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Previously, I alluded to the Balhae(발해,渤海) topic or the North-South States Period: "By the way, on a tangent here, for those Koreans, who believe in this newly created North-South States Period Theory or 남북시대 (신라+발해 = Korea), let me tell you -- it's pure rubbish, which I would like to address in detail one day(The main question behind that issue comes down to who were the Mohe (말갈, 靺鞨) people (A Schizophrenic Han : Breaking Down Borders: Korea)." Well, I'm not sure if it's "pure rubbish" anymore. A lot of information that is available on this topic is the subject...

A castle-sized mound of the Balhae Kingdom has been unearthed in Primorsky Kray, Russia. The ruins confirm that Balhae (698-926) stretched even to the 45th to 46th parallels and was the indisputable successor to Koguryo (37 B.C.-668 A.D.). The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage made the announcement Thursday. From Sept. 3 until Oct. 2 in cooperation with the history, archeology and folklore research center at the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the NRICH excavated the ruins of Pyeongji Castle in the Koksharovka-1 area of the Chuguevskiy rayon district east of Lake Xingkai in the Russian...

History of the Balhae Kingdom By Han Giu-cheol Korea, China, Russia and Japan have been keenly interested in the history of Balhae (Po-hai), a kingdom that prospered for 229 years from 698 to 926 in the Manchurian region of East Asia. Korea, China and Russia are naturally interested in the history of Balhae because contemporary history continues to unfold across the old territory of Balhae. Japan also continues to maintain its interest in the area as part of studies on the historical records of exchange between ancient Japan and Balhae as well as on the basis of archeological research it...