Errors about Korean people & figures
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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 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...
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...
When did King Gwanggaeto seize Hangang(Han River) area?
광개토대왕은 언제 한강 지역을 점령했나요?Errors in detailGoguryeo got their own back several generation down the line when the great king Gwanggaeto seized control of...
Who is Dangun?
단군은 누구인가요?Errors in detailToday the peninsula's first kingdom is usually referred to as Gojoseon ... in 2333 BC under the leadership of Dangun, who...
Is Seoul known for its music?
서울은 음악으로 유명한가요?Errors in detailSeoul isn't exactly renowned for the quality of its music. From pre-teen girls to bad-boy bike nuts, most of the...