As we welcome in another New Year with copious amounts of food and alcohol in homes or at local pubs... Read More
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Robert Neff has authored several books including "Korea Through Western Eyes", "The Lives of Westerners in Joseon Korea", and "Letters from Joseon". He currently writes a twice-weekly column for the Korea Times entitled “Did You Know?”.
Korea, in the summer of 1894, was a hotbed of intrigue and uncertainty. China and Japan were on the brink... Read More
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most important events in village life was the five-day... Read More
Life in Korea during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was hard – physically, emotionally and spiritually – and... Read More
Many readers will probably be surprised to know that from the early 1960s through the early 1980s there was an... Read More
Modern Seoul is filled with hotels and getting a room is generally not much of a problem, but it wasn’t... Read More
In 1885, Percival Lowell published a book entitled “Choson: The Land of the Morning Calm.” It was a huge success... Read More
