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Korean Chosŏn or Taehan
Former kingdom, a peninsula (Korean peninsula) on the eastern coast of Asia.
In 1948 it was partitioned into two republics, North Korea and South Korea. According to tradition, the ancient kingdom of Chosŏn was established in the northern part of the peninsula probably by peoples from northern China in the 3rd millennium BC. Conquered by China in 108 BC, it later developed into the Three Kingdoms of Silla , Koguryŏ , and Paekche . Silla conquered the other two in the 7th century AD and ruled until 935, when the Paekche dynasty became prominent. Invaded by the Mongols in 1231, the kingdom of Chosŏn, with its capital at Seoul , was ruled by the Yi dynasty (see Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), after which Korea became a Japanese protectorate. Formally annexed to Japan in 1910, it was freed from Japanese control in 1945 at the end of World War II. After the war it was divided into two zones of occupation, Russian in the north and U.S. in the south; the two republics were established in 1948. For Korea's later history, see North Korea and South Korea ; See also Korean War .
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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