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2333 BC: Legendary establishment of Gojoseon by Dangun. [4] 1500 BC: Beginning of the Mumun pottery period. [5] [6] [7] 700 BC: Beginning of the Liaoning bronze dagger culture. [8] 323 BC: Estimated beginning of the Gojoseon-Yan War that eventually ends in Gojoseon's loss of the Liaodong peninsula to Yan.
Main articles: History of North Korea and History of South Korea. Beginning with Syngman Rhee in 1948, a series of autocratic governments took power in South Korea with American support and influence. With the coup of Park Chung Hee in 1961, a new economic policy began.
The Korean Empire,[b]officially the Empire of Koreaor Imperial Korea,[2]was a Koreanmonarchical state proclaimed in October 1897 by King Gojongof the Joseon dynasty.
The history of South Korea begins with the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945. [1] At that time, South Korea and North Korea were divided, despite being the same people and on the same peninsula. In 1950, the Korean War broke out. North Korea overran South Korea until US-led UN forces intervened. At the end of the war in 1953, the border between South and North remained largely similar ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seoul, South Korea .
Historiography of Korea. Korean historiography is the way of writing Korean history. The historiography of Korea has evolved over time, reflecting specific periods and cultural contexts, leading to a better understanding of Korean history. During the Joseon Dynasty, historical narratives were influenced by the perspective of the royal court ...
The South Korean government constitutionally considers the Korean Provisional Government (KPG) to be its predecessor. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The KPG was established in 1919 as a government in exile in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation of Korea. It had nine different heads of state between September 1919 and August 1948.
This is a list of monarchs of Korea, arranged by dynasty. Names are romanized according to the South Korean Revised Romanization of Korean. McCune–Reischauer romanizations may be found at the articles about the individual monarchs.