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The 2018 South Korean TV series, The Last Empress, depicts a modern-day Korean Empire in an alternate reality along with a dark secret of the imperial family leading to its demise. [ 56 ] The 2020 South Korean TV series, The King: Eternal Monarch , takes place in an alternate reality where the Korean Empire continues to exist in the modern world.
Korean Empire: Emperor of Korea: 29 August 1910: Annexed by Japan: Xuantong China (Qing dynasty) Emperor of China: 12 February 1912: Monarchy abolished: Hongxian: Empire of China: Emperor of China: 22 March 1916: Monarchy abolished: Nicholas II Russian Empire: Emperor of Russia: 15 March 1917: Monarchy abolished: Ferdinand I Kingdom of Bulgaria ...
Abolished its monarchy pursuant to a referendum; official result: 70.45% in favour of republic. Sierra Leone: 1971 Abolished its monarchy after adopting a new republican constitution. Ceylon: 1972 Abolished its monarchy after adopting a new republican constitution; country renamed to "Sri Lanka". Afghanistan: Mohammed Zahir Shah: 1973 coup d ...
Kim, Jung Bae (1997). "Formation of the ethnic Korean nation and the emergence of its ancient kingdom states". Korean history: Discovery of its characteristics and developments. Seoul: Hollym. pp. 27– 36. ISBN 978-1-56591-177-2. Nahm, Andrew C. (1988). Korea: Tradition and Transformation — A History of the Korean People. Hollym International.
As the Benedictines and other monastical orders did during Europe's Dark Ages, the Buddhist monks became the purveyors and guardians of Korea's literary traditions while documenting Korea's written history and legacies from the Silla period to the end of the Goryeo dynasty. Korean Buddhist monks also developed and used the first movable metal ...
17 September. North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK) join the United Nations (UN). 26 December. The end of the Cold War as the Soviet Union collapses and North Korea loses military and economic aid. 1992 11 August. South Korea's first satellite, KITSAT-1, a.k.a. 우리별 (Uri Byol) is successfully launched from Guiana Space Centre. 24 August.
The Chinese defeat in the 1894 war led to the Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan, which officially guaranteed Korea's independence from its tributary status with China. For Japan, it was a step toward regional hegemony in Korea. After that, Korea built the Independence Gate and stopped paying tributes to the Qing dynasty.
King Constantine II was exiled in 1967 and was deposed by a referendum abolishing monarchy in 1973 (both events under dictatorial rule), during democratic rule the referendum was repeated in 1974, and the monarchy remained abolished.