Goryeo military regime
The term Goryeo military regime describes the government of Goryeo from the time of the military coup d'état of 1170 to the Sambyeolcho Rebellion of 1270 and the definitive subordination of Korea to the Mongol Yuan dynasty, division of the Mongol Empire. The rule of the Ubong Choe house from 1196 to 1258 is in particular known as the regime of the Choe clan.
The History of Goryeo exemplifies the period in its evaluation of the reign of one of the kings of the military regime, Sinjong:
