First Contact, korea Options

[YManchun]

What was the very first contact between vietnam and korea? Looking through korean history they have never mentioned any historic relationship between 'nam and korea.


And was there anything particularly important that happened in any contact (besides the vietnam war)?

[DAI_VIET]

I think they made contact through China. When both nations sent diplomats to China, they met there. We call Korea, "Đại Hàn." Other than that, the only thing that poped up is prince Ly Long Tuong of the Ly dynastry from Vietnam that sailed to Korea after Ly dynasty fell in 1225.

[YManchun]

Did any koreans travel to vietnam? And what were the diplomatic relationships?

[Nam Quoc Son Ha]

From what my grandma told me, there were lots of Koreans in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. She said there were many Korean ladies in their traditional costumes walking the street of Saigon. Also, South Korea sent 300,000 men to Vietnam to fight the Vietnam war along side the Americans.

[DAI_VIET]

Did any koreans travel to vietnam? And what were the diplomatic relationships?

I've never heard of any Korean diplomats traveling to Vietnam though. It doesn't mention anything about that in my history books.

[supernovasp]

there's only japanese though

[DAI_VIET]

there's only japanese though

When was that? 18th century?

[supernovasp]

there's only japanese though

When was that? 18th century?

16th- 17th century

You forgot Hoi an city -_-?

[DAI_VIET]

there's only japanese though

When was that? 18th century?

16th- 17th century

You forgot Hoi an city -_-?

Of course not. Hoi An is just an hour from my house. I was thinking of earlier than that. 17-19th centuries don't count, because during that time, naval expedition is commonly practiced in most countries to trade with other nations.

I was thinking of the time around 10-15th centuries.

[YManchun]

Speaking of south korean involvment in the vietnam war, I just remembered that n.korean fighter pilots supported the NVA. Anyone knows more about this?

Sources:

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrick.guenin/can...news/northk.htm


http://www.vietquoc.com/apr01-00.htm

http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:En3Wo...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Anyways, so there wasn't any historical importance between vietnam and korea before the 20th century?

This post has been edited by YManchun: Apr 3 2004, 05:23 PM

[DAI_VIET]

Speaking of south korean involvment in the vietnam war, I just remembered that n.korean fighter pilots supported the NVA. Anyone knows more about this?

Sources:

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrick.guenin/can...news/northk.htm


http://www.vietquoc.com/apr01-00.htm

http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:En3Wo...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Anyways, so there wasn't any historical importance between vietnam and korea before the 20th century?

Hmmmm... cool info. YManchun. I didn't know that before.

I don't think that we had any contacts before the 20th century, but one thing for sure, that we did know each others through China.

[YManchun]

The first link didn't work but I fixed it now.

Hmmmm... cool info. YManchun. I didn't know that before.

Your welcome.

This post has been edited by YManchun: Apr 3 2004, 07:35 PM

[WhoAmI]

Did any koreans travel to vietnam? And what were the diplomatic relationships?

There was an interesting article i found online that mentioned the contacts between Korea and Vietnam in the past. cant seem to find it anymore though . but if i remember, i think it mentioned about a Korean who got captured by Japanese and later met and traveled with a Japanese merchant going to Vietnam (they communicated through writing i think). then from Vietnam he went back to Korea. There was another short story about Koreans getting shipwrecked and picked up by Vietnamese. The Nguyen lords then had them ecorted safely back to Korea. Other than those, the article also mentioned about Prince Ly and his followers emigrating to Korea after the fall of the Ly dynasty.

Anyways, i'm guessing the first contact was probably through diplomatic visits through China. From what I heard, when the Vietnamese and Koreans met in the past, they communicated through writing since we had the same writing system dispite speaking different languages.

[Kulong]

Anyways, i'm guessing the first contact was probably through diplomatic visits through China. From what I heard, when the Vietnamese and Koreans met in the past, they communicated through writing since we had the same writing system dispite speaking different languages.

Both Koreans and Vietnamese wrote with Hanzi (Hanja in Korean and Chu Nho in Vietnamese) back then.

[Colordevil]

What exactly in hanzi???Chinese???

[Kulong]

What exactly in hanzi???Chinese???

Hanzi


Literally "Chinese characters", or characters of the Han ethnic group.