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| 538 |
| | | A Buddhist image, sent as a gift from Korea, introduces the religion to Japan | |
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| 935 |
| | | Wank Kon changes the name of his kingdom to Koryo, meaning 'high and beautiful', thus providing the rest of the world with the name Korea | |
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| 1231 |
| | | The Mongols conquer the Korean peninsula, subsequently using it as a base for two expeditions against Japan | |
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| c. 1380 |
| | | Koreans establish the first type foundry, casting movable type in bronze | |
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| 1392 |
| | | Yi Song-gye founds the Yi dynasty, which rules in Korea until the twentieth century | |
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| 1894 |
| | | Japan and China go to war over Korea, with disastrous results for China | |
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| 1910 |
| | | Japan annexes Korea as a colony, to be controlled by a Japanese governor-general | |
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| c. 1935 |
| | | Kim Il Sung leads a Communist guerrilla campaign against the Japanese occupation of Korea | |
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| 1945 August 12 |
| | | The Japanese in Korea surrender to the Russians in the north and to the Americans in the south | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Kim Il Sung becomes prime minister of North Korea on the withdrawal of the Soviet occupying force | |
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