Larger Korea in the present

Now?? No. Also, The Manchus and Koreans-I'm assuming-don't like each other, though I'm sure The Manchus would prefer Korean rule in Manchuria. Although, China wouldn't like that very much. Can you say "War"?
 
This is the PRE 1900 forum, so I assume he means a much earlier POD.

The Korean Kingdom of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goguryeo Goguryeo controlled huge chunks of Southern Manchuria, perhaps have that dynasty survive rather then the Joseon take control later on. You could have a Korea controlling huge chunks of Manchuria and probably modern day Prismosk in Russia. This would also however butterfly away the rise of the Manchus and the Qing entirely thus radically altering the face of East Asia, but I think that this is possible with an earlier POD.
 
Korea held Manchuria for a few milennia until about the early 1000s. It would be interesting if they kept ahold of it.
 
There are many Korean communities in the Mountains north of the Yalu.

So a different 1895 Japanese/Chinese War and you end up with something like this for Korea.

[Yellow line -- rough]

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I am also thinking if Korea can get Primorsky Krai, a part of Outer Manchuria if there was no European expansionism(i.e. no Columbus and no Russian Expansionism)..
 
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Now?? No. Also, The Manchus and Koreans-I'm assuming-don't like each other, though I'm sure The Manchus would prefer Korean rule in Manchuria. Although, China wouldn't like that very much. Can you say "War"?
I think the Manchus would not like it but they will be defeated by Koreans and Chinese if the Koreans and Chinese are allies in a war....
 
I think the Manchus would not like it but they will be defeated by Koreans and Chinese if the Koreans and Chinese are allies in a war....

Why would they ally together if they want the same land? It's like Japan and Russia going to war over Manchuria and Korea in OTL; both wanted influence in these areas, they weren't likely to compromise. Honestly in the times you're talking about wasn't the far east all warlords competing with one another anyway? It'd be the Koreans vs. the Manchus vs. the Chinese vs. the Koreans.
 
Why would they ally together if they want the same land? It's like Japan and Russia going to war over Manchuria and Korea in OTL; both wanted influence in these areas, they weren't likely to compromise. Honestly in the times you're talking about wasn't the far east all warlords competing with one another anyway? It'd be the Koreans vs. the Manchus vs. the Chinese vs. the Koreans.

The cooperation of China and Silla defeated Baekje..
 
Korea's one of those geostrapped nations like Afghanistan. You've got Russia to the North, Japan to the East, and China to the West. Even if the Tang dynasty didn't decide to conquer Korea, Russia, Japan, or later dynasties would have.
 
There are many Korean communities in the Mountains north of the Yalu.

So a different 1895 Japanese/Chinese War and you end up with something like this for Korea.

[Yellow line -- rough]

DQ's got a habit of saying what I was going to say. Especially since, in OTL, Japan eventually ends up with both Choson and Manchuko, the DPRK/PRC border is much more of contingent than it appears from the modern-day West. I wouldn't say we're looking at a radical border change by using the Japanese Method(TM), but we could certainly flip Dalian/Dairen and Shenyang. Both cities saw incredible growth during their Russian and Japanese occupation, and given the, um, frowned-upon methods of the Japanese occupiers, one could imagine a scenario in which ethnic Han flee the cities in significant enough numbers such that after Alt-WWII, it makes the most sense to give the towns to Alt-Korea.

If we're talking Future History, I don't see either of those cities flipping, but I could see a North Korea Meltdown scenario in which the countryside between the border and Shenyang fills up with refugees, and China then rids itself of them by ceding the land back to United Korea. That would be a fairly desparate move, though (and thus low-probability), as the current batch of Chinese leaders would be terrified that ceding even an inch of land would legitimize the Tibetan independence movement.
 
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