Sentence examples for joseon from inspiring English sources
The word 'joseon' is correct and it can be used in written English. In short, Joseon was the name of the Korean kingdom (1392-1897), so it can be used whenever you are referring to that period. For example: "The Joseon dynasty saw the development of many unique Korean traditions."
The organisation frowns upon marriage to Japanese citizens, and discourages Japanese naturalisation.That said, many of Chongryon's members hold South Korean passports including North Korea's most famous footballer, Jong Tae-se, who studied at a joseon hakkyo and who may hold passports for both Koreas.
Its schools (known as joseon hakkyo, or Joseon schools) are vestiges of Korea's colonial history rather than true indoctrination camps.
But when the North and South declared independence in 1948, the term Joseon no longer corresponded to a specific country.
As in many other parts of the world, surnames were a rarity until the late Joseon dynasty (1392-1910).
After Japan lost control of the peninsula in the second world war, Koreans wishing to stay in Japan (known as Zainichi Koreans) were provisionally registered as nationals of Joseon, the name of undivided Korea between the 14th and 19th centuries.
Those who retained their Joseon nationality (rather than register as either South Korean or Japanese) became de facto North Korean citizens.So part of the reason for the existence of the North Korean schools is an accident of history.
The limited pot of names meant that no one was quite sure who was a blood relation; so, in the late Joseon period, the king enforced a ban on marriages between people with identical bongwan (a restriction that was only lifted in 1997).
In 2009 a cluster of royal tombs of the Chosŏn (Joseon) dynasty (1392 1910) in southern Kangwŏn were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site along with other such tombs located in Kyŏnggi province and in Seoul.
September 11 2012 Christie's opens its week of Asian-themed auctions with a selection of items from Japan and Korea (Sept . 11, led by a large eighteenth-century Joseon-dynasty porcelain jar from Korea.
The shopping districts closer to the Han River were also active, as were a handful of cultural attractions, including the Bongeunsa Temple (no admission), a tranquil hillside Buddhist retreat, and the tranquil park housing the Joseon Dynasty tombs (admission, 1,000 won, or about 95 cents at 1,055 won to the dollar).
For several years now, young people in South Korea have been calling their country "Hell Joseon" to indicate the inequity of the rigid class system, which benefits the economically privileged and the well connected.
