Words by Robert Neff Photos from the collection of Robert Neff One of the earliest modernizations to Seoul was the...
Words by Robert Neff Images from the Robert Neff Collection Up until the mid-1890s, Buddhist priests were banned from...
In 1885, Percival Lowell published a book entitled “Choson: The Land of the Morning Calm.” It was a huge success and helped coin the phrase that is still often used to describe Korea. But when the first Westerners arrived in Seoul in the early 1880s, it was anything but calm....
You might be surprised to find out that today happens to be a day especially set apart for declarations of...
We have all been taught that aviation history was made on December 17, 1903, when the Wright brothers managed to...
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...
You might know that March 1st is a 빨간날 bbalgan nal or “Red Day”, meaning a national public holiday in...
Korea is a land full of traditions where religions and beliefs have changed over time. The country has seen Shamanism,...
During the Joseon era, it was considered abhorrent for a person to never marry.
50 years after the Californian gold rush of 1849, a group of Americans embarked on a much longer journey for...