Kaesong

A meal for visitors at Tongil restaurant, Kaesong

Special city in the southern part of North Korea , and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty.

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North Hwanghae Province

Province of North Korea.

Landscape near Koksan in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.

In 2003, Kaesong Directly Governed City (Kaesong Chikhalsi) became part of North Hwanghae.

Kaesong Industrial Region

Special administrative industrial region of North Korea (DPRK).

FamilyMart in the industrial zone. North Koreans are prohibited from using the convenience store, which was set up for the use of South Korean workers. South Korean currency is not accepted.

It was formed in 2002 from part of the Kaesŏng Directly-Governed City.

Taejo of Goryeo

The founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century.

Life-sized bronze statue of Taejo, constructed in 951, discovered in 1992 at Kaesong

Wang Geon was born in 877 to a powerful maritime merchant family based in Songak (modern Kaesong) as the eldest son of Wang Ryung.

Joseon

Korean dynastic kingdom that lasted for over five centuries.

Territory of Joseon after King Sejong's conquest of Jurchen in 1433

Portrait of Ha Yeon, who served as Yeonguijeong during the King Sejong's reign

A page from the Hunmin Jeongeum Eonhae, a partial translation of Hunminjeongeum, the original promulgation of the Korean alphabet

Portrait of the neo-Confucian scholar, Jo Gwang-jo (1482–1519)

Jeong Cheol (1536–1593), head of the Western faction

A Korean painting depicting two Jurchen warriors and their horses

Portrait of Kim Yuk 김육 (1570–1658), an early Silhak philosopher of the Joseon period

Sinjeong, Queen Regent of Joseon. She served as nominal regent of Joseon, who selected Gojong to place upon the throne.

The Phoenix Throne of the king of Joseon in Gyeongbok Palace

Portrait of Chief State Councillor Chae Je-gong (1720–1799)

Portrait of the Inspector General Yun Bonggu (1681–1767)

Portrait of Kim Hu (1751–1805), a military officer of the Joseon Dynasty

A portrait of a civil bureaucrat in the Joseon period

A Joseon painting which represents the Chungin (literally "middle people"), equivalent to the petite bourgeoisie

Men's (right) and Women's (left) clothes (Hanbok) of Joseon period. A portrait painted by Shin Yun-bok (1758–?).

Male dress of a Seonbi. A portrait painted by Yi Jae-gwan (1783–1837).

Early Joseon landscape painting by Seo Munbo in the late 15th century

15th century. Joseon period, Korea. Blue and white porcelain jar with plum and bamboo design.

Landscape of Mt. Geumgang by Kim Hong-do (1745–1806) in 1788

Korean celestial globe first made by the scientist Jang Yeong-sil during the reign of King Sejong

Surviving portion of the Water Clock (Jagyeongnu)

Japanese illustration of King Gojong and Queen Min receiving Inoue Kaoru

This compilation photo, taken about 1915, shows the following royal family members, from left: Prince Imperial Ui, the 6th son of Gojong; Emperor Sunjong, the 2nd son and the last monarch of Korea; Prince Imperial Yeong, the 7th son; Gojong, the former King; Empress Yun, wife of Sunjong; Lady Kim, wife of Prince Imperial Ui; and Yi Geon, the eldest son of Prince Ui. The seated child in the front row is Princess Deokhye, Gojong's last child. (This is a compilation of individual photographs since the Japanese did not allow them to be in the same room at the same time, and some were forced to leave Korea).

Seal used from 1401 to 1637<ref>Veritable Records of Taejong, vol. 1, year of 1401, 6th month, 12nd day</ref>

$Seal used between 1637<ref>Veritable Records of Injoo, vol. 35, year of 1637, 11th month, 20nd day.</ref> and 1653<ref>{{cite book |author= 김지남 |date= 1888 |title= Record of Joseon Diplomacy |volume= 3 |chapter=9|url= https://kyudb.snu.ac.kr/book/view.do?book_cd=GK00882_00 |page=126~127 }}</ref>$

Seal used between 1653 and 1776<ref>Veritable Records of Jeongjo, vol. 2, year of 1776, 8th month, 18nd day</ref>

The seal was produced on December 15, 1876, for use in Japanese-related state documents.

"Daegunjubo" designed to replace the former sergeant "Joseongukwangjiin", used as the seal of the king for documents such as appointment documents for high-ranking government officials and ordinances proclaimed in Korea, between 1882 and 1897<ref name="great">Journal of the Royal Secretariat, vol. 2902, year of 1882, 7th month, 1nd day</ref>

"DaejoseonDaegunjubo" were used as the 'seal of state' for credentials in diplomatic relations with other countries, between 1882{{clarification needed|date=April 2022}}

The kingdom was founded following the aftermath of the overthrow of Goryeo in what is today the city of Kaesong.

Korean Armistice Agreement

Armistice that brought about a complete cessation of hostilities of the Korean War.

The English text of Korean Armistice Agreement. Harrison's signature in the lower left corner.

Colonel-level discussions between the US and North Korean militaries on 11 October 1951

The building where the armistice was signed, now housing the North Korea Peace Museum

The Demilitarized Zone compared to the earlier 38th parallel de facto border

Depiction of a banner during a 1989 student festival in Pyongyang, prior to calls from North Korea to leave the agreement.

Talks concerning an armistice started 10 July 1951, in Kaesong, a North Korean city in North Hwanghae Province near the South Korean border.

Taebong

State established by Gung Ye on the Korean Peninsula in 901 during the Later Three Kingdoms.

Silla, after nearly a millennium as a centralized kingdom, was quickly declining, and Gung Ye instigated his own rebellion and absorbed Wang Geon's forces at Songak.

Gyeonggi Province

Most populous province in South Korea.

Headquarters of the provincial governor, Joseon Dynasty

The Gyeonggi region was divided into Hanseong (modern Seoul; Hanseong-bu; 한성부; 漢城府), Incheon (Incheon-bu; 인천부; 仁川府), Chungju (Chungju-bu; 충주부; 忠州府), Gongju (Gongju-bu; 공주부; 公州府), and Kaesong (Kaesong-bu; 개성부; 開城府).

Panmunjom

Original truce building, North Korean Peace Museum (1976)

The world's fourth tallest flagpole flying a 270 kg Flag of North Korea, is 160 m in height, over Kijŏng-dong ("Peace village"), near Panmunjeom.

Panmunjom, also known as Panmunjeom, now located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea or Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War was signed.

Taejo of Joseon

The founder and first ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.

Knowing of the support he enjoyed both from high-ranking government officials, the general populace, and the great deterrent of Ming Empire under the Hongwu Emperor, he decided to revolt and swept back to the capital, Gaegyeong, to secure control of the government.

Ganghwa Island

South Korean island in the estuary of the Han River.

The island is separated from Gimpo (on the South Korean mainland) by a narrow channel spanned by two bridges, and from Kaesong (Gaeseong) in North Korea by the main channel of the Han River.