Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Akụkọ ihe mere eme nke mba na-eme emume dị iche iche nke "ndị Korea" n'elu "ndị mba ọzọ" gụnyere Goguryeo<unk>Sui War (612), Goguryeo<unk>Tang War (645), Goryeo<unk>Khitan War (1018), Korean-Jurchen wars (1107), Mongol invasions of Korea
(1231<unk>73), na mwakpo ndị Japan na Korea (1592<unk>1598). N'ihi ya, ndị dike ndị agha dị ka Eulji Mundeok nke Goguryeo<unk> na n'ezie ndị ọchịagha niile nke alaeze atọ nke oge a nke Goguryeo, Baekje, na Silla<unk> na-ekenye otu, "mba" nke Korea. Otú ọ dị, dị ka John Duncan si kwuo ya, "o yighị nnọọ ka" ndị bi n'alaeze ndị ahụ hà ga-eso "ndị 'Korean' e nwere n'ebe dị iche iche bụ́ ndị na-anaghị anabata ọchịchị obodo ha". Yi Sang-ryong, onye rụrụ ụka na akụkọ ihe mere eme "welie ugwu nke mba ahụ ma zụlite ịhụ mba n'anya" ("kungmin chŏngshin") kwuru na n'oge "akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ugwu" nke ndị Korea na Manchuria, site n'oge Dangun ruo Balhae, ndị Sushen ("Suksin") na ndị Japan nọ n'okpuru Dangun.