The ENTIRE History of KOREA

Koreans have a saying: when whales fight, the shrimp's back breaks. For two thousand years the biggest empires in Asia fought over Korea, through Korea and on top of Korea, and the shrimp survived every one of them with ten tricks. Then two whales cut it in half. The whole history of Korea in one sitting, from a bear in a cave to the 1953 armistice: Goguryeo against a million-man army, Silla borrowing the Tang, Goryeo hiding from the Mongols on an island for 38 years, Sejong's alphabet, Admiral Yi's twelve ships, the Manchus, the Hermit Kingdom, the colony, the 38th parallel and the Korean War. Chapters 00:00 The shrimp and the whales 00:52 A bear, a tiger and a cave 01:40 Old Joseon and the first whale 02:15 Three kingdoms, three eggs 03:12 A million men vs Goguryeo 05:27 Silla borrows a whale 07:19 Goryeo, where 'Korea' comes from 08:25 The Khitan: talk your way out 10:24 The generals and the stolen pigeon 11:12 The Mongols 14:10 Joseon 15:45 Sejong's alphabet 17:15 1592: Japan invades 18:47 Admiral Yi and the turtle ship 20:00 Twelve ships 21:43 The Manchus 23:50 The Hermit Kingdom 25:20 Every whale at once 27:45 Swallowed 28:28 Inside the whale, 1910-1945 30:18 Cut in half 31:56 The Korean War 33:43 The talks and the armistice 34:59 The cost 35:27 Still waiting Sources - Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, Academy of Korean Studies: https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr - Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty (Joseon Wangjo Sillok), National Institute of Korean History: https://sillok.history.go.kr - Korean History Database, National Institute of Korean History: https://db.history.go.kr - Lee Ki-baik, "A New History of Korea" (Harvard University Press, 1984) - Samuel Hawley, "The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China" (2005) - Kenneth M. Swope, "A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598" (2009) - Roy E. Appleman, Billy C. Mossman and Walter G. Hermes, "United States Army in the Korean War" (US Army Center of Military History): https://history.army.mil - Stalin to Shtykov, 30 January 1950, Cold War International History Project: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org - National Security Archive, "The Korean War: Soviet documents": https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB14/ - Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Korea": https://www.britannica.com/place/Korea Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): "Teller of the Tales", "Thatched Villagers", "Folk Round", "Asian Drums", "Mountain Emperor", "Winter Chimes", "Guzheng City", "Scheming Weasel (faster version)", "Eastern Thought", "Sneaky Snitch", "Five Armies", "Comic Plodding", "Hitman", "Dark Walk", "Truth of the Legend", "Master of the Feast", "Hidden Past", "Heartbreaking", "Heroic Age", "Pixel Peeker Polka - faster", "Wholesome", "Fluffing a Duck", "Kawai Kitsune", "Stormfront", "Undaunted", "Investigations", "Crusade", "Echoes of Time v2", "Frost Waltz", "Night Vigil", "Captain Scurvy", "Unanswered Questions", "Hall of the Mountain King", "Hidden Agenda", "Oppressive Gloom", "Covert Affair", "Long Road Ahead", "Spy Glass", "The Escalation", "Volatile Reaction", "Gymnopedie No 1". Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl) and Freesound contributors (CC0). Maps: Natural Earth (public domain).