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Did the United States install the the first president of Korea?
미국이 대한민국의 첫 대통령을 취임시켰나요?Errors in detailThe US installed a South Korean leader favourable to them, selecting Syngman Rhee (ironically, born in what...
Demeaning comments on Provisional government of Korea
대한민국임시정부 비하Errors in detailThroughout the occupation period, the Korean government-in-exile had been forced ever further west from China's eastern...
Error on Gojong’s internal exile to the Russian legation
아관파천에 관한 오류Errors in detail... murder of Empress Myeongseog ... After this event, King Gojong (r.1863-1910) fled to the Russian embassy for...
Was Joseon a vassal state of Qing?
조선은 청나라의 속국이었나요?Errors in detailFollowing the dynastic transfer from Ming to Qing in the 1640s Joseon became a vassal state, forced to spend...
Was Hangeul banned in Joseon?
조선 시대에 한글 사용이 금지되었나요?Errors in detailIn the 1440s King Sejong (reigned 1418-50) devised hangeul, …, and it was banned at the beginning of the...
Who was Yi Seong-gye?
이성계는 누구인가요?Errors in detailAfter a series of short-lived kings, powerful Joseon General Yi Seong-gye decided to take the mantle himself, and in 1392...
Was Goryeo a vassal state of Great Khans?
고려는 칸국의 속국이었나요?Errors in detailIn 1248, Goryeo was attacked by Mongol hordes, and became a vassal state of the Great Khans. Annexation came at a...
How was Seoul called in Joseon dynasty?
조선시대에 서울은 무엇이라고 불렸을까요?Errors in detailSeoul's Historical NamesSeoul as capital of the Joseon dynasty, 1392 to 1910. [p.164] Taejo moved the capital...
How did Silla end?
신라는 어떻게 멸망했나요?Errors in detailSilla shrank back to within its Three Kingdoms-era borders, and after a power struggle Taebong took control of the...