[Music] korea a peninsula in east asia is bordered by china to the northwest and separated from japan to the east since 1945 korea is divided into two countries at the 38th parallel north korea and south korea early history in 2333 bce gochusion the first korean kingdom was established by dangu deemed the grandson of heaven by the 3rd century bc the southern part of korea was occupied by the jinn state gojo sion underwent three periods dengan jyoncian gija joseon and weiman joseon in 108 bce it was invaded by the han dynasty which then installed four commandaries
in northern korea within a few decades three of the commanderies fell within a few decades except the lilang commandery the northern part of the peninsula and manchuria was then occupied by biuyo gajurio okigio dange and other minor statelets while in the south the jinn state gave rise to the loose confederacies jinhan johann and mahan three kingdoms of korea the three kingdoms of korea compromised gujarat sila and bakji from the first century a.d gujarat gradually conquered its neighbors and occupied the northern part of korea while bakaji and cilla grew to control the southern in the early
6th century cilla's power extended across the korean peninsula by the 640s cilla formed an alliance with the tang dynasty of china to conquer bikji and later gojiri unifying the central and southern parts of the korean peninsula into unified cilla meanwhile the northern part was under the control of balhae founded by king go in the late 9th century silho was divided into the brief later three kingdoms of cilla later bakji and taebong before falling togorio in 935 goryo and joseon dynasty goryo was founded by wang jian in 918 as the successor of gojiro with kaesong as
the capital gradually unifying most of the korean peninsula following the mongol invasions of korea from 1230 to 1270 guru existed as a vassal state and compulsory ally of the mongol-ruled wan dynasty in china after a coup general yi song gui overthrew the gorio dynasty and in 1392 established the joseon dynasty the capital was moved from kaesong to hans young under king xi jong the great joseon enjoyed numerous beneficial administrative social scientific and economic reforms especially he created handgull the korean alphabet from 1592 to 1598 joseon suffered from the great destruction of the japanese invasions following
two invasions by the latter jinn and queen dynasties joseon became a subordinate of the queen empire in the 19th century joseon adopted a harsh isolationist policy for which it became known as the hermit kingdom however joseon was soon forced to open its borders leading to an era of japanese imperial rule korean empire and japanese occupation following the sino-japanese war and the treaty of shimaneski korea was recognized with full and complete independence and autonomy by the queen dynasty in 1897 the joseon dynasty proclaimed that the korean empire with empire king gojong russia posed a strong influence
in the korean empire until the russo-japanese war which pushed the russians out of the fight for korea the following year korea became a protectorate of japan in 1910 japan formally annexed korean empire with the japan korea annexation treaty thereafter korea was officially named chosen since 1939 over 5 million koreans were conscripted for labor 10 000 men were forced into japan's military and about 200 000 girls and women were forced into sexual slavery for the japanese military division and korea war after the end of world war ii with the unconditional surrender of japan in 1945 korea
was partitioned along the 38th parallel with the north under soviet occupation in the south under u.s occupation the politics of the cold war resulted in the 1948 establishment of two sovereign states north korea officially the democratic people's republic of korea and south korea officially the republic of korea in 1950 the korean war broke out when soviet backed north korea invaded south korea and ended without a formalized peace treaty the korean peninsula remained divided by the korean demilitarized zone up to the present day modern korea after the war south korea witnessed enormous economic growth in a
period called the miracle on the han river giving rise to numerous family conglomerates such as samsung hyundai sk group and lg corporation in 1987 south korea transitioned into a constitutional democracy today south korea is a leading economy and is famous for bringing the hallyu wave to the entertainment industry all over the world meanwhile under soviet influence north korea adopted a communist government the dissolution of the soviet union in 1991 led to a full-scale collapse of the north korean economy by the 21st century kim jong-il and later his son kim jong-un decided to pursue nuclear weapons
creating a series of crises ongoing to the present day in 2018 the panman jump declaration was signed between the supreme leader of north korea kim jong-un and the president of south korea moon jae-in announcing that they will work to officially end the korean long-lasting conflict thanks for watching if you find this information useful please give us a thumbs up and share it with your friends don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more videos of history
