Many readers will probably be surprised to know that from the early 1960s through the early 1980s there was an...
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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?”.
2,500 years after his death, Master Kong’s ideas continue to shape life on the Korean peninsula.
Photos from the collection of Robert Neff Prior to the marvels of the computer and its email service or the...
A little over a century ago, land travel in Korea was fraught with difficulty. There were only a few roads—generally nothing...
Photos from the collection of Robert Neff One of the most valued animals in Joseon Korea was the Korean bull,...
Life at the Western gold mines in northern Korea was dangerous both inside and out in the 19th and early...
Life in Korea during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was hard – physically, emotionally, and spiritually – and...