The strongest clan leaders started merging many clans into one, and these groups very gradually developed into early states. The tribes that played a central role in the establishment of Gojoseon, ...

Towards the end of the Gojoseon Period, tribal states came into being one after another in Manchuria and on the Korean Peninsula. Buyeo was established in the plains along the Songhua River in ...

Known in English as National Foundation Day, this public holiday celebrates the legendary creation of the state of Gojoseon and the Korean race in 2333 BC. Involving gods, a bear, a tiger ...