Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutanga muna 1170, hurumende yeGoryeo yaitodzorwa nemhuri dzaitevedzana dzaiva nesimba dzaibva muboka revarwi, zvikurukuru mhuri yeChoe, muhurumende yechiuto yakafanana ne"shogunate". Mukati mokutonga kwechiuto, Goryeo akaramba
Kupinda kweMongol Empire kwemakore anoda kusvika 30, kusvikira mutungamiri anotonga wemhuri yeChoe aurayiwa muna 1258 nevapikisi mudare, mushure mezvo simba rakadzorerwa kumadzimambo uye rugare rwakaitwa nemaMongol; zvisinei, kurwira simba kwakaramba kuri mudare uye kutonga kwemauto hakuna kupera kusvika 1270. Kubva panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, Goryeo yakava "nyika yomukwasha" yakazvimiririra yeMongol-inotungamirirwa neYuan dynasty kuburikidza nekuroorana kweumambo uye ukama hweropa. Rusununguko rwakawanikwazve panguva yokutonga kwaGongmin pakati pezana remakore rechi14, uye pashure pacho maGeneral Choe Yeong naYi Seong-gye vakakwira mukurumbira nekukunda mauto eRed Turban aibva kuchamhembe uye maWoku kubva kumaodzanyemba. Muna 1388, Yi Seong-gye akatumwa kuzopinda muumambo hweMing paLiaodong, asi akachinja mauto ake uye akakunda Choe Yeong mu "coup d'état"; muna 1392, akatsiva Goryeo nenyika itsva yeJoseon, achigumisa makore 474 ekutonga kweGoryeo muKorea Peninsula.