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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 20: The Flame That Would Not Die

  Episode 20: The Flame That Would Not Die Even after the kingdom fell, people raised the banner again. In September 668, Pyongyang Fortress fell and King Bojang was taken captive to Tang China. Nearly 200,000 Goguryeo people were forcibly r…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/08/07 15:33

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 19: The Fall of Pyongyang Fortress

  Episode 19: The Fall of Pyongyang Fortress Empires rarely fall to their enemies alone — they fall when they stop trusting themselves. In September of 668 CE, the defenders atop Pyongyang's walls were running out of more than arrows. The fo…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/08/06 15:33

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 18: A War on Two Fronts — The Shadow of the Silla-Tang Alliance

  Episode 18: A War on Two Fronts — The Shadow of the Silla-Tang Alliance Alliances always have two faces — a shield for one side, a noose for the other. Long before Yeon Gaesomun died and his sons tore his legacy apart in a succession war, …

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/08/05 15:33

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 17: The Death of Yeon Gaesomun – Where the Collapse Began

  Episode 17: The Death of Yeon Gaesomun - Where the Collapse Began Power held by one man for twenty-five years vanished in a single death — and the kingdom split in two before the mourning was even over. He had crushed Tang Taizong's army a…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/08/04 15:33

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 16: The Endless War – Tang

  Episode 16: The Endless War - Tang's Repeated Invasions Winning a battle is not the same as winning a war. Even after Goguryeo turned back Emperor Taizong at Ansi Fortress in 645, peace never came. The victory at Ansi was sweet but inconcl…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/08/03 15:33

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 15: Ansi — The Fortress That Would Not Fall

  Episode 15: The Siege of Ansi — 88 Days of Defiance A commander whose name history never recorded held off the emperor who had unified China — for nearly three months. In the summer of 645 CE, Emperor Taizong of Tang — the ruler who had bu…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/08/02 15:33

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 14: King Yeongnyu and Yeon Gaesomun – Blood, Coup, and the Sword of the Grand Chancellor

  Episode 14: King Yeongnyu and Yeon Gaesomun - A Change of Power In October 642 CE, at a military review outside the Goguryeo capital Pyongyang, over a hundred court ministers were cut down before their wine cups were empty. From that night…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/08/01 15:34

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 13: Eulji Mundeok and the Battle of Salsu – How a Small Kingdom Swallowed an Army of a Million

  Episode 13: Eulji Mundeok and the Battle of Salsu - How a Small Kingdom Swallowed an Army of a Million 1.13 million marched south. Only 2,700 marched back. Few reversals in military history are as staggering. In 612 CE, Sui China — then th…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/07/31 15:33

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 12: King Munjamyeong’s Comeback – Forging a Steppe Alliance

  Episode 12: King Munjamyeong's Comeback - Forging a Steppe Alliance Small states survive between superpowers the same way in any century: never bet everything on one side. In the winter of 491 CE, King Jangsu — who had ruled Goguryeo for 7…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/07/29 15:33

  
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  [History Lives On – Goguryeo Series] Episode 11: The Move to Pyongyang – A New Center for an Empire

  Episode 11: The Move to Pyongyang - A New Center for an Empire In 427 CE, King Jangsu turned his back on the ancestral tombs and shrines of Gungnae and moved his court to the open plains along the Daedong River. It was not a retreat — it w…

  The Korean Today 333 · 2026/07/28 15:40