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Capital of Korea

History of national capitals of Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Korea, a peninsula in East Asia, has had a number of capitals. The peninsula is currently divided into two countries: North Korea, whose capital is Pyongyang, and South Korea, whose capital is Seoul.

During Gojoseon

Gojoseon:

During the Three Kingdoms of Korea

Three Kingdoms of Korea:

During the North–South States Period

North–South States Period:

During the Later Three Kingdoms

Later Three Kingdoms:

During Goryeo

Goryeo

During Joseon

Joseon and Korean Empire

Modern capitals

Notes

  1. Between 1948 and 1972, Seoul was also the de jure capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).[2]

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