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Ancient Korea Regarding Korean legend, the God-king Tangun founded the Korean nation in BC 2333. By the first century AD, the Korean Peninsula was divided into the kingdoms of Silla, Koguryo, and Paekche. Tangun The Silla kingdom unified the peninsula in 668 AD. The Koryo dynasty (from which the Western name "Korea" is derived) succeeded the Silla kingdom in 935. The Choson dynasty, ruled by members of the Yi clan, supplanted Koryo in 1392 and lasted until the Japanese annexed Korea in 1910. Throughout most of its history, Korea has been attacked, influenced, and fought over by its larger neighbors. It has suffered approximately 900 invasions during its 2,000 years of recorded history.  Korea was under Mongolian occupation from 1231 until the early 14th century and was repeatedly ravaged by Chinese (government and rebel) armies. The Japanese warlord Hideyoshi launched major invasions in 1592 and 1597. China had by far the greatest influence of the ma...

Fig: South Korea Flag Official Name: The Republic of Korea State Religion:   56.9% Sindo/Unregistered 19.7% Protestantism 15.5% Korean Buddhism 7.9% Catholic Church 2.5% Others . State Language:   Korean (Hangul) National Anthem:   God help emperor May he live forever Bestow treasures like mountain-piles May his influence and power reach across the world Fifty million times may his blessings be renewed every day God help the emperor National Flag:   The flag of South Korea, also known as the Taegukgi (also spelled as Taegeukgi, literally "Taeguk flag"), has three parts: a white rectangular background, a red and blue Taeguk in the center that symbolizes a balance, and four black trigrams, which are selected from the original eight, on each corner of the flag. Capital:   Seoul Nationality:   Korean Name of Currency:   WON Banknotes ₩1,000, ₩5,000, ₩10,000, ₩50,000 Coins ₩10, ₩50, ₩100, ₩500 Geog...