won-san

Updated: June 21, 2025

A treaty was concluded opening Chemulpo, Fusan and Won-San to Japanese trade. The civilizing tide pressed in, and by 1883 the United States, France, England and Germany had all concluded treaties and Korea was open to the outside world. The government of Korea at this time was simply an organized system of robbery and extortion wearing not even the mask of justice.

Mary Platt Parmele - A Short History of Russia

The northeastern portion, from the present Won-san to Vladivostok, bore the name of Yoso, which is supposed to have been the original of Yezo, the Yoso region thus constituting the cradle of the Yemishi race.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era