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Wanggeom-seong
Wanggeom-seong was the capital of Gojoseon in its last centuries, usually located near modern Pyongyang on the Taedong river. Under Wiman and his grandson Ugeo it withstood a siege by the armies of Emperor Wu of Han for about a year before falling in 108 BCE, after which the Han dynasty set up the Lelang commandery in the region.
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