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Jang Bogo
Jang Bogo was a Silla commander and merchant who served in the Tang army in China and returned home to fight the slave trade along the coasts. In 828 he founded the garrison of Cheonghaejin on Wando, from which he dominated shipping and trade between Silla, Tang China and Japan. He helped place King Sinmu on the throne in 839, but was assassinated in 846.
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