Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị mmadụ biri n'Ala Dịịrị Banye na Mmiri na Korea malite n'oge a na-akpọ Lower Paleolithic. E dekọrọ alaeze mbụ ya n'ihe ndekọ ndị China ná mmalite narị afọ nke asaa T.O.A. Mgbe e jikọtara alaeze atọ nke Korea na Silla na Balhae na ngwụcha narị afọ nke asaa, ndị Goryeo (918<unk>1392) na Joseon (1392<unk>1897) chịrị Korea. A chịkọtara alaeze Korea na 1910 n'ime alaeze Japan. Ọchịchị ndị Japan na Korea kwụsịrị mgbe
nke mbụ nyefere onwe ya na Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, e kewara Korea na mpaghara abụọ; mpaghara ugwu nke Soviet Union weghaara na mpaghara ndịda nke United States weghaara. Mgbe mkparịta ụka banyere ijikọtaghachi dara, nke ikpeazụ ghọrọ Republic of Korea n'August 1948 ebe nke mbụ ghọrọ North Korea.