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Balhae stele at the National Museum of Korea. Balhae was founded only thirty years after Goguryeo had fallen, in 698. It was founded in the northern part of former lands of Goguryeo by Dae Jo-yeong, a former Goguryeo general [152] [153] or chief of Sumo Mohe.
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.
Tongnip sinmun, the first private modern Korean newspaper, is founded. [63] 11 February. ... Start of the first Five-Year Plan of South Korea. [170] 12 October.
The Constitution of North Korea replaced Communism with Juche as North Korea's governing philosophy. [note 7] South Korea: 15 August 1948: First Republic of Korea established, Independence declared from the United States: 27 July 1953: Cease-fire in the Korean War creates the northern border along the Military Demarcation Line: 29 October 1987
Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul. The kingdom's northernmost borders were expanded to the natural boundaries at the rivers of Amnok and Tuman through the subjugation of the Jurchens. During its 500-year duration, Joseon encouraged the entrenchment of Confucian ideals and doctrines in Korean society.
The history of North Korea began with the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south.
On 11 August 2004, the South Korean government announced they would relocate the capital city from Seoul to the Gongju area as of 2007, to ease population pressure on Seoul and to get the government to a safer distance from North Korea in case of a Northern military invasion. [32] Gongju is approximately 120 km (75 mi) south of Seoul.
Gojoseon possessed the most advanced culture in the Korean Peninsula at the time and was an important marker in the progression towards the more centralized states of later periods. The addition of Go (고; 古), meaning "ancient", is used in historiography to distinguish the kingdom from the Joseon dynasty, founded in 1392 CE.