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	Seok, Prince of Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prince Seok was born and raised in Sadong Palace in Seoul during the Japanese occupation.
		The Prince Gu visits the Republic of Korea quarterly in order to perform the traditional ancestral rites of prayers to five generations back of the imperial ancestors, and is on very friendly terms with his imperial relative Prince Seok, as well as many of the Yi family at home and abroad.
		Yi Hong (ì´í i hong) (born 1976), the eldest daughter of Prince Seok.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yi_Seok (978 words)

	Yi Seok - Definition, explanation
		Prince Yi Seok was born and raised in Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul during the Japanese occupation.
		Prince Yi Seok then travelled to the United States where he took again a series of jobs in the recessionary 1980s to provide for his family and his relatives whilst attempting protracted legal and moral battles to retrieve family properties seized illegally, and now irretrievable under post-war Korean law.
		The Prince Yi Ku visits the Republic of Korea quarterly in order to perform the traditional ancestral rites of prayers to five generations back of the imperial ancestors, and is on very friendly terms with his imperial relative Prince Yi Seok, as well as many of the Yi family at home and abroad.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/y/yi/yi_seok.php (931 words)

	Engineering Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was officially founded by Yi Seonggye, the General who led the overthrow or coup d'etat of the last king of the Goryeo Dynasty.
		Prince Yi Gu is a closer descendant of the dynasty, but is considered not a valid heir, having married a Japanese woman.
		Yi Seonggye returned to start a rebellion against King U, who was the last Goryeo King, and establish the Yi dynasty.
	www.engineeringencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Yi_dynasty (2287 words)

	YONHAPNEWS WORLD SERVICE::ENGLISH NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yi, born in 1941, was a nephew of Sunjong, the last king of the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled Korea for 518 years until it was subjugated by Japan in 1910.
		Yi Seok's royal life began to fray seriously with the inauguration of the South Korean government under the tutelage of the United States in 1948.
		Yi went to Vietnam in 1966 as a member of the South Korean military contingent and was evacuated home two years later when he was injured in a roadside mortar attack on a truck he was in.
	www.yonhapnews.co.kr /Engnews/20040509/301900000020040509085026E9.html (1166 words)

	YONHAPNEWS WORLD SERVICE::ENGLISH NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 63-year-old last prince of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) moved into a traditional Korean house, known as "hanok," located inside the city's Hanok Village in Pungnam-dong, and was welcomed in a ceremony to celebrate his arrival.
		Yi, who is also a popular singer, will work as a cultural instructor for the next two years, advising visitors about Joseon histor and the culture of the royal court.
		Yi Seok recently authored a book about the late Joseon Dynasty royal court family and has led an organization dedicated to preserving the culture of the royal court.
	www.yonhapnews.net /Engnews/20041015/301900000020041015140014E9.html (414 words)

	Seok, Prince of Korea - Definition, explanation
		Prince Seok was born and raised in Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul during the Japanese occupation.
		Lady Yi Hong (이홍 i hong) (born 1976), the eldest daughter of Prince Seok.
		Lady Yi Jin (이진 i jin) (born 1979), the second daughter of Prince Seok.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/se/seok__prince_of_korea.php (977 words)

	Joseon Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A living descendent of the Joseon Dynasty in 2005 is HIH the Crown Prince Yi Seok.
		Yi Songgye, in a Chinese alliance under the Emperor's approval and logistics support, returned to start a rebellion against King U and establish the Yi dynasty.
		Crown Prince Yi Seok, has with great effort worked to preserve the Korean traditions by travelling extensively through Korean and lecturing at schools, reminding the youth of today that indeed there are long lines of greatness in Korea and traditions that are essential to be preserved.
	www.info-en.com /index.php/Joseon_Dynasty (2547 words)

	Joseon Dynasty - The Encyclopedia
		After the Invasion and de facto annexation of Korea by Japanese in 1910, the Princes and Princesses of the Imperial Family were forced to leave for Japan to be re-educated and married.
		Presently His Highness Prince Yi Seok is one of two pretenders to the throne of Korea.
		He is a son of Prince Gang of Korea, a fifth son of Gojong of Korea and currently a professor of history lecturing at Jeonju University in the Republic of Korea.
	www.the-encyclopedia.com /description/Joseon_Dynasty (2283 words)

	ANDONGKIM.COM Choson Prince Seok Yi
		Yi's brother Lee Hai Joon, who adopted an American spelling of the Yi name and is one of three surviving siblings, is unhappy about Mr.
		Yi was removed at gunpoint from the Chil gung palace in Seoul (some royals had been invited to live in the palace compound in the 1960s).
		Yi never gave up his dream to be recognized as a royal and live the privileged life now lost to his family.
	andongkim.com /articles/2004/12/yiseokchosonprince.htm (1144 words)

	Yi I [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok (율곡; 栗谷 " Chestnut Chestnuts (Castanea), including the chinkapins, are a genus of eight or nine species of trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
		Yi temporarily renounced the world by secluding himself in the Diamond Mountain Kŭmgangsan ("Diamond Mountain") is the second-tallest mountain in North Korea, with a height of 1638 metres.
		Yi died in 1584, and the valuable Yulgok Jeonjip ("The Complete Works of Yulgok") was compiled after his death on the basis of the writings he bequeathed.
	www.wikimirror.com /Yi_I (1212 words)

	Seoul celebrates return of 'king' - The Washington Times: World Briefings - May 14, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yi Gu was carried to Chongmyo this month in a palanquin, part of a royal re-enactment that wended through the concrete canyons of central Seoul.
		Yi tried later to enlist his cousin, who as official heir was invited in 1963 to live in a small palace compound, to join a demonstration to keep the royal buildings.
		While Yi Seok was being interviewed in Seoul's Deoksu Palace for this article, two passing students sought to interview a Westerner as part of their English homework.
	washingtontimes.com /world/20040513-100122-9933r.htm (1011 words)

	The Korea Times : Emperor's Grandson Recalls Rollercoaster Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yi seems to be used to such celebrity, as he friendly greets passengers near his residence in Chonju, North Cholla Province.
		Yi Seok, the nephew of King Sunjong, the last monarch of the Choson Kingdom, stands at the main gate of his residence in Chonju, North Cholla Province.
		Yi said he wanted to build a bigger museum later to educate more people on the history of the royal family not as monarchies yielding the nation to the Japanese imperialists but as leaders trying their utmost best to protect the subject.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/nation/200504/kt2005042117374811950.htm (1311 words)

	Korean royalty seeks to restore ancestral pride - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Now, Yi Seok, 62, is pursuing a one-man crusade to restore the lost dignity of his ancestral Yi dynasty family, which ruled the Korean Peninsula for 518 years until colonial Japan took over in 1910.
		Yi's, who was taken to Japan as a hostage and forced to marry a Japanese woman, lives in Japan.
		Rhee — who opposed the Yi dynasty as a young man, converted to Christianity while imprisoned in Seoul, earned degrees as an exile in the United States from George Washington University, Harvard and Princeton — saw the Yi family as a potential threat to his rule.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20030522-074807-6508r.htm (988 words)

	The Korea Times : Turbulent History Agonizes Choson¡¯s Royal Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The lonesome passing of Yi Ku, the only surviving son of Choson¡¯s last crown prince, last Saturday has awakened the public to the long forgotten tribulation of the disgraced royal family.
		Yi Ku was also forced by other family members to divorce his American wife Julia Mullock against their will in 1982 due to her sterility.
		Unlike Prince Yongchin, who spent most of his life in Japan and the United States, President Rhee¡¯s seizure of the royal properties deprived Prince Uichin of most of his wealth.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/200507/kt2005072019261910440.htm (896 words)

	Joseon Dynasty -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was founded by the Korean Yi clan on the Korean peninsula, and was preceded by the (Click link for more info and facts about Goryeo) Goryeo dynasty.
		It was officially founded by (Click link for more info and facts about Yi Seonggye) Yi Seonggye, the General who led the overthrow or (Click link for more info and facts about coup d'etat) coup d'etat of the last king of the (Click link for more info and facts about Goryeo) Goryeo Dynasty.
		(Click link for more info and facts about Prince Yi Gu) Prince Yi Gu is a closer descendant of the dynasty, but is considered not a valid heir, having married a Japanese woman.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Jo/Joseon_Dynasty.htm (2253 words)

	KOREA8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Adopted by Prince Wanpyung, a great-great-grandson of Crown Prince Sado.
		They were not entered into the Yi Family Register ( Chonju Yi-ssi chokpo) and were considered as beloning to the families of their respective mothers, until Princess Consort Wanwon arranged for their subsequent adoption by various collateral houses of the Yi family.
		Prince Yi Kang may also have had further issue, including two sons born to an American woman, when a student at Ohio Wesleyan University.
	4dw.net /royalark/Korea/korea8.htm (1719 words)

	JOSEON DYNASTY FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Heir to the Throne, Imperial Crown Prince Uimin, married Princess Yi Bang-ja nee Nashimoto, and had two sons, Princes Yi Jin and Yi_Gu.
		Presently His Highness Prince Yi_Seok is one of two pretender s to the throne of Korea.
		He is a son of Prince Gang of Korea, a fifth son of Gojong of Korea and currently a professor of history lecturing at Jeonju_University in the Republic_of_Korea.
	www.mrdefine.com /Joseon_Dynasty (2258 words)

	Jeonju [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Prince Yi Seok His Imperial Highness Yi Seok (born 1941) a descendant of the Joseon Dynasty is one of two pretenders to the throne of Korea.
		A grandson of Emperor Gojong of Korea, he styles himself as "His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince Yi Seok", but he has no royal status or privilege since the Japanese Constitution abolished noble titles in 1947 and Korea became two republics in 1953.
		Yi's claims to the titles are disputed by other members of the dynastic family, who consider the formal Head of the Korean Royal Hou...
	www.wikimirror.com /Jeonju (2549 words)

	Semantic Compositions: An American spelling in King Yi's court
		There's a story in the Wall Street Journal from Friday (subscriber-only) on a man named Yi Seok, among the last of the Korean royal family (deposed by the Japanese in 1910) to live in Korea.
		Yi made ends meet as a bar singer, going on to be a pop star.
		Yi's struggle for recognition took a turn for the better when the mayor of Jeonju, the former home of the royal family, decided to ask him to promote tourism in the city:
	semanticcompositions.typepad.com /index/2005/01/an_american_spe.html (861 words)

	KOREA
		HIH Prince Yi Ko (Yi Kang) [Chin Wang], born 30th March 1877 in Seoul, married 14 wives, (amongst others) 1898, Lady Kin, born 22nd December 1880, died 1964, (a) HIH Princess Deogin, born 1881, died 1954, and had issue.
		HIH Prince Yi Wu, born 15th November 1912 in Tokyo, educated at a military school in Tokyo, married 2nd May 1935, Lady Sanshu, born 11th December 1914 in Seoul, died 1995, and had issue.
		HIH Prince Yi Shun, married Lady Kin, born 1878.
	uqconnect.net /~zzhsoszy/states/asia/korea.html (829 words)

	The Asian Royals Message Board: Re: What fun!
		The only way u can see Crown prince Yi Ku, in person, is at the annual Jongmo Jerye Ancestral rites honoring his ancestors Kings of the YI Dynasty.
		prince yi seok is the son of Prince Yi Kang, whose father was Emperor Kojong.
		prince : yi seok is the son of Prince Yi Kang, whose : father was Emperor Kojong.
	members.boardhost.com /Asianroyal/msg/8625.html (472 words)

	Taegukgi (movie) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The elder, Yi Jin-tae, owned a shoeshine in Seoul before the war.
		His younger brother, Yi Jin-seok, was a student who wanted to go to university.
		Not long after the North Korea n invasion on June 25, 1950, the two brothers were drafted and sent to the frontline.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Taegukgi-(movie).htm (396 words)

	The Asian Royals Message Board: christopher, about Prince Yi Seok... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Since Prince Yi Ku does not have an heir yet to succeed him, dont you think it's high time for him to designate an heir now since he is not getting any younger.
		I agree with you that prince Yi seok is not the head of the Korean Royal Household.
		: I agree with you that prince Yi seok is not : the head of the Korean Royal Household.
	members.boardhost.com /Asianroyal/msg/8907.html (234 words)

	Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was at that time that General Yi Seong-gye distinguished himself by repelling Japanese pirates in a series of successful engagements.
		In 1392 general Yi Seong-gye, overthrew the Goryeo king in a coup d'état and established a new dynasty: the Joseon Dynasty.
		The name Joseon was chosen by the Chinese Emperor Hongwu, at Yi's invitation.
	encyclopedie-en.snyke.com /articles/korea.html (2858 words)

	The Marmot’s Hole » Tragic coincidence
		On top of that, the son that was born to the Japanese woman and the Korean prince (Sunjong?) went to school in the US where he met an American and they married and had kids so technically, we only talking about 1/4 Korean now.
		James wrote, “On top of that, the son that was born to the Japanese woman and the Korean prince (Sunjong?) went to school in the US where he met an American and they married and had kids…”
		After Taewongun was fallen from power, Min, wishing prosperity of her clan family, asked a cult mistress to built 1200 shrine on each hilltop of the Kumkang mountain range, donating 12 million won (1 won = 1 dollar back then) with a total of 12000 seok (1 seok=150kg) of rice and 12000 rolls of fabrics.
	blog.marmot.cc /archives/2005/05/11/tragic-coincidence (3898 words)

	Pinyin news » sign
		King Jeongjo did not reside in Gyeongbok Palace but lived at Gyeonghui Palace and later moved to Changdeok Palace, where he established Gyujeonggak, a royal library, in 1776, the first year of his reign.
		He also built Hwaseong Fortress in honor of his father, crown prince Sa-do Sae-ja.
		The current wooden sign hanging at Gwanghwamun is written in Korean characters and was made in 1969.
	www.pinyin.info /news/index.php?p=61 (616 words)

	List of Korea-related topics - All About All (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Y: HIH Prince Yi Seok see Yi Seok
		Place names are romanized according to the official romanization system of the country the place is a part of.
		For example: Queen Seondeok of Silla ; King Sejong the Great of Joseon ; Emperor Gojong of Korea ; HIH Crown Prince Yi Seok.
	www.emypedia.com /catalog/List_of_Korea-related_topics (505 words)

	List of state leaders in 1760 . 1796 . Tokugawa shogunate . Joseon Dynasty . 1757 . 1746 . 1759 . Riksdag of the Estates
		Current articles on HIH the Crown Prince Yi Seok in English include: Wall Street Journal, "Last Korean Prince" qv.
		WSJ, subscription required; Google search:"South Korea s last living prince".
		[http:www.royalty.nuAsiaKorea.html] Korea Times, "Korean Prince Living Vagabond s Life Campaigns for Royal Respect", again a sensational article.
	www.uk.knowledge-info.org /List_of_state_leaders_in_1760-UK-9737997-xf (730 words)

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