he origins of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, are shrouded in myth. Although legend holds that it was founded by the king Dangun in 2333 B.C., Chinese records suggest that it emerged much later. The seventh-century B.C. Chinese history the mentions that Gojoseon was an important kingdom, which scholars believe was on the Korean Peninsula or in a neighboring region of China. According to the first-century B.C. Chinese history the , by the second century B.C. the capital city of Gojoseon was known as Wanggeom-seong. But Chinese records are largely silent on its location. In the past, many historians believed that Wanggeom-seong was in the vicinity of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, based on what appeared to be a reference in the to what became Pyongyang.
