portions of this fortress are still preserved in central Gyeongju. In the twenty-third year of Pasa's reign, Silla gained control over the previously independent states of Siljikgok (present-day Samch ...

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Prince Wu of Korea (1912-1945), was the 4th head of Unhyeon Palace and a member of the Imperial family of Korea. He was born the second son of Prince Gang, the fifth son of Emperor Gojong. At the age of five, he was adopted to be the heir of deceased Prince Jun (or Prince Yeongseon, 永宣君李埈 yeong seon gun i jun), the 3rd head of Unhyeon Palace and the only son of the elder brother of Emperor Gojong, Prince Hui (or Prince Heung, 興親王李熹 heung chin wang i hui or Yi Jaemyeon, Prince W ...

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Silla (also spelled Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. It conquered the other two kingdoms in the 7th century C.E., Baekje in 660 and Goguryeo in 668. Historians sometimes refer to Silla in the period after it conquered the other two kingdoms as Unified Silla. Silla history is traditionally divided by Korean scholars into four periods. During the first period (57 B.C.~514 A.D.), Silla evolved to a kingdom. Silla became a fully grown kingdom during the second period (514~654). During the ...

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The name "Three Kingdoms" was used in the Korean titles of the histories Samguk Sagi (12th century) and Samguk Yusa (13th century). The three city-states were founded soon after the fall of Gojoseon, and gradually conquered and absorbed various other small states and confederacies. After the fall of Gojoseon, the Han dynasty established four commanderies in northern parts of the Korean peninsula. Three fell quickly to ...

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Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms of Korea - Three Kingdoms, Three Kingdoms of Korea - Goguryeo, Three Kingdoms of Korea - Baekje, Three Kingdoms of Korea - Silla, Three Kingdoms of Korea - Other Small Kingdoms, Three Kingdoms of Korea - Unification

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Born Princess Nashimotonomiya Masako of Japan, she was the first daughter of Prince Nashimotonomiya Morimasa, the seventh son of Prince Kuninomiya Asahiko, an adopted son of Emperor Ninko of Japan, and his beautiful wife, Princess Itsuko, a daughter of Marquis Naohiro Nabeshima. She was a first cousin of Empress Nagako of Japan, the wife of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Akihito, and Princess Yoshiko, a wife of Prince Gun of Korea. On her mother's side, she as also a first cousin of Princess Setsuko, the wife of ...

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Bangja Crown Princess of Korea, Bangja Crown Princess of Korea - Birth, Bangja Crown Princess of Korea - Marriage, Bangja Crown Princess of Korea - Life as the last Crown Princess of Korea, Bangja Crown Princess of Korea - Death, Bangja Crown Princess of Korea - Children, Bangja Crown Princess of Korea - Titles from birth

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You can help keep this list up to date by adding titles of new or existing articles which are not yet listed here. (Before you add an article, however, please consult the Korean naming conventions.) This is an alphabetical list. For a categorical organization of Baekje topics, please see the Categories section below. Red links are to articles that will hopefully be added in the very near future. For h ...

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List of Baekje-related topics, List of Baekje-related topics - Introduction, List of Baekje-related topics - Categories, List of Baekje-related topics - Talk and meta pages, List of Baekje-related topics - A, List of Baekje-related topics - B, List of Baekje-related topics - C, List of Baekje-related topics - D, List of Baekje-related topics - G, List of Baekje-related topics - H, List of Baekje-related topics - J, List of Baekje-related topics - M, List of Baekje-related topics - O, List of Baekje-related topics - P, List of Baekje-related topics - S, List of Baekje-related topics - U, List of Baekje-related topics - W

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Main article: Joseon Dynasty In 1392 a Korean general, Yi Seonggye, was sent to China to campaign against the Ming Dynasty, but instead he allied himself with the Chinese, and returned to overthrow the Goryeo king and establish a new dynasty. The Joseon Dynasty moved the capital to Hanseong (formerly Hanyang; modern-day Seoul) in 1394 and adopted Confucianism as the country's official religion, resulting in much loss of power and wealth by the Buddhists. During this period, the Hangul al ...

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History of Korea, History of Korea - Prehistory, History of Korea - Gojoseon ? - 108 BC, History of Korea - Proto-Three Kingdoms of Korea 108 BC - 3rd century, History of Korea - Three Kingdoms 3rd century - 668, History of Korea - Balhae and Unified Silla, History of Korea - Goryeo, History of Korea - Joseon, History of Korea - 19th century, History of Korea - Japanese Occupation, History of Korea - The division of Korea

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Goguryeo - Founding. According to the Samguk Sagi, a 12th century Korean history, King Jumong (posthumously called King Dongmyeongseong) founded the state in 37 BC in Jolbon Buyeo, around what is now the border between China and North Korea. However, Goguryeo likely coexisted with the declining Gojoseon around 2nd century BC, and a state named Guru (possibly referring to Goguryeo, although Okjeo was sometimes also called Guru) is recorded for this period.[citation needed] Goguryeo ...

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Goguryeo, Goguryeo - History, Goguryeo - Founding, Goguryeo - Centralized kingdom, Goguryeo - Further expansion, Goguryeo - King Gwanggaeto the Great, Goguryeo - Internal strife, Goguryeo - Goguryeo-Sui Wars, Goguryeo - Silla-Tang invasion, Goguryeo - Culture, Goguryeo - Language, Goguryeo - World Heritage Site, Goguryeo - Modern politics, Goguryeo - Notes

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President of South Korea, President of South Korea - Latest election, President of South Korea - List of heads of government of the Republic of Korea, President of South Korea - Presidents of the Provisional Government¹, President of South Korea - Chairmen of the Interim Legislative Assembly, President of South Korea - Speaker of the Constituent Assembly, President of South Korea - Presidents of the Republic of Korea, President of South Korea - Notes

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The origin of Dae Joyeong is disputed. Koreans, Japanese and traditional Chinese historians claim that the founder Dae Joyeong was of Goguryeo-kind. The Old Book of the Tang says that he was "a variant kind of Goguryeo" (高麗別種), while the New Book of the Tang states that he is "from the Sumo Mohe region of the former realm of Goguryeo." New Chinese historians argue that Sumo Mohe is not a region, but an ethnic non-Korean tribe. Dae ...

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Dae Joyeong, Dae Joyeong - Controversial origins, Dae Joyeong - Account describing origin as Korean

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