Geom Mojam (?-672) was the military leader of a short-lived movement to restore Goguryeo after its fall to Silla in the later 7th century CE. After the kingdom fell to Tang and Silla in 668, he kindled an opposition movement in the Taedong River valley and in 670 established Anseung (안승) as the new King of Goguryeo. Anseung is believed to have been the illegitimate son of King Bojang, the last ruler of the kingdom. The capital was set up in modern-day Chaeryŏng-gun, South Hwanghae, North Korea. The rebellion is briefly described in the Samguk Sagi, Goguryeo Book 10. Hangul (hangul: 한글; revised: hangeul; McCune-Reischauer: hangÅ­l) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Events April 11 - Adeodatus succeeds Vitalian as Pope. ... Goguryeo (37 BC-668) was an empire in Manchuria and northern Korea. ... Silla (also denoted as Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. ... // Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Syria, Iraq, Persia, North Africa and Central Asia convert to Islam. ... Events Childeric II succeeds Clotaire III as Frankish king Constantine IV becomes Byzantine Emperor, succeeding Constans II Theodore of Tarsus made archbishop of Canterbury. ... River Taedong is the river that runs across the Capital of North Korea, Pyongyang. ... Events On the death of his brother Clotaire, Childeric II becomes king of all of the Frankish kingdoms -- Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy. ... King Bojang (?-682, r. ... South Hwanghae (Hwanghae-namdo) is a province of North Korea. ... We dont have an article called Samguk sagi Start this article Search for Samguk sagi in. ...

Geom's birthplace is given as Surimseong (수림성, 水臨城), but his date of birth is unknown. A military official, he had reached the rank of daehyeong (대형, 大兄), seventh among the 14 ranks of Goguryeo officialdom.

After placing Anseung on the throne, Geom sent emissaries to Silla seeking aid and recognition. Silla at this time was struggling to avoid being absorbed into the Tang empire through the Protectorate-General to Pacify the East (安東都護府), a military government which Tang had established on the peninsula after the fall of Baekje and Goguryeo. Therefore, Silla eagerly sent an embassy recognizing Anseung as the legitimate King of Goguryeo and offering an alliance. Also the name of a rock band. ...

In 672, as their kingdom faced a massive Tang assault, relations between Geom and Anseung deteriorated. Geom was assassinated at the behest of Anseung, who fled to Silla and later ruled the short-lived Bodeok kingdom based in Iksan. Iksan is a city and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. ...

Geom's struggle is comparable to that of the Baekje leader Boksin, who led a similarly ill-fated attempt to restore the Baekje state a decade before. It can also be viewed as preparing the way for the Goguryeo diaspora described in [1]. Baekje was a kingdom that existed in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. In Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla, it is known as one of the Three Kingdoms. ... Boksin (?_663) was a military leader of the Korean kingdom of Baekje. ...

See also

• History of Korea
• List of Korea-related topics
• Three Kingdoms of Korea