[History Lives - Goguryeo Edition] Episode 21: The 200,000 Exodus - Scattered Descendants of Goguryeo

1. After Goguryeo fell in 668 with the capture of Pyeongyangseong, more than 200,000 people were taken to Tang, and the rest were scattered to Silla, Japan and elsewhere.
2. Tang Emperor Gaozong ordered forced relocation in 669; An Seung became king of Bodeokguk in Geummajeo, Iksan, and some groups founded Balhae with Dae Jo-yeong at Dongmosan in 698.
3. Goguryeo refugees kept their identity even after being scattered, and this history connects to today's stories of 7.5 million refugees and overseas Koreans.

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