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Demeaning comments on Provisional government of Korea 대한민국임시정부 비하 The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail Throughout the occupation period, the Korean government-in-exile had been forced ever further west from China’s eastern seaboard, eventually...
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Error on Gojong’s internal exile to the Russian legation 아관파천에 관한 오류 The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail … murder of Empress Myeongseog … After this event, King Gojong (r.1863-1910) fled to the Russian embassy for protection; 오류...
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Was Joseon a vassal state of Qing? 조선은 청나라의 속국이었나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail Following the dynastic transfer from Ming to Qing in the 1640s Joseon became a vassal state, forced to spend substantial sums paying tribute to the emperors in...
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Was Hangeul banned in Joseon? 조선 시대에 한글 사용이 금지되었나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail In the 1440s King Sejong (reigned 1418-50) devised hangeul, …, and it was banned at the beginning of the sixteenth century, lying largely dormant until it was...
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Who was Yi Seong-gye? 이성계는 누구인가요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail After a series of short-lived kings, powerful Joseon General Yi Seong-gye decided to take the mantle himself, and in 1392 declared himself King Taejo, the first leader of the Joseon...
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Was Goryeo a vassal state of Great Khans? 고려는 칸국의 속국이었나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail In 1248, Goryeo was attacked by Mongol hordes, and became a vassal state of the Great Khans. Annexation came at a great human cost, one echoed in a gradual...
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How was Seoul called in Joseon dynasty? 조선시대에 서울은 무엇이라고 불렸을까요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail Seoul’s Historical NamesSeoul as capital of the Joseon dynasty, 1392 to 1910. [p.164] Taejo moved the capital from Kaesong to Seoul (the first...
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How did Silla end? 신라는 어떻게 멸망했나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail Silla shrank back to within its Three Kingdoms-era borders, and after a power struggle Taebong took control of the peninsula; in 935, King Gyeongsun ceded control of his empire in a...
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Did Tang protect Silla? 당나라가 신라를 보호했나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail Baekje … formed an alliance with Silla, the peninsula’s third kingdom. Together, they pushed Goguryeo north and out of Seoul in 551, though Silla was to become the...
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When did King Gwanggaeto seize Hangang(Han River) area? 광개토대왕은 언제 한강 지역을 점령했나요? The Rough Guide to Seoul 2019 Cover Errors in detail Goguryeo got their own back several generation down the line when the great king Gwanggaeto seized control of the Hangang area in 329...
