This is a timeline of Korean history. 8000 BC: Beginning of the Jeulmun pottery period. [1] 2333 BC: Legendary establishment of Gojoseon by Dangun. [4] 700 BC: Beginning of the Liaoning bronze dagger culture. [8] 323 BC: Estimated beginning of the Gojoseon-Yan War that eventually ends in Gojoseon's loss of the Liaodong peninsula to Yan. [9]

The first half of the twentieth century in Korean history is marked by two grave and painful experiences: the Japanese occupation between 1910 and 1945 and the Korean War of 1950–53. These events dominate the collective national psyche for generations.

As Korea faced the crisis of national bankruptcy, the government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to receive funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). After receiving a bailout of 19.5 billion dollars from the IMF, a major national economic restructuring began.

Korea, located on a large peninsula on the eastern coast of the Asian mainland, has been inhabited since Neolithic times. The first recognisable political state was Gojoseon in the second half of the first millennium BCE.

1950 - South declares independence, sparking North Korean invasion. 1953 - Armistice ends Korean War, which has cost two million lives. 1950s - South sustained by crucial US military, economic...