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Created page with "*''Other Names'': 漢陽 ''(K: Hanyang; J: Kan'yô)'', 漢城 ''(K: Hanseong, J: Kanjô)'', 京城 ''(K: Gyeongseong, J: Keijô)'' *''Japanese'': ソウル ''(Souru)'' Seoul ..."
*''Other Names'': 漢陽 ''(K: Hanyang; J: Kan'yô)'', 漢城 ''(K: Hanseong, J: Kanjô)'', 京城 ''(K: Gyeongseong, J: Keijô)''
*''Japanese'': ソウル ''(Souru)''
Seoul is the capital of the Republic of Korea (i.e. South Korea), and was previously the royal capital of the [[Joseon Dynasty]] and of the [[Korean Empire]].
Seoul (then called Hanseong) was made the royal capital in [[1394]], following the fall of the [[Goryeo]] Kingdom.
The city was captured by samurai forces under [[Konishi Yukinaga]] and [[Kato Kiyomasa|Katô Kiyomasa]] in [[1592]]/5.
A Japanese legation was established in the city in [[1880]].<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 245.</ref>
Seoul was renamed Keijô (K: ''Gyeongseong'') by the Japanese during the [[Colonial Korea|colonial period]], from [[1910]] to 1945.
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==References==
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[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
*''Japanese'': ソウル ''(Souru)''
Seoul is the capital of the Republic of Korea (i.e. South Korea), and was previously the royal capital of the [[Joseon Dynasty]] and of the [[Korean Empire]].
Seoul (then called Hanseong) was made the royal capital in [[1394]], following the fall of the [[Goryeo]] Kingdom.
The city was captured by samurai forces under [[Konishi Yukinaga]] and [[Kato Kiyomasa|Katô Kiyomasa]] in [[1592]]/5.
A Japanese legation was established in the city in [[1880]].<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 245.</ref>
Seoul was renamed Keijô (K: ''Gyeongseong'') by the Japanese during the [[Colonial Korea|colonial period]], from [[1910]] to 1945.
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==References==
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[[Category:Cities and Towns]]