Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Goryeo yaitongwa nevaMongol inoreva utongi hwevaMongol vaitungamirirwa nedzinza reYuan rokuChina muKorea kubva munenge muna 1270 kusvika muna 1356. Mushure mokunge
Kupinda kwevaMongol muKorea uye kukundikana kwemhuri yeGoryeo yekuKorea muzana ramakore rechi13, Goryeo yakava nyika yakazvimiririra uye yakamanikidzwa mubatanidzwa weYuan dynasty kwemakore angangoita makumi masere. Mutsara unotonga weGoryeo, Imba yaWang, yakabvumidzwa kutonga Korea semutongi weYuan, iyo yakatanga Dunhu reZhengdong (征東行省; zvichireva kuti "Kukunda Kumabvazuva") muKorea. Nhengo dzemhuri youmambo yeGoryeo dzaiendeswa kuDadu, uye dzaiwanzokaroorwa nevakadzi veimba youmambo yeYuan. Somugumisiro, machinda akava madzimambo eGoryeo mukati menguva iyi akanga ari zvirokwazvo vanakomana vomumambo ("khuregen"). Utongi hweYuan hwakaguma mumakore ekuma1350 apo dzinza reYuan pacharo rakatanga kuparara uye Mambo Gongmin weGoryeo akatanga kudzosera varwi veYuan.