Wikipedia:WikiProject Korea/History

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This is the WikiProject Korea working group for History. The goal is to improve and expand Wikipedia's coverage of History. Anyone with an interest in History is welcome to join.

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15 May 2025

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14 May 2025

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World historia (talk) 11:34, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hairwizard91 18:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Visviva 11:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good friend100 00:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Goguryeo 19:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Easternknight 22:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
User:Ed4linda Doc Rock 12:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kprideboi 01:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kor Ph 14:30, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
LuciusValens 14:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kfc1864 02:16, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WangKon936 05:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Azntokki
Hkwon (talk · contribs) A South Korean studying in the U.S. who is particularly interested in Korean food and history
Magic Jonathan 11:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Cheol 05:11, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WonYong 00:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Bluelake (talk) 00:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ggonaeee -> Chiy610 00:08, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
FFLaguna (talk) 14:55, 30 October 2009 (UTC) - Interested in modern Korean history from 1948-present.[reply]
Scroozle 02:29 11 February 2010 (UTC) A history-minded Canadian in Korea.
Matthew_smith_254 contributing since February 2010
Kungkang (talk) 07:46, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
ICIWORLD Contributing here for a while I guess-work for an organisation promoting Korean culture and history.
Tyrannus Mundi (talk) 10:19, 28 October 2011 (UTC) - Modern political history[reply]
Jaydenhwang (talk)Mr.Jay 07:22, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mlee965
Freedom4U (talk) 23:15, 27 February 2023 (UTC) - mostly interested in 1960s-1990s Korean history[reply]
MetroMoment (talk) - Interested in all different periods of Korean History, but specifically 20th century.

Tasks

Provide authoritative reliable sources for articles related to Korean history.
Improve articles in the Korean History template, provide sources and images, harmonize content, edit for style, monitor for stability:
- primary: Korea (History section), History of Korea, Three Kingdoms, Joseon
- secondary: Timeline, Gojoseon, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Balhae, Goryeo, Japanese Occupation, Divided Korea
- tertiary: List of Monarchs, Proto-Three Kingdoms, Samhan, Unified Silla, Japanese invasions, History of North Korea, History of South Korea
- see also Category:WikiProject Korea history working group

Missing articles

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Korea/Redlist.

Post-1945

1993 Gupo Mugunghwa Train Derailment

Pages needing attention

Pages needing attention about states

Periods	Link of Article	Current Issues
Gojoseon Period	Gojoseon	* Clarify the founding legend * Add the political structure.
	Wiman Joseon
Period of Several State	Buyeo
	Jin
	Samhan
	i) Mahan
	ii) Jinhan
	iii) Byeonhan
	Dongye
	Okjeo
Period of Three Kingdoms	Goguryeo
	Baekje
	Silla
	Gaya
Period of North-South States	Balhae
	Later Silla	The name of Unified Silla is disputed because of the logical explation of the period.
Period of Goryeo	Goryeo
Period of Joseon	Joseon
	Korean Empire
Japanese occupation	Korea under Japanese rule
Division of Korea	Division of Korea
After 1948	North, South Korea

Pages needing attention about people

Dangun, Jumong, Onjo, Hyeokgeose, Gwanggaeto the Great, Dae Jo-yeong, Wang Geon, Sejong the Great, Yi Sun-sin, Kim Gu, etc.

Pages needing attention about books

Samguk Sagi, Samguk Yusa, Goryeo-sa, Annals of Joseon Dynasty, Dongguk Tonggam, etc.