Dangun: The Grandson of Heaven and Korea’s Mythical Founder
Long before the Korean Peninsula was divided into North and South, before kingdoms rose and fell across East Asia, there was Dangun — the legendary founder and worshipped king of Korea’s first known kingdom: Gojoseon. Said to have been established in 2333 BC, Gojoseon stretched across what is now northern Korea and parts of modern-day China. And its fir…
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