Words by Vaughan Wallis, Illustrations by Pat Volz You may have heard of the Korean Wave, the spread of Korean...
If you really want to learn about early Korean-Western relations, you have got to start by looking at Nagasaki, Japan....
Korea, in the summer of 1894, was a hotbed of intrigue and uncertainty. China and Japan were on the brink of war and many journalists eagerly made their way to Korea in hopes of witnessing the opening shots. Frank G. Carpenter was one of these journalists. Carpenter described the city...
Korean History: The American Empress Photos from the Robert Neff Collection It was once a widespread belief that Korea was...
Words by Robert Neff Photos from the collection of Robert Neff One of the earliest modernizations to Seoul was the...
Korea is a land full of traditions where religions and beliefs have changed over time. The country has seen Shamanism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and later Christianity. Traces of this history can be found throughout the country in many forms like Korean ghost stories. There is ancient Korean folklore that talks about...
During the Joseon era, it was considered abhorrent for a person to never marry.
During the late Joseon era, Koreans were well-known for their fondness for children—not only their own, but foreign children as...
The children of Joseon period Korea may not have had a holiday dedicated to them, but they still had to shoulder heavy domestic and scholastic responsibilities like their counterparts today.
Sailors, adventurers, diplomats, and businessmen made up the initial foreign community in Chemulpo, known today as Incheon.