InfernoMole [2016-06-12 19:43:04 +0000 UTC]
"In the 19th and 20th centuries, Norway was a modest power which rightfully earned its independence from both Denmark and Sweden. Frustrated by its current status in the world, it desired to become a colonial power, and so it did. It had control over Svalbard, Congo, Norwegian Gold Coast, a small part of Somalia and a concession in China. Later, Norway would colonize Korea. With a compromise negotiated with Russia after the Russo-Norge-Japanese War, Korea, the pearl of Norway, would have a modest degree of self-governance and the two cultures, Korean and Nordic, blended considerably..."
- Prof. Johan Jen Yeong, "The History of Norwegian Korea"
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