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The Government-General of Chōsen Building ( Korean : 조선총독부 청사 ; RR : Joseon-chongdokbu Cheongsa ), also known as the Japanese General Government Building and the Seoul Capitol, was a building located in Jongno District of Seoul, South Korea, from 1926 to 1996. The Government-General Building was constructed by the Empire of Japan ...
Korea portal. v. t. e. From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen ( Hanja: 朝鮮, Korean: 조선), the Japanese reading of Joseon. [ a] Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late 1800s.
Gyeongbokgung ( Korean : 경복궁 ; Hanja : 景福宮 ; lit. Blessing Scenery Palace), also known as Gyeongbokgung Palace, was the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. Built in 1395, it is located in northern Seoul, South Korea. The largest of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon dynasty, Gyeongbokgung served as the home of the royal ...
On 11 August 2004, the South Korean government announced they would relocate the capital city from Seoul to the Gongju area as of 2007, to ease population pressure on Seoul and to get the government to a safer distance from North Korea in case of a Northern military invasion. [32] Gongju is approximately 120 km (75 mi) south of Seoul.
Seoul, [b] officially Seoul Special City, [c] is the capital and largest city of South Korea.The broader Seoul Capital Area, encompassing Gyeonggi province and Incheon metropolitan city, emerged as the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, trailing only Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles, hosting more than half of South Korea's population.
The Empire of Japan, [ c] also referred to as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [ d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947. [ 8] From 29 August 1910 until 2 September 1945, it administered the naichi (the Japanese archipelago, Kuril ...
Deoksugung ( Korean : 덕수궁) also known as Gyeongun-gung, Deoksugung Palace, or Deoksu Palace, is a walled compound of palaces in Seoul that was inhabited by members of Korea 's royal family during the Joseon monarchy until the annexation of Korea by Japan in 1910. It is one of the " Five Grand Palaces " built by the kings of the Joseon ...
Seongjeosimni ( Korean : 성저십리; Hanja : 城底十里, or sometimes romanized as Seongjeo Shibri [2]) was the peripheral area of Joseon 's capital city, Hanseongbu [ ko] ( 한성부 ), literally meaning areas 10 Ri (Korean mile) around the Fortress Wall of Seoul. Though this area was outside of the Fortress Wall, clearly it was a suburb ...