Wiman of Gojoseon
![Korea in 108 BC. Wiman Joseon before destroyed by Han dynasty](/Images/godic/202502/21/History_of_Korea-108_BC1059.png")
Wiman (Wei Man in Chinese) was a military leader from the Han dynasty state of Yan who established a kingdom in north-western Korea in the 2nd century BC. Recorded in the Shiji and the Book of Han, Wiman was the first ruler in the history of Korea to have been recorded in documents from the same time period.