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Revision as of 01:30, 12 December 2005 by Wikipeditor (talk | contribs) (merged Korean words for Korea; please improve my unreadable sentence)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Joseon (조선, also Chosŏn) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases:
- The first Korean kingdom Gojoseon was then known as Joseon. Go, meaning "Ancient," was later added for disambiguation. It is sometimes divided into Dangun Joseon, Gija Joseon, and Wiman Joseon periods.
- Korea since the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty (in South Korea: only until the establishment of the Republic of Korea; North Korea still refers to Korea as a whole as Chosŏn in the Korean language) is called Joseon in the Korean language.
- During the Japanese Colonial Period, Korea's official name was Joseon, or more accurately, the Japanese version Chōsen.
See Names of Korea for more details on the changing use of the name.
It is also used in the names of two prominent newspapers: the South Korean Chosun Ilbo and the pro-North Choson Sinbo of Japan.