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Pyongyang, Stone Battles, and the Lunar New Year
Original words by Robert Neff A hundred years ago, many Koreans spent their New Year appeasing evil spirits and…
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History: Allen Horace ‘Boys Will Be Boys’
Original words by Robert Neff In this humorous anecdote from the turn of the 20th century, an American diplomat and a…
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Meet Oh Se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul in 2021
Oh Se-hoon was elected the 38th Mayor of Seoul during South Korea’s by-elections held on April 7th, 2021. As a…
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Urban Exploration Korea
Urb-Ex: Far from Abandoned Urban Explorers Discover What the Country Left Behind Note: many of the subjects interviewed in this…
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Top 5 Most Interesting Korean Kings from History
History isn’t without its foibles and quirks. If it’s not lack a of information about Shakespeare, then it’s the real…
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Confucius and Confucianism in Korea | History
2,500 years after his death, Master Kong’s ideas continue to shape life on the Korean peninsula.
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South Korea 2018- A Year in Review
South Korea 2018 was a memorable year, both globally and domestically, as we witnessed a variety of developments politically, socially,…
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South Korea 2017- A Year in Review
South Korea 2017 was a significant year marked by various political, diplomatic, and social developments throughout the nation. From the…
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South Korea 2016- A Year in Review
From the revolutionary emergence of Netflix, to the analysis of the World Happiness Report, Korea 2016 marked a memorable year…
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South Korea 2014- A Year in Review
South Korea in 2014 experienced a variety of memorable events and developments within technology, music, film and more. Let us…
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South Korea in 2015 – A Snapshot
We have a lot of old articles from 10 Magazine back in the day, that we hated throwing in the…
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Interesting Korean Lunar New Year Superstitions In The 1800’s
Korean Lunar New Year To this day the first day of Korean Lunar New Year (Seol) has always been the…
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History: The Ruthless Postal Service of Old Korea
Photos from the collection of Robert Neff Prior to the marvels of the computer and its email service or the…
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The Han’s Headless Ferryman and Riverboat Travel
A little over a century ago, land travel in Korea was fraught with difficulty. There were only a few roads—generally nothing…
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The American Empress
Korean History: The American Empress Photos from the Robert Neff Collection It was once a widespread belief that Korea was…
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History: Korea’s Noble Cow
Photos from the collection of Robert Neff One of the most valued animals in Joseon Korea was the Korean bull,…
