Yŏm Chang (, ? - ?), also mentioned as Yŏm Mun, was a

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

general who is best known for assassinating

Jang Bogo Jang Bo-go (787–841), whose childhood name was Gungbok or Gungpa (), was a Sillan who rose to prominence in the Later Silla period of Korea as a powerful maritime figure who effectively controlled the Yellow Sea (West Sea), and dominated the ...

. Yŏm had been a subordinate of Jang Bogo, but their relationship apparently deteriorated as he was once punished by Jang Bogo for having been personally engaged in slave trade. Eventually, Yŏm Chang, under the direction of

Kim Yang Kim Yang (; 808–857) was part of the Silla royal family and its retainers. Said to be a descendant of the second son of Kim Chunchu. In service of Silla Born in 808, he was the son of Kim Chŏng-yŏ, a descendant of Kim Chu-wŏn. In 822, his gr ...

, assassinated Jang Bogo.

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* Portrayed by Song Il-gook and Hong Hyun-ki in the 2004–2005

KBS2 KBS 2TV is a South Korean free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen ...

TV series ''

Emperor of the Sea ''Emperor of the Sea'' (; literally "Sea God") is an epic South Korean television drama series starring Choi Soo-jong, Chae Shi-ra, Song Il-kook, Soo Ae and Chae Jung-an. It aired on KBS2 from November 24, 2004, to May 25, 2005, on Wednesd ...

''.

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