South Korea
South Korea is a country located in East Asia. Prominently featured in the 1967 kaiju film Yongary, Monster from the Deep, South Korea has appeared in several other smaller roles throughout kaiju media.
History
- The Last War (1961)
- Bulgasari (1962)
- Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967)
- Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
- A*P*E (1976)
- Pulgasari (1985)
- Colossal (2017)
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV 2023-2024)
Showa era
The Last War
The 38th parallel was one of the main sources of rising tensions between the Alliance, which supported North Korea, and the Federation, which backed South Korea. These tensions quickly escalated into global nuclear war.
Bulgasari
Murdered by traitors during the Goryeo Dynasty, a skilled martial artist was resurrected as the iron-eating monster Bulgasari to seek vengeance.
Space Monster Wangmagwi
The Gamma aliens sent Wangmagwi to Earth to wipe out humanity in preparation to colonize the planet. Wangmagwi landed in South Korea and attacked Seoul, unharmed by the Korean military's assault. A homeless boy climbed into Wangmagwi and cut him up on the inside, severing the aliens' control over the kaiju in the process. Wangmagwi continued to rampage, but was set on fire by a jet crashing into it. The Gamma aliens, terrified, self-destructed Wangmagwi and called off their plans for invasion.
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
Yonggary tunneled to South Korea after a nuclear test in the Middle East, causing earthquakes in his wake. Yonggary emerged in Seoul, where he consumed an oil factory and was slightly injured by ammonia. The Korean military lured Yonggary away from Seoul with a beam of light, where they bombarded him with missiles and an ammonia precipitate, the latter of which successfully killed him.
A*P*E
A giant ape escaped a Dutch oil tanker and battled a giant shark, killing it before making landfall in South Korea. With the Korean military dismissing evidence of the ape's existence as a film crew's publicity stunt, it rampaged through the countryside with no meaningful resistance, sparing none but some children from its wrath. As the American and Korean military began to take the ape threat more seriously, the creature briefly seized an actress on the film crew before following her to Seoul and kidnapping her. Surprisingly, the ape was merely fascinated by her. The military opened fire on it from all sides and killed it on a hill.
Pulgasari
During the Goryeo dynasty, a cruel king ruled Korea, subjecting the peasantry to misery and starvation. An old blacksmith who was sent to prison created a rice doll of a monster, After it came in contact with the blood of the blacksmith's daughter, the doll became Pulgasari, a giant, metal-eating monster. Pulgasari killed the king, but turned on the people of Korea, his inconvenience only ending after the blacksmith's daughter tricked Pulgasari into eating her, causing him to revert back to his original components.
Colossal
After one of Gloria's toys was struck by lightning, a giant monster with an identical appearance was briefly sighted in South Korea. Twenty-five years later, the monster reappeared and goes on a rampage, before repeatedly appearing nightly, having been summoned and controlled by Gloria whenever she stepped foot in her hometown's playground. Gloria returned to the playground and makes the monster dance, but accidentally kills numerous people and returned the next day to write an apology in the ground. A giant robot began appearing as well, materialized by Gloria's toxic boyfriend Oscar. Gloria confronted a drunk Oscar and the two fought, destroying much of Seoul in the process, with Oscar reigning victorious and going on a rampage. Gloria flew to Seoul, summoned the monster in her hometown, and used it to throw Oscar away, his robotic avatar mimicking him and flinging itself far into the distance.
Television
Monsterverse
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2017) [episode 3]
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
"Secrets and Lies"
Lee Shaw, Cate and Kentaro Randa, and May Olowe-Hewitt traveled on a cargo ship from Japan to South Korea, where Lee planned to meet up with an old friend in Pohang. At customs, Lee so badly fumbled his interactions with security that the party was led off by two armed guards. Lee attempted to bribe them, earning him a rifle to the stomach, but the same guard then locked the other guard in their van, revealing himself to be Lee's friend, Du-Ho. Du-Ho drove Lee and the others to his plane, which would provide their flight to Alaska.
Comics
- Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters (2011-2012)
- Godzilla (2012-2013)
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters
At the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a pair of North Korean and South Korean soldiers watched each other through lookout towers. Godzilla fired his atomic breath down the middle of the DMZ, and proceeded to crush the North Korean guards, much to the delight of the South Koreans. Godzilla then lumbered into North Korea. A Korean rapper was interviewed and expressed sadness at the suffering caused by the kaiju.
Godzilla
Battra attacked a military base in South Korea during a new surge in kaiju attacks, killing all but Claire Plangman. Boxer flew to South Korea to recruit Claire for the Monster Kill Crew. Later, the Kill Crew captured Battra in Seoul with an electrified net.
Books
- GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse (2017)
GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse
Maguma appeared in North Korea in 2024 and ransacked the country, before heading south towards Seoul, South Korea. The United States launched a tactical nuclear strike against Maguma and successfully killed it, marking the first use of nuclear weapons against a kaiju.
See also
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