The History of Korea - Learn Korean History in Under 12 Minutes | 12분으로 보는 한국역사 

Amazing video Billy!!

It's great to sum up Korean history in 12 minutes. If you study Korean history more deeply, there are many interesting things. Thank you for letting foreigners take an interest in Korean history. I enjoyed the video! :)

Yi Seong-ge didn’t change his name... Taejo was his title after he died, it was a Chinese title used for the first emperor of a dynasty. In this case korean used it as well for their first king of Joseon dynasty.

So that's where Hwarang (the show) is from!

"Hey North Korea, wheres your olympics? hmph?" *Gets kidnapped*

Hey, it is incredible how much production work goes in to your videos. How is that even possible? You are really impressive and many thanks for doing this!

I was just learning some history and THEN I HEARD SUGA SCREAMING ARMY AT 7:52 AND I LOST IT XD

I love Korea, Korean people and your culture. I'll definitely visit South Korea. Loves from Turkey !

When you realize that you only know about the True bone and Sacred bone because of the TV Show Hwarang xD

I've watched a lot of historical Korean dramas and could get a basic sense of the timeline, but this video helped me to organize everything. Just as well, I can now make sense of all the historical dramas involving Japan. I was confused by them for a long time and had them saved on varies lists to return to. Watching this made me eager to continue watching both Korean based and Japan involved historical dramas and continue studying the history of these Asian countries and their involvement with one another outside of fictional storytelling. Thanks for the brief video, it was a treat to watch!

Suddenly, Tekken's Hwoarang character makes much more sense. Flower boy!

This is a really great piece on history, Billy! I am wondering if as a next step from this you would create a more 'Korean language version' for more advanced learners to get a feel of it in the language? Often I go to museums in Korea where there's a lot of terms on information boards that I don't really get because there is the assumption that a Korean who has gone through Korean history class in school is reading it, so a lot is left down to the reader's background understanding. Also I think King Sejong is probably one of the most interesting people from Korean History- I would love to know more about him :P

You videos are always interesting - one reason I decided to subscribe. There is, occasionally, a problem. The reason for the division of Korea along the 38th parallel had to do with partitioning the country for rule by the Soviet Union and by the US. As this partition was expected to be temporary until a new Korean government could be organized to replace the previous Japanese government, the line of partition was not thought about seriously. A couple of guys in the war department in the US, using a map they got out of a National Geographic magazine, simply picked the 38th parallel. They wanted as much under US control as possible, so they picked a line as far north as they thought they could get away with. The Soviet Union accepted the partition without comment, because they had their own plans for Korea, and they, too, thought the partition would only be for a short time. There is little in this world so permanent as a temporary measure.

mentioned goguryeo and all i thought about was how i can never see the last two episodes of scarlet heart ryeo

This 12 minutes video took me 1 hour of taking notes. Very informative in a simple way.. thanks 😊

38'N is actually made before the Korean War

This video was amazing and so informative please make. More videos related to korean history and culture

This was amazing; one of the best history lessons I've eve seen. Thank you!

Your added comments and humor were cracking me up! Thanks for the cliff notes on Korean history!! I've been curious about this 😊😊

Great Video! Watched it with my 11 yr old daughter and she not only loved it but came away with a better understanding of the history.

how is it that this is not getting more views??

I love all your videos, but this one made me think more about the people themselves, not just their language. Thank you! I'll go look on your site to see if you have any videos about the history of some of their culture, etc. You've got my mind wondering now......you are a very good teacher!

Thanks for this entertaining and simple breakdown. I really enjoyed it.

Wow this video is amazing, I can't imagine how much work it took to make it. Thank you soo much for this history lesson!

Thanks for your video, and that's great! But I still found a trivial question that you said"Confucianism was introduced during the Joseon dynasty", but actually the Confucianism was introduced far ahead of that time. In fact, during the Joseon Dynasty, the neo-Confucianism, represented by Zhu Xi and brothers of Cheng "程朱理学" was introduced in this era. And the role of Confucianism started to be more emphasized than before, paralleling the Buddhism.

I used information from this to make a presentation about Korea for School, Thanks Billy

Just what I was looking for! Short but very informative. Great overview. You have a good manner that is not obnoxious, and kept my interest. A+

During the Imjin War (Japanese invasion), the Korean fleet mainly consists of Pan-ok-seon (translate to 'flat-deck ship'). They were armed with 24 5-inch heavy cannons and specialised in long-range engagement. Admiral Yi had 13 Panokseon at Myeongnyang, not Turtle ships. Also, the turtle ship is named like that because it has an armoured ceiling on its upper deck, covering the sailors from the ranged attack. Also, the vessel has arrays of nails on it to stop enemy boarding attempts. Fun fact: It's actually a dragon's head on Turtle ship's bow. It serves as a funnel to spread sulfur gas or a turret for smaller guns.

Amazing! I'm studying Korean and wanna fo a Korean history journal, this video is just amazing! Thank u for helping me!!

Billy... please... just please... become my professor and come substitute my MCINM (it's a weird subject I have at uni) professor... I dislike him a lot. But you literally the most likeable person ever, we could have Korean classes in the middle as well, it would be the best thing ever... please just come, Portugal is cool I promise XD

A tree with deep roots is a great drama about the history of hangul. Bridal mask is a great drama about the Japanese imperialism. Great video Billy!!

Hahaha The tardis Nice touch 😊👍 Great video So much info in just a few min I’m impressed

2:50 hey dont make fun of my taetae xD

That's so freaking funny! I am going to study a new class of Korean tomorrow and start studying this video to learn more about its story and to improve my English! Haha, the vocabulary he used here is pretty unusual for me in some parts, I'm really pumped

My grandfather fought in the Korean War. He was stationed in Busan, which happens to be the city I want to move to!

you are one smart guy. i mostly remember life in jejudo before coming to the states at the age of 7. can you do a video on the history of jejudo?

Wow, love this short history of Korea. Some I knew from living there 25 yrs ago, and some from college classes. This is a great introduction for my kids to Korea' s history, as we home school.

This quite literally perfectly sums up everything I've learned my my Korean history course this year...

k drama taught us well... all those historical names, dynasties and many important events, im sure many people like me were already familiar with those

Awesome vid...can't believe how u were able to squeeze in the long Korean history in less 12 minutes. Thanks for the effort...well done! If only the KIIP vids were narrated a little bit like this... ^^,

Thank you so much for making this video, this is really interesting!

Great video! That must have taken a lot of work. :) (You make it sound like the country wasn't divided till after the Korean war, though, which might confuse people!)

Ii really appreciate the effort that went into this! Thank you for teaching me (and others) the basics of Korean history.

외국인 시각으로 한국역사를 보는것도 재밌네요. 이 영상 만들어주셔서 감사합니다

The most education I had this past summer holiday

Very well explained!

I've watched alot of Korean historical dramas and I didn't really get any of them. Now that I've had this brief history lesson, the historical dramas I've watched makes more sense now. Thanks. :)

Thank you so much for simplifying this stuff....really helpful..keep up the good work.

This was so informative, thank you!

definitely will watch this again . very informative and easy to follow along !

Wow video making at its finest 👏🔥 thanks for the awesome history lesson, this should deffo have more views!!!

You hit most of the important points!! Great video

amazing video! your did a great job covering as much as you could.

The video is great. So many informations in such a short time. But so interesting. And bonus points for the Tardis 🤣

Wow, that was so entertaining! You did a really good job, thank you.

This was such a helpful video! It also explained a lot! Thank you so much!

다 좋은데 영토를 축소하지는 마세요. 고조선, 고구려 강토는 만주를 넘어 내몽골까지를 넘습니다. 현재의 영토로 한국고대사를 재단하면 안됩니다.

Short but crisply worded to the point! Thank you for clarifying areas where I couldn’t understand fully in other Korean history videos.

"Hey North Korea, where's your olympics? hmph" "Hey, South Korea, where's your nukes? hmph" But I must say , a video brilliantly done. Loved it.....

The more I see this guy speak Korean and mention Korean names, the better I can recognize Korean Hangul. It’s like magic.

Interesting video😊 thank you billy

he didn't change his name to 'taejo'. thats the name given by the history to the first king to start a dynasty in korea

When your favorite historical dramas such as Jumong, Hwarang and Scarlet Hearts Ryeo makes much much more sense.

정성이 묻어나는 영상 감사합니다 아주 요약을 잘 하셨네요~^^ 외국친구들에게 추천하고픈 채널 이네요 한국인으로써 감사의 말씀을 드립니다~

i'm korean but u know korean history better than me wtf xD

I saw the TARDIS!! Billy are you a whovian? Awesome video btw 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great video! I am learning a lot about Korea through your videos! Keep it up!

Billy this is amazing and so funny. 11 minutes just flew by lol

Interesting video! However, Ancient Korea was much more bigger than that. Please double check the part then it will be more accurate. Thanks

You did a great job covering the basic history of Korea but it is imperative to get more accurate messages across to non-Koreans. 1. Jumong came from Buyeo which is in Manchuria and spread from there to Korean peninsula. 2. Gaya was an extremely important Kingdom in transmitting their culture and iron technology to Japan. 3. Buddhism has already established on all 3 kingdoms by 500 AD and not by Koryo. 4. Yi Su Shin only used 5 turtle ships throughout many campaigns. The largest ship battle of Myeongnyang, he had only 13 Panokseon ships (no turtle ship) which was stronger and structurally superior to Japanese ships. Japanese had more than 333 ships (25 to 1 ratio). 5. I wish you could mentioned that Mongol empire pretty much dominated the whole world which they did and wanted to conquer Japan as well. You need learn more about Mongol Empire. 6. You really got this one wrong. There was already Sino-Japanese war by 1895. Russia wanted to control Manchuria by that time (so they can reach to Vlodivostok on the fartest eastern port). It was perceived that Japan would be vulnerable to any power that controlled the Korean peninsula. Korea moved to closer with Russia and that’s the main reason. 7. Lastly, it was the Baekje, Gaya and Silla kingdoms (mainly Baekje) that have influenced Yamato (Japan). Simply speaking, it was the Baekje royalities/conquerors found the Yamato Japan. I wish you can mention that on your video. Well done.

As a Korean Studies major that has exams coming up, I'm very thankful for this video!!!!

살짝 민감한 부분을 건드리셨네. 유럽사람들은 그래도 독일과 일본을 전범국가로 생각하는 반면 미국인들은 일본의 말도 안되는 논리를 그대로 따르더라. 민간인 학살, 위안부, 강제징용, 생체실험까지 정말 잔인한 짓은 다 했는데 군수물자 나르기 위해 철도 깐거, 지들이 장악하려고 만든 건물들 보고 근대화 시켜줬다니!!! 끔찍하다. 일본에게 사과하는 오바마를 보고 완전 충격받았다.

Finally a short video for Korean history. Thank you and I have shared this.

"I would change my name too." Lololol yeah.ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. I'am enjoying this history lesson! Dude, your name makes me think of lending 빌려준다 which has a friendly, neighborly connotation.

Choi Young wanted to invade the Ming dynasty because Hongwu emperor demanded for the northern portion of Goryeo wich King Gongmin took from the Yuan in the 1350's. He wanted to show Ming that Goryeo was not a weak kingdom and that they were successors of Gogureyo. Yi Seong-gye rebelled because he opposed conquering Liaodong and wanted to maintain a good relationship with the Ming dynasty.

Brilliant! Love it how you manage to present even tragic events in an inspiring way.

This is all I was looking for! Thanks for this great video

Funny, some of the places and people mentioned I already heard of from Korean Dramas 😂😂😂 and im like "OOHHHHHHHH" 😂😂😂 anyways, this is so fun watching. I just hit the subscribe button! Keep it up ❤️

I learned so much from this 11 minute video and I would remember the content better as it was very entertaining! (While I forgot everything I learned from schools in South Korea 🤣)

Enjoyed it! Thank you a lot 빌리 선생님

Interesting video. I feel like another forgotten part, or at least not known to outsiders, is the fact that there was a South Korean dictator as well after the Korean War.

This video is awesome!! I've wanted to know more about korean history for a while now, but never got into it. But this video was really helpful! Thanks a lot! :)

Cool thanks.

Wow you answered all those burning questions I've had about Korean history! Gamun Billy.

Thank you for this video it was very informational and entertaining

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO

Yes! I needed something like this.

Very helpful video, thank you so much! Diffidently subscribing

I love you videos! Thank you for everything

왜 고구려 요동 영토 안보여주냐

You are channel is so great thanks!

Thanks for the video! One nitpick....It was actually 고종 that first brought in electricity.

Thanks. I will probably need to rewatch. So much info. I also went squirrel when I saw a TARDIS 😉 lol

Thank you for the interesting video! I really love it!

Thank you for this excellently accessible overview. I recently started looking for documentaries on the history of Korea (beyond the wars of the twentieth century, and the current news events). I'm dismayed how little is available.

Wonderful video !! Very very nice.

I love his videos so much! ur amazing billy hehe

Great summary

Thanks for wonderful videos!!!

1:13 the laugh took me out lmfao I love this