King Injo was the 16th king of [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea.
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King Injo was the 16th king of [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea. He came to the throne in [[1623]] in a coup known as the Injo Revolt, in which the pro-[[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] Sŏin faction overthrew [[Prince Gwanghae]] and his Puk'in faction, who supported accommodation of the [[Manchus]].<ref>Seo-Hyun Park, "Small States and the Search for Sovereignty in Sinocentric Asia: Japan and Korea in the Late Nineteenth Century," in Anthony Reid & Zheng Yangwen (eds.), ''Negotiating Asymmetry: China's Place in Asia'' (NUS Press, 2009), 36-37.</ref>