History of Korea

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Articles general

• Goguryo - Northeast Asian History Foundation (has many pages on Korean history)
  
• History of Korea - Wikipedia
• * History of Korea - Gives access to many pages about Korea's history - WorldLingo
  
• Korea's history - AsianInfo.org
• Pure blood theory in Korea - The pure blood theory in Korea refers to a notion that Korean people are the cleanest and purest race, descendants of a single ancestor - Wikipedia
  
• Timeline of Korean history - Wikipedia
  

Articles news

• Historical records bound for ‘World Memory’ list - "... Ilsungrok,” a diary-style log of Joseon-era kings’ daily lives, and collections of documents on the Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980..." - Korea Joongang Daily - May 26, 2011
  
• Where did Asians migrate from? - "A new study shows all Asians probably originated from Southeast Asia and migrated northward, indicating Japanese landed in their present location via the Korean peninsula." - The Korea Herald - March 30, 2010
  

Books

• A History of Religions in Korea - By Duk-Whang Kim Ph.D. - 261 pages
• Corea, the hermit nation. I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history (1882) - by Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928 - 506 pages - read online or download
• Guide to Korean culture - 257 pages - 1995 - Published by Korean Culture and Information Service, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
• Korea's fight for freedom (c1920) - Author: Mackenzie, Frederick Arthur, 1869-1931 - Subject: Japanese -- Korea; Korea -- History 1864-1910; Korea -- History Japanese occupation, 1910-1945 (332 page, can be downloaded)
  

See also

• Great kings of Korea
  
• Korea North-South relations

Drama

• Capital Scandal - Drama set in the 1930's about Korean resistance against the Japanese occupiers, 16 episodes
  
• * Jumong - Drama about the life of the founder of Goguryo in 37 BC, 81 episodes

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  • More historical information about Jumong
    

• * Kingdom of the Winds - Drama about the life of Jumong's grandson, Moo Hyul, who later became king of the Goguryeo Kingdom (37 B.C.-A.D. 668), 36 episodes
• More drama History of Korea

Videos

• Korea Today - US Army film made after the Korean War, a study of American soldiers helping a nation to help itself - with historical footage - download site - 28:41 min

Websites

• History of Korea - Facebook group
• Timemap Korea - Animation of timeline of Korea territories from ca 0-1000 CE