HistoryMain article: Ancient Korea from the era, a and , 830 CE The oldest surviving metal movable type book, the , was printed in 1377, and created the world's first metal-based movable type in 1234. The — the Buddhist canon () carved onto roughly 80,000 woodblocks and stored (and still remaining) at , a , one of the built during the and a
The begins with the founding of Joseon (also known as "", or Old Joseon, to differentiate it with the 14th century dynasty) in 2333 BC by , according to Korea's foundation mythology. Gojoseon expanded until it controlled the northern Korean Peninsula and parts of . was purportedly founded in the 12th century BC, but its existence and role have been controversial in the modern era. In 108 BC, the and installed in the northern Korean peninsula. Three of the commanderies fell or retreated westward within a few decades, but the remained as a center of cultural and economic exchange with successive Chinese dynasties for four centuries, until it was conquered by in 313.
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South Korea
RandomSouth Korea (About this sound listen) or Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; About this sound listen), is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Officially, its territory consists of the who...
