Editing Gangneung (section)

== History ==
Gangneung was the home of the [[Yemaek|Yemaek people]] in ancient times and became the land of [[Wiman Joseon]] in 129 BC. In 128 BC, Nam Ryeo, the army officer of Yaekam, punished Wujang of Wiman Korea and became the territory of the [[Han dynasty]]. In the 14th year of [[Goguryeo]] Muchheon (313), it entered Goguryeo territory.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.gn.go.kr/eng/contents.do?key=1340 |title = Origin and history |publisher = Gangneung city office |access-date = 2018-02-09}}</ref>

In 639, Silla occupied this place and ruled it as a 'Sogyeong' ({{Korean|labels=no|소경}}). In 658, King Moo-yeong abolished the Sogyeong and made an arsenal to send the todok, because it was adjacent to Malgal. In 757, it was renamed Sungju and restored it in 776.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.gn.go.kr/www/contents.do?key=693 |script-title=ko:유래와 연혁 |publisher = Gangneung city office |access-date = 2018-02-09}}</ref>

It was renamed Myungju again during the Goryeo period, and it was under the jurisdiction the north of Chuncheon in the 14th year of Sungjong (995). It separated the Hamgyeong-do from the Gangeung and called it Gangneung-do, but it has always been the center of administration and military. At the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty, it called to Hwadangdo and Wonchundo and rename Gangneung by the name of Gangwon Province in the 5th year of King Sejong (1423).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://gangneung.grandculture.net/Contents?local=gangneung&dataType=01&contents_id=GC00302498 |script-title = ko:강릉의 역사 |publisher = Digital Gangneung Culture Encyclopedia |access-date = 2018-02-09 |archive-date = 2018-02-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002523/http://gangneung.grandculture.net/Contents?local=gangneung&dataType=01&contents_id=GC00302498 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Some areas have been incorporated into Yangyang since 1945, and Gangneung City was established in 1995 as the areas of Gangneung and Myeongju merged.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=2644&lsId=null&chrClsCd=010102#0000 |script-title=ko:경기도남양주시등33개도농복합형태의시설치등에관한법률 |publisher =  Korea Ministry of Government Legislation |date = 1994-08-23 |access-date = 2018-02-09}}</ref>

On 18 September 1996 a North Korean submarine ran aground near Gangneung in an attempted infiltration mission, spurring a 49-day manhunt for the escaped passengers. For more details, refer to the [[1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9610/04/korea.consul/index.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170130235801/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9610/04/korea.consul/index.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = January 30, 2017 |title = North Korea denies murdering diplomat |publisher = CNN |date = 1996-10-04 |access-date = 2018-02-09}}</ref>