Koryo may refer to:
Korea
Koryo or Goryeo () was the name of several states in Korean history, known as Corea or Coree in the western world:
*Goryeo was a state located in northern and central Korean Peninsula and southern and central Manchuria from 37 BC to AD 668. It was founded as
Goguryeo
Goguryeo (37 BC–668 AD) ( ) also called Goryeo (), was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Northeast China. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled mos ...
and changed its official name to Goryeo in the 5th century.
*Goryeo was a state located in central Korean Peninsula from 901 to 918. It was founded by Gung Ye as Goryeo and changed its official name to Majin in 904 and to
Taebong
Taebong (; ) was a state established by Gung Ye () on the Korean Peninsula in 901 during the Later Three Kingdoms.
Name
The state's initial name was Goryeo, after the official name of Goguryeo, a previous state in Manchuria and the northern ...
in 911. It is sometimes called Later Goguryeo in historiography.
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Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificat ...
was a state located in the Korean Peninsula from 918 to 1392. It was founded by Wang Geon and was the successor state of Taebong.
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Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
as a whole
Other topics named after Koryo include:
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Air Koryo
Air Koryo () is the state-owned national airline of North Korea, headquartered in Sunan-guyŏk, Pyongyang. Based at Pyongyang International Airport ( IATA: FNJ), it operates international scheduled and charter services to points in Asia.
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, a North Korean airline company
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Koryo Tours
Koryo Tours is an independent Western travel company based in Beijing, specializing in group and independent tourism to North Korea.
Their tours run throughout the year covering budget to exclusive trips. There are packages for staying in the ca ...
, a British travel company specialising in travel, film and cultural exchanges with North Korea
* ''Koryo'', a ''
pumsae'' ("form") in Taekwondo
Japan
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Kōryō, Nara
is a town located in Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It served as Japan's temporary capital from 640-642 AD, the Kudara Palace. ''Kudara'' is a reference to the Korean kingdom of Baekje and "Koryo" is a reference to Korea. H ...
, a town in Japan, the former capital from 640 to 642
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Koryō, Shimane, a former town in Japan administratively merged into Izumo in 2005
* Koryo Country (also Nayutaya Country), a fictional country introduced in
episode 7 of ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', a Japanese manga series
See also
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Koryo-saram
Koryo-saram ( ko, 고려사람; russian: Корё сарам; uk, Корьо-сарам) is the name which ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves. The term is composed of two Korean words: "", a historical name for ...
("Koryo people"), the name used by Koreans in the former Soviet Union to refer to themselves as a group
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Zhang Gaoli
Zhang Gaoli or Chang Kao-li ( zh, 张高丽; ; born 1 November 1946) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the senior Vice Premier of the State Council between 2013 and 2018 and as a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo ...
(born 1946), People's Republic of China politician
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