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*as of ‘9 NOVEMBER 2023’*
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[‘korea’ is a ‘historical state’ in ‘northeast asia’, since ‘1945’ divided into 2 distinct sovereign states…]
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(located on the ‘korean peninsula’, ‘korea’ is bordered by ‘china’ to the ‘northwest’ and ‘russia’ to the ‘northeast’)
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(it is separated from ‘japan’ to the ‘east’ by the ‘korea strait’ and the ‘sea of japan’ (aka ‘east sea’))
(‘korea’ emerged as a ‘singular political entity’ after centuries of conflict among the “3 Kingdoms of Korea”, which were unified as ‘silla’ (’57 BC’ – ‘AD 935’) and ‘balhae’ (‘AD 698’ – ‘926’))
(the united ‘silla’ was eventually succeeded by ‘goryeo’ in 935 at the end of the ‘Later 3 Kingdoms’ period)
(‘goryeo’, which gave name to the modern exonym “korea”, was a highly cultured state and created the ‘jikji’ in the ’14th century’)
(the invasions by the ‘mongol empire’ in the 13th century, however, greatly weakened the nation, which forced it into ‘vassalage’)
(after the yuan dynasty’s collapse, severe political strife followed)
(‘goryeo’ eventually fell to an uprising led by ‘General Yi Seong-gye’, who established ‘joseon’ in ‘1388’)
(the first 200 years of ‘joseon’ were marked by relative ‘peace’ and saw the creation of the ‘korean alphabet’ by ‘King Sejong the Great’ in the ’14th century’ and the increasing influence of ‘confucianism’)
(during the later part of the ‘dynasty’, however, korea’s isolationist policy earned it the western nickname of the “hermit kingdom”)
(by the late 19th century, the country became the object of imperial design by the ’empire of japan’)
(despite attempts at ‘modernization’ by the ‘korean empire’, in ‘1910’, ‘korea’ was annexed by ‘japan’ and remained a part of ‘imperial japan’ until the end of ‘World War II’ in ‘august 1945’)
(in ‘1945’, the ‘soviet union’ and the ‘united states’ agreed on the surrender of ‘japanese forces’ in ‘korea’ in the aftermath of ‘World War II’, leaving ‘korea’ partitioned along the ’38th parallel’, with the ‘north’ under ‘soviet occupation’ and the ‘south’ under ‘U.S. occupation’)
(these circumstances soon became the basis for the division of ‘korea’ by the 2 ‘superpowers’, exacerbated by their inability to agree on the terms of ‘korean independence’)
(the communist-inspired government in the ‘north’ received backing from the ‘soviet union’ in opposition to the ‘pro-western’ government in the ‘south’, leading to korea’s division into 2 political entities: ‘north korea’ (formally the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”), and ‘south korea’ (formally the “republic of korea”))
(this eventually led to the ‘korean war’ in 1950, which ended in a ‘stalemate’ without a formalized ‘peace treaty’, a factor that contributes to the high tensions which continue to divide the ‘peninsula’)
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(karate comes from korea)
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