South Korea

Stato che governò la penisola di Corea (1392-1897)

conflitto del XX secolo

attacchi compiuti da Toyotomi Hideyoshi nella penisola coreana

tre regni coreani (57 a.C. - 668 d.C.)

Yi Sun-sin's Joseon fleet defeated Japanese warships near Hansan Island during the Imjin War.

Silla forces defeated Baekje troops in a decisive battle during the unification wars.

1597 fought during the Japanese invasions of Korea

A major concluding naval battle of the Japanese invasions of Korea in which Yi Sun-sin died.

South Korean military officers led by Chun Doo-hwan seized control of key military institutions in December 1979.

1980 anti-government uprising in South Korea

South Korean democracy protests forced concessions toward direct presidential elections in June 1987.

King Injo took refuge in Namhansanseong during the Qing invasion of Joseon.

Joseon crown prince Sado died after his father ordered him confined in a rice chest.

Joseon admiral and naval commander who led the Korean victory at the Battle of Myeongnyang.

re di Joseon

politico e condottiero cinese

re della dinastia Joseon

10th King of Korean Joseon Dynasty (1476-1506)

Poeta coreano

Capital city of South Korea and a major historical setting for modern Korean political history.

Major port city in South Korea.

South Korean city at the center of the May 1980 Gwangju uprising.

A narrow sea passage off the southwestern Korean Peninsula, where Yi Sun-sin used the currents and restricted waters to engage the larger Japanese fleet.

The principal setting, undergoing political centralization, military modernization, and the decline of the samurai order.

Korean dynastic kingdom, 1392–1910.

Major Chinese city and an important setting in Assassination.