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Period: 918 to 936
Later Three Kingdoms
Taejo Wang Kôn established the country under the name of Goryeo with the intention of reviving Goguryeo, and made Gaeseong as a capitalin the northern part of Silla. There was already
Later Baekje independent by peasant revolution and Silla. During
Later Three Kingdoms period, Silla, Later Baekje, and Goryo were fighting against each other but in 936 Goryeo finally took over the peninsula. -
Period: 936 to 1395
Goryeo Dynasty
10-11th century: Interaction between China, Make the dynasty stable, the spread of confucianism.
12th century: A lot of change of government/kind
13th century: Mongol Domination
14th century: damage from pirates, split into Ming Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, military got weaker
In 1392, Yi Song-Gye (이성계) defeated the Goryeo Dynasty and established the Joseon Dynasty. -
Period: 1392 to
Choson Dynasty
12-13th century: a complicated period; princes were fighting, a lot of factions
1404: Restoration of diplomatic relations between Japan, 3 new ports were built
1418-1450: Sejong became the king and made Korean writing based on humans mouth shape
1592-1598 Japanese invasions of Korea
1593: Christianity arrival
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Korean Empire
Got free from Tributary system of China by Japan.
A lot of interaction between Japan.
In 1909, An Jung-geun assassinated Japanese first prime minister, Hirobumi Ito. -
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Japanese colonial rule
Japan formally colonized Korea with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 by Treaty of Portsmouth after Russo-Japanese war.
1941 Pacific war started
1945 The end of Japan colonization by losing WW2 -
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Northern Korea under Soviet Occupation; Southern Korea under American Occupation
Soviet Union occupied Northern Korea and the United Stated occupied Southern Korea by 38 parallel line. -
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea
In 1948, Puppet states were established on both side.
Republic of Korea by Rhee Shngman and Democratic People's Republic of Korea by Kim Il Sung. -
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Korean War
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Period: to
Modern Korea
After the Korean war, South Korean government focused on developing diplomacy especially on exports to rise their GDP. IMF. Eventually, they held olympic and a soccer world cup with Japan. Also, the huge boom of K-pop and K-dramas are now one of the biggest industry in South Korea.
North Korea was always a communist country. They were well-living than South Korea by the support from Russia and China. They also had more natural resources.
The Korean war is still a ceasefire.