Joseon Joseon Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Category="History of Korea"Joseon (also Chosun Hangul: 조선; Hanja: 朝鮮, McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases:

The first Korean kingdom Gojoseon was then known as Joseon. Go, meaning "Ancient," was later added for disambiguation. It is sometimes divided into Dangun Joseon, Gija Joseon, and Wiman Joseon periods.
Korea, in the Korean language, was called Joseon during the Joseon Dynasty
During the Japanese Colonial Period, Korea's official name was Joseon (or more accurately, the Japanese version Chosen).
North Korea today refers to Korea as a whole as Chosŏn in the Korean language.

See Names of Korea for more details on the changing use of the name.

朝鮮, the Sino-Korean characters used to transcribe Joseon, can mean "morning calm," hence Korea's English nickname, "The Land of the Morning Calm." The hanja were likely a Transliteration of a native Korean name, or a Translation of Asadal, Go-joseon's capital.

It is also used in the names of two prominent newspapers: the South Korean Chosun Ilbo and the pro-North Choson Sinbo of Japan.

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