Korean monarchy existed in Korea until the end of the Japanese occupation and the defeat of Japan. After the independence and the installation of the Constitution that adopted republic system, the concept of nobility has been abolished, both formally and in practice.
Chinwang (친왕; 親王) of the Korean Empire. Some clans whose social rank throughout Korean history could be considered equivalent to nobility are as follows (this...
Seok (Korean: 이석; born 3 August 1941) is a South Korean entrepreneur. He is a member of the House of Yi, the royal house of Joseon and Korean Empire...
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and borders North...
1936) is a member of the former Imperial Family of Korea and was a Korean-Japanese noble during Korea under Japanese rule in 1945–1947. He is a great-great-grandson...
Colonel Prince Yi U (Korean: 이우; 15 November 1912 – 7 August 1945) was a member of the imperial family of Korea as a prince, the 4th head[clarification...
High Korean may refer to: Yangban, the traditional Koreannobility In linguistics: Prestige dialects of the Korean language, namely: Seoul dialect, the...
Yi Un (Korean: 이은; 20 October 1897 – 1 May 1970) was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general and the last Imperial...
Nonchong (in Korean) (49): 70–76. ISSN 1975-7840. Archived from the original on Apr 30, 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2018. "고구려의 천하관". 우리역사넷 (in Korean). National...
dynasty between 1885 and 1937: Chinese nobility Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty Kazoku Koreannobility Styles and titles in the Joseon dynasty...
The yangban (Korean: 양반; Hanja: 兩班) were part of the traditional ruling class or gentry of dynastic Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. The yangban were mainly...
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incorporated into the royal family (王公族, Ōkōzoku) or made Korean nobles (朝鮮貴族, Chōsen-kizoku). The Koreannobility titles granted by Japan in 1910, listing only those...
Goryeo (Korean: 고려; MR: Koryŏ; [ko.ɾjʌ]) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period...
Republic of Korea (South Korea), or the "Great Han Republic", is named after the Korean Empire. Koreannobility List of monarchs of Korea The Chungju...
The nobility of China represented the upper strata of aristocracy in premodern China, acting as the ruling class until c. 1000 CE, and remaining a significant...
Ken'ichi), was a Korean prince and a cavalry officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The first son of Prince Yi Kang of Korea by Lady Jeong...
"Among Korean scholars of the nobi there is yet no consensus as to the English word most equivalent to the Korean word nobi." Slavery in Korea existed...
houses (hanok) “in a village setting designed to illustrate the way the Koreannobility lived during the Joseon dynasty”. Chyung Mi-sook had made the decision...
hanbok (Korean: 한복; Hanja: 韓服; lit. Korean dress) is a traditional clothing of the Korean people. The term hanbok is primarily used by South Koreans; North...
Lower Paleolithic era on the Korean Peninsula and in Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago. The earliest known Korean pottery dates to around 8000...
A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a given name, with no middle names. A number of Korean terms for names exist...
Prince Imperial Heung (Korean: 흥친왕; Hanja: 興親王, 22 August 1845 – 9 September 1912) was a prince of the Joseon dynasty and of the Korean Empire. He was the...
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little mention of homosexuality in Korean literature or traditional historical accounts, several members of the nobility and Buddhist monks have been known...
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