Show how korea was named korea was vas the name given t the he count country ry occupying a peninsula in northeastern asia by foreigners particularly europeans the koreans themselves as well as other orientals Orient als preferred to call the kingdom Cho syon because that was the ancient native name Cho syon usually spelled chosen in engl english h is is derived from the chinese ca chao a hsien it was natural that the japanese I 1 after they took possession of the kingdom and made it part of their empire should prefer to call it by its native name I 1 |