Starsick travelers lost in the glow of Korea’s neon lights are encouraged to head to Daejeon Observatory for a night....
In 2023, popular Korean temple stay programs are continuing to expand support for foreign visitors. Sixteen Buddhist is a temples...
Words by Robert NeffPhotos from the collection of Robert Neff Joseon Korea was generally perceived by foreign visitors as a land of extreme poverty. Even the Joseon government declared itself unable to establish trade agreements with the West because it had nothing to trade. But there were a lot of...
Words by Robert Neff Photos from the collection of Robert Neff In the 1890s there was a gold rush in...
Words by Robert Neff In this humorous anecdote from the turn of the 20th century, an American diplomat and a mob...
Words BY Robert Neff Photos courtesy of the Robert Neff collection A skirmish between Japanese and Russian warships in February of 1904 was the first clash of the Russo-Japanese war, a conflict whose outcome would determine the fate of Korea. Just before noon on February 9th, 1904, two Russian warships,...
Photos courtesy of the Robert Neff collection The anti-Western sentiment pervasive in Pyongyang today has a long history, as historian...
Words by Robert Neff With the horrible destruction of the Korean War came abject poverty. People did whatever they could...
Words by Robert Neff, Photos courtesy of the Robert Neff collection As the primary way of accessing Seoul during the early modern period, the Han River offered equal shares of opportunities and hazards. During the late Joseon period, the Han River did not divide Seoul—in fact it wasn’t even part of...
The onset of night turned the busy streets of Seoul into dusky lanes frequented by veiled women, daring foreigners, sinister...