Treason Case of 1589
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The rebellion of Chŏng Yŏrip in 1589, known in Korean as the Kich'uk oksa, was one of the bloodiest political purges in Korea's Joseon Dynasty. Its scale was greater than all four of the notorious literati purges combined. At that time Joseon politics was dominated by conflict between Eastern and Western factions. Neo-Confucian scholar and Easterner, Chŏng Yŏrip was accused of high treason, after which as many as 1,000 Easterners were killed or exiled.
