Key Events of Korea
From Korea100
This section introduces key events of Korean history, organized by period.
Contents
Silla
Goryeo
Joseon
- The Battle of Myeongnyang and Yi Sun-sin
- The Publication of the Dongui Bogam - The Standard for Joseon’s Medicine
- Hamel's Trip to Joseon
- The Opening of Joseon
Japanese Colonial Period
Post-Liberation
Contemporary Period
- Saving the Country: Korean Miners and Nurses Go to Germany
- The Vietnam War and Dispatched Troops
- The New Village Movement and Park Chung-Hee's Modernization of the Nation
- The Korean Construction Industry Goes to the Middle East
- Korea's Immigration History: Those Who Left Their Motherland
- The Finding Dispersed Families Campaign
- The June Democracy Movement and South Korea's Democratization
- The 1988 Seoul Olympics
- The IMF Economic Crisis and Gold Collection Movement
- The 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup
- Gangnam Style and the Power of Hallyu
- Candlelight Democracy