  korean nationalism refers to nationalism among the korean people. in the korean context, this encompasses various of movements throughout history to maintain the korean cultural identity, history, and ethnicity. ==history== historically, the central objectives of korea's nationalist movement were the advancement and protection of korea's ancient culture and national identity from foreign influence, and the fostering of the independence movement during colonial korea.ryu tongshik (1999) - while japanese scholars were pursuing colonialist aims in research on korea culture, korean scholars on the other hand began their own research in order to discover in the traditional culture the spiritual basis for the independence movement against japan. in order to obtain political and cultural autonomy, it first had to promote korea's cultural dependency. for this reason, the nationalist movement demanded the restoration and preservation of korea's traditional culture. the donghak (eastern learning) peasant movement, also known as the donghak peasant revolution, that began in the 1870s, could be seen as an early form of what would become the korean nationalist resistance movement against foreign influences. it was succeeded by the righteous army movement and later a series of korean resistance movements that led, in part, to the current status of the two korean nations. === the national resistance movements ===  nationalism in late 19th century korea was a form of resistance movements, but with significant differences between the north and south. since the intrusion by foreign powers in the late 19th century, koreans have had to construct their identity in ways that pitted them against foreigners. they have witnessed and participated in a wide range of nationalist actions over the past century, but all of them have been some form of resistance against foreign influences. during the colonial period, the korean nationalists carried on the struggle for independence, fighting against imperial japan in korea, china particularly manchuria and china proper and far east russia. they formed 'governments in exile', armies, and secret groups to fight the imperial japanese wherever they are. ===partition of korea===  korea was divided at the 38th parallel between north and south by the allied powers in 1945 as part of the disarmament of [[imper
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