>Andrew Lee, also known as Dangun (born December 1983) is an American entrepreneur and the founder of the VPN service Private Internet Access, which started in 2010. Since 2023, he has been the self-proclaimed King of the non-territorial "Joseon Empire", recognized by Antigua and Barbuda as a successor state to Joseon and the Korean Empire; In the media, he is known as "Crown Prince of Korea" after being adopted by Yi Seok, a grandson of Emperor Gojong of Korea.>According to Andrew Lee, Won Joon Lee, one of his distant relatives and grandson of a keeper of the House of Yi lineage, said that their clan was descended from Korean royalty; As the result, he was introduced to Yi Seok, a grandson of Emperor Gojong of Korea. Yi Seok is known as an active claimant to the former monarchy, but he has no male offspring, and he proposed adopting Andrew Lee as his heir, which Andrew was initially reluctant. Regarding Andrew Lee's ancestry, Yi Seok has only stated that he was a descendant of Yi Seong-gye, keeping said ancestry vague. In October 2018, Seok declared Andrew the crown prince of Korea at a ceremony in Los Angeles, attended by Bermuda premier David Burt, and city officials from Los Angeles and Jeonju. Andrew Lee later took over Yi Seok's status as the claimant to the Joseon throne in 2022.
>Lee claims to be the sovereign of a "non-territorial successor" to the Great Joseon State, which he claims to have reestablished as a "cybernation" that exists only in digital space. In April 2022, Joseon signed a treaty of peace, amity, and commerce, with Antigua and Barbuda for economic and development initiatives. In 2023, Joseon established diplomatic relations with Antigua and Barbuda, although "cyberstates" do not exist under international law. Antigua and Barbuda later clarified that this would not affect its existing relations with South Korea. Following the establishment of ties, the Joseon Cybernation provided Antigua and Barbuda with $1.5 million to help renovate school facilities. The Joseon Cybernation has since claimed on social media that it has been in discussion with the governments of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Mongolia.https://antiguanewsroom.com/antigua-and-barbuda-establishes-diplomatic-relations-with-cyberstate/https://x.com/joseon/status/1654555069835259904/
