Editing Isolationism (section)

===Korea===
{{See also|Hermit kingdom|Juche}}
In 1863, [[Gojong of the Korean Empire|Emperor Gojong]] took the throne of the [[Joseon Dynasty]] when he was a child. His father, Regent [[Heungseon Daewongun]], ruled for him until Gojong reached adulthood. During the mid-1860s he was the main proponent of isolationism and the principal instrument of the persecution of both native and foreign Catholics.

Following the [[division of Korea|division of the peninsula]] after independence from [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] at the [[End of World War II in Asia|end of World War II]], [[Kim Il Sung]] inaugurated an isolationist [[Juche|nationalist regime]] in the [[North Korea|North]], which would continued by his [[Kim Jong-il|son]] and [[Kim Jong-un|grandson]] following [[Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung|his death]] in 1994.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Drew (PhD) |first=Chris |date=2023-07-30 |title=25 Isolationism Examples (2023) |url=https://helpfulprofessor.com/isolationism-examples/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=helpfulprofessor.com |language=en-US}}</ref>