History Korea and Thailand: the Story of the Joseon Emissary to the Ayutthaya Court

In today's video, we will be exploring the intriguing history of trade and political contact between the Kingdom of Ayutthaya and the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea. These events mark the earliest recorded contact between Thailand and Korea between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. It all started with a spontaneous journey by a Thai (or Chinese) merchant working for Ayutthaya trading in Japan. He heard rumors from Japanese Pirates (wokou) of a wealthy Confucian state across the Sea of Japan, and decided to see if he could make some profits.
Sorry, I am kind of rely a lot on one scholar, but Dr. Hung-guk Cho is the only scholar who has written extensively about these events. Most books and articles only treat it with passing reference, since they were events that never materialized into long-lasting relationships.
For information about Ayutthaya (Siamese) diplomacy with Korea see:
Hung-guk Cho, "Siamese Relations in the Late Fourteenth Century" (2006)
For information about Ayutthaya (Siamese) trade in Southeast and East Asia see:
Hung-guk Cho, "The Trade between China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia in the 14th Century to the 17th Century Period" (2000)
For information about the Siamese response to Japan's invasion of Korea see:
Hung-guk Cho, "The 1592 Japanese Invasion of Korea and Diplomacies of Siam and China" (2017)
1:45 Nai Gong and the Goryeo
6:16 Joseon and Ayutthaya
8:48 Ayutthaya and the Invasion of Korea

[@polyglotplays2418]

Amazing content, one of the best channels by far for underappreciated South East Asian history!

[@storiesinhistory]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@kwangjinchai2859]

Fun content to hear as a Korean. Thai fought for South Korea in the Korean war. And till this day North Korean refugees must pass China and Laos to finally get their freedom in Thailand to be able to get to South Korea. Gratitudes to Thailand.

[@dashingmay]

Thanks for the video. Hope you're well inside and out.🙏 Hope you can do some videos on Burma in the near future.

[@storiesinhistory]

Thanks, suck kind words. I shall!

[@Singular121]

Your content is just like out of nowhere to surprise me as I never heard of any diplomatic relations between Ayudthaya and Korea.
Thank you very much for your works.

[@storiesinhistory]

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@SuryanChandra]

Nai Gong sounds like a Thai word "นายกอง" or low level chief of staff in Thai. It's a title, not name. Why wasn't the name recorded anyway.

[@storiesinhistory]

It's uncertain why the name wasn't recorded. The Koreans made had mistaken the title for his actual name when it was recorded in the Goryeosa

[@gaiamagna9156]

Great job! One of the best!!👍
How about the rise and fall of the Dvaravati Civilization[?] next??

[@storiesinhistory]

I have Dvaravati on my list of topics, great suggestion!

[@virtem7686]

what happened in 5:03? there was a sound gap

[@cambodianpleasuresquad1753]

Homo erectus and cro magnon was THAI. no such thing as the out of africa theory. the out of thailand theory. thais the original humans

[@sydneystout4003]

that theory exists even if u don't accept it. Homo erectus weren't human & didn't sucSEXsfully interbred with any humans. It's also possible that other human species originated &/ evolved in what is now China (Thais place of origin), & besides, we all have Neanderthal & Denisovans' genes. So, get rid of ur Thai centric world view!

[@mapmappo7423]

Siamese name Khmer 👎