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English · 역사는 살아있다 ·

History Lives - Baekje Edition: Episode 1: King Onjo Founds a Kingdom on the Han River

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  1. The first episode of the series on the founding of Baekje reports that in 18 BC Onjo established his capital at Wiryeseong, south of the Han River, and changed the kingdom's name from Sipje to Baekje.
  2. Biryu, the elder brother who had come down from Goguryeo, settled in Michuhol while the younger Onjo settled in Wiryeseong, and the Samguk Sagi records that Biryu's people placed themselves under Onjo.
  3. The prevailing view is that Wiryeseong was most likely in the Pungnaptoseong area of Songpa-gu, Seoul, though other theories, including the Mongchontoseong theory, also exist.

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History Lives - Baekje Edition: Episode 1: King Onjo Founds a Kingdom on the Han River

Official translation → Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [역사는 살아있다 – 백제 편] 제1화: 온조왕, 한강에 나라를 세우다

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