{"slug": "kaesong", "label": "Kaesong", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaesong", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109079", "qid": "Q109079", "description": "city in North Korea", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [918, 2020], "span_label": ["918 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Gaegyeong", "Gaeseong"], "related": [{"slug": "goryeo", "label": "Goryeo", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "korea", "label": "Korea", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "joseon", "label": "Joseon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "north-korea", "label": "North Korea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "liao-dynasty", "label": "Liao dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seoul", "label": "Seoul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kim-jong-un", "label": "Kim Jong Un", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "u-of-goryeo", "label": "U of Goryeo", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 918, "year_label": "918 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Wang Kon, a Korean general, overthrows the government of the short-lived state Ho Goguryeo and ascends the throne at Cheorwon. He founds the Goryeo dynasty and makes Song'ak his capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509557#Asia", "title": "918", "revid": 1341509557, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1010, "year_label": "1010 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War: The Goryeo king is unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the Liao dynasty, and the burning of the Korean capital Gaegyeong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373015431#Asia", "title": "1010", "revid": 1373015431, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1232, "year_label": "1232 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Mongol invasion of Korea: Choe Woo, Korean military dictator of Goryeo, orders against the pleas of King Gojong and his senior officials, the royal court, and most of Songdo's population to be moved to Ganghwa Island. Woo starts the construction of strong defenses on Ganghwa Island, which becomes a fortress. The government orders the common people to flee the countryside and take refuge in major cities, mountain citadels, or nearby islands. The Mongols occupy much of northern Korea, but fail to capture Ganghwa Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367489153#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1232", "revid": 1367489153, "section": "Events › By place › Mongol Empire"}}, {"year": 1388, "year_label": "1388 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – Wihwado Retreat: In Korea, General Yi Song-gye disregards the orders of the Emperor U of Goryeo to attack China, leads his troops away from Wihwa Island, and leads an attack on the Korean capital, Kaesong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360557860#April–June", "title": "1388", "revid": 1360557860, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1392, "year_label": "1392 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – At Gaegyeong, General Yi Sŏng-gye crowns himself King Taejo of Korea, ending the Goryeo dynasty in the Korean Peninsula, and establishing the Joseon dynasty, which will last for more than 500 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360558319#July–September", "title": "1392", "revid": 1360558319, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1394, "year_label": "1394 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – The capital city of the Joseon dynasty (in present-day Korea) is moved from Gaegyeong (now Gaeseong) to Hanseong (now Seoul).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593498#October–December", "title": "1394", "revid": 1371593498, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#July", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – North Korea demolishes the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in Kaesong, established in 2018 to improve relations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#June", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – COVID-19 pandemic: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convenes an emergency meeting, declares a state of emergency, and orders the lockdown of Kaesong after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea. If confirmed, it would be the first case to be officially acknowledged by North Korea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#July", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › July"}}]}