Hendrik Hamel's journal was the first account by a European of this country which prosecuted silhak 
Hendrik Hamel's journal was the first account by a European of this country which prosecuted silhak scholars who converted to Catholicism throughout the 1800s. While ruled by the military Ch'oe regime, this country resisted the Mongols, and it was twice split into Three Kingdoms before and after the Silla kingdom. Its last emperor was Kojong, whose death sparked the March First movement against the Japanese, whose occupation ended the Choson dynasty. For 10 points, name this East Asian peninsular nation, which saw a namesake war in the 1950s and is currently divided into North and South.
Hendrik Hamel's journal was the first account by a European of this country which prosecuted silhak scholars who converted to Catholicism throughout the 1800s.
{Korea} [do not accept North Korea or South Korea]