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Name

In Korean for neutral context, Korea means "코리아". Please add this name. 113.178.51.98 (talk) 08:42, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Please provide a reliable source to verify your claim. The claim that 코리아 is a (historically) neutral name for Korea in Korean is a myth commonly repeated by non-Koreans. Yue🌙 08:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

코리아 is the Korean transliteration of the word Korea. 113.178.51.98 (talk) 09:34, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am well aware. You still have to provide a reliable source to verify your claim that it is a neutral (and notable) name in Korean. As a Korean myself, I know that is not the case. Policies aside, what makes you think that a Korean transliteration of a foreign term derived from a corrupted transliteration of a Korean name (고려, Koryŏ) would be used by Koreans? Yue🌙 20:54, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Addition

I think the December 1991 agreement between the two Koreas should be listed in the Establishment section of the infobox because it is an important document of Korea to establish the foundation of relations between the two Koreas. Perhaps we also need to mention this document in the main section of the article. https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/%EB%82%A8%EB%B6%81%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%EC%9D%98_%ED%99%94%ED%95%B4%EC%99%80_%EB%B6%88%EA%B0%80%EC%B9%A8_%EB%B0%8F_%EA%B5%90%EB%A5%98%C2%B7%ED%98%91%EB%A0%A5%EC%97%90_%EA%B4%80%ED%95%9C_%ED%95%A9%EC%9D%98%EC%84%9C Newwikinguser (talk) 09:45, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think this document is more important than the Panmunjom Declaration. Newwikinguser (talk) 10:32, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It does not matter if you personally assign more importance to one event over another. What matters is do reliable sources also argue that the event you are advocating for is notable. Yue🌙 23:27, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I find a reliable source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/12/13/two-koreas-pledge-to-end-aggression/d104ab96-1a85-4024-8b61-bf9e43d779eb/ Newwikinguser (talk) 12:10, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also this: https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/ac/rls/or/2004/31012.htm Newwikinguser (talk) 12:19, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And this: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/13/world/koreas-sign-pact-renouncing-force-in-a-step-to-unity.html Newwikinguser (talk) 12:20, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Those sources merely attest to the agreements existence, but where does it say that any of them that in retrospect it is a historically important event, more important than other attempts at peace and unification from then till now? You made an argument and you have yet to provide a reliable source that backs up your argument, leading me to believe that it is a personal opinion of yours. I also find it suspicious that when one specific detail, which has been repeatedly added by sockpuppets of a blocked user, was removed, your account was created not even a day later advocating a similar but alternate detail be added in its place. Yue🌙 03:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 17 September 2024

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In the second paragraph of the Prehistory subsection of the History section of the “Korea” page…

Change “The linguistic homeland of Proto-Koreans is located somewhere in Southern Siberia/Manchuria, such the Liao river area or the Amur region.”

…to…

“The linguistic homeland of Proto-Koreans is located somewhere in Southern Siberia/Manchuria, such as the Liao river area or the Amur region.”

…by adding “as” before “the Liao river”. The Return of Baba (talk) 01:48, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Yue🌙 02:55, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]