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History역사1627 & 1636 AD

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Joseon suffered two devastating Manchu invasions — the first in 1627 and a far more destructive second invasion in 1636. After the second, King Injo was forced to bow nine times to the Manchu emperor in a ceremony of total submission, a humiliation seared into Korean historical memory.

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