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His Imperial Highness Yi Seok (born 1941) a descendant of the Joseon Dynasty is one of two pretenders to the throne of Korea. A grandson of Emperor Gojong of Korea, he styles himself as "His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince Yi Seok", and is currently a professor of history lecturing at Jeonju University in the Republic of Korea. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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A Pretender is a claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne. ...
Korea (occasionally spelled Corea) is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the west and Russia to the north. ...
Gojong (1852 - 1919) was the 26th king and 1st emperor of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. ...
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국; Hanja: 大韓民國)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. ...
Currently Yi resides in a building renovated for his use by the city of Jeonju, 243 kilometers south of Seoul. The city government hopes that Yi's settlement on the grounds of its Hanok Village will spotlight the historic significance of the city and help it to attract tourists. As part of this arrangement, Yi gives lectures to Jeonju visitors about Korean history. He also frequently lectures elsewhere and is often called upon for ceremonial duties, despite his official status as a private citizen. Recently, Yi authored a book about the late Joseon Dynasty royal court family and has founded an organization, which he now leads, "The Imperial Grandson Association", dedicated to preserving the culture of the royal court. Jeonju (Jeonju-si) is a city in and the capital of North Jeolla Province, South Korea. ...
Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ...
Jeonju (Jeonju-si) is a city in and the capital of North Jeolla Province, South Korea. ...
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Early Life Prince Yi Seok was born and raised in Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul during the Japanese occupation. After WW2 ended with the occupation and partitition of Korea by the allies in the South, and the Russians and Chinese in the north, the Korean royal family was rendered homeless, what assets that were not confiscated by the Japanese were then confiscated by the incoming Syngman Rhee government, and forced to temporary accommodation within palaces in Seoul. Gyeongbokgung is a palace located in Seoul, South Korea. ...
Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ...
German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...
Syngman Rhee (March 26, 1875 - July 19, 1965) was a Korean politician and the first president of South Korea. ...
The coming of the Korean War in the summer of 1950 led the cadet elements of the royal family to flee by an American landing craft from Incheon, along the coast down to Busan, then to live in a hillside monastary in Jeju Island til the war ended in the autumn of 1953 when they returned to Seoul. The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ...
Events January January 5 - US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 - The United Kingdom recognizes the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Incheon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city and major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. ...
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Jeju is the largest island and smallest province in South Korea, and the name of islands largest city and provincial capital (see Jeju City). ...
1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ...
Prince Yi Seok as a young man was required to look after his family as best he could, along with his brothers, and took any jobs that he could to provide for his parents and siblings before and after university during the hard times of the Korean War and Cold War era as the Republic of Korea fought communism and internal subversion. The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ...
The Cold War ( 1947- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. ...
At Hankook University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Prince Yi Seok studied foreign languages, principally Spanish, as well as foreign relations and history, became fluent in several languages, and prepared himself for the diplomatic service. A series of coups, changes in government and civil discord rendered that impossible. Paying his own way through university, Yi Seok again worked at many different jobs to provide for his family, and as he had an aptitude for entertaining, became a well known singer and professional musician in the 1960s while in his twenties, having several hit songs. Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...
Military Service Prince Yi Seok volunteered for the Korean military and served as an enlisted man in the Vietnam War in an elite Korean commando regiment as an infantryman in The Tiger Division also known as the Capitol Infantry Division (mech.) The Tiger Division was an all volunteer division in which all soldiers donated 80% of their pay back to the Republic of Korea to support the post-war economy. The Vietnam War was a war fought roughly from 1957 to 1975 after the North Vietnamese government secretly agreed to begin involvement in South Vietnam. ...
Apart from serving in combat in many engagements as a member of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Tiger Division, Yi Seok was seriously wounded by shrapnel in a convoy that was landmined. Before and after his recuperation, he also found time to entertain the troops during off-hours at their request. Before Yi Seok was wounded he participated in combat operations from Tiger1 to Tiger12 with his regiment. The unit had a distinguished history in combat.
The Lost Years Returning to the Republic of Korea, the royal family was again given accommodation at palaces in Seoul, but with the coup following the assassination of President Park Chung Hee in 1979, the royal family was ordered out of the palace at gunpoint; and what properties and assets they had were finally totally confiscated. Prince Yi Seok then travelled to the [[United States]] where he took again a series of jobs in the recessionary 1980s to provide for his family and his relatives whilst attempting protracted legal and moral battles to retrieve family properties seized illegally, and now irretrievable under post-war Korean law. In the Los Angeles riots of 1992, many of his personal possessions, and historical photographs were lost in the fires. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국; Hanja: 大韓民國)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. ...
A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ...
Park Chung-hee (September 30, 1917 - October 26, 1979) was President of South Korea from 1961 to 1979. ...
Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
With the changed political climate in the early 1990s, Yi Seok was able to return to the Republic of Korea, and once again attempt to live in old family properties, and battle for his legal rights as a private citizen. After a series of difficult times, he had a series of spiritual revelations, retired to a monastery, and regained a new public life at the beginning of the 21st century, with a series of constant travels doing educational work, promoting both Korean royal tourism and the restoration of historical buildings, and a schedule that involves over 100 speaking engagements or public appearances each year. Currently he lives in Jeonju, South Korea. Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...
Jeonju (Jeonju-si) is a city in and the capital of North Jeolla Province, South Korea. ...
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국; Hanja: 大韓民國)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. ...
The hardships and resilience that is typical of Korean life from WW2 to the post Vietnam era proved interesting and Prince Yi Seok's life was made into a dramatic semi-fictional TV programme on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. ...
Current Activities Together with many members of the Korean royal family, Yi Seok has worked to maintain royal Korean traditions that go back to 1392. His current concerns are in the areas of teaching history on an extensive lecture circuit to schools and colleges in the Republic of Korea, as well as encouraging more historical tours as a way of preserving essential aspects of Korean tradition for future generations. Events Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye leads a coup détat, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey is conquered by Sultan Beyazid I Louis de Valois is created the 1st Duke of Orléans, the second time...
In February of 2005, Prince Yi Seok began teaching twice weekly classes on Korean history at Jeonju University with the title of professor. His classes center on Joseon Dynasty era figures as well as introducing pre-1900 Korean history to sophomore students. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Publications and Media Prince Yi Seok is also a recently published author on the ceremonial rites of his family. And has agreed to host a TV series on Korean royal history, which is currently in pre-production.
Entitled "A personal view of Korea", the documentary series will feature three episodes on Korean history, palaces and temples, and on the fortress architecture of the over 20 Yi Dynasty castles.
Production is expected to begin in the summer of 2005, and foreign rights sales are presently being negotiated. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Controversy Claims to certain Korean imperial titles are considered by those outside of the Yi family to be disputed - internally there is less division. Claims by those outside the Yi family may consider the formal Head of the Korean Royal House to be Prince Yi Ku, a cousin of Prince Yi Seok. Currently Yi Seok lives in Jeonju, 243 kilometers south of Seoul. The Prince Yi Ku visits the Republic of Korea quarterly in order to perform the traditional ancestral rites of prayers to five generations back of the imperial ancestors, and is on very friendly terms with his imperial relative Prince Yi Seok, as well as many of the Yi family at home and abroad. Jeonju (Jeonju-si) is a city in and the capital of North Jeolla Province, South Korea. ...
Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ...
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국; Hanja: 大韓民國)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. ...
Official Websites The Korean royal family website is expected to appear in English by early 2005, and is currently available in Korean.
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