Words BY Robert Neff, Photos courtesy of the Robert Neff collection The anti-Western sentiment pervasive in Pyongyang today has a... Read More
We have all been taught that aviation history was made on December 17, 1903, when the Wright brothers managed to... Read More
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most important events in village life was the five-day market. As there were few, if any shops, in the villages and small towns of the interior, people depended on these markets for the goods they could not they could... Read More
Modern Seoul is filled with hotels and getting a room is generally not much of a problem, but it wasn’t... Read More
History isn’t without its foibles and quirks. If it’s not lack a of information about Shakespeare, then it’s the real... Read More
Words by Robert Neff, Photos from the collection of Robert Neff One of the most valued animals in Joseon Korea was the Korean bull, which was used for transportation, food and leather. Westerners described these bulls as “noble” and “splendid beasts” that were not only “remarkably handsome” but very “tractable.” Although... Read More
From unwieldy pipes to black-market cigarettes, tobacco has been an important part of Korean society for over four hundred years.... Read More
During Chuseok, travel in modern Korea is an unbelievable nightmare of traffic jams and irate drivers. But what was it... Read More
Modern transportation has made travel to most places in Korea, no matter how distant from Seoul, easy and comfortable. However, there are exceptions. One of these exceptions is Ulleung Island. Its distance from the mainland and the fickleness of the local weather often make any trip to the island one... Read More
Words by Robert Neff Photos from the collection of Robert Neff In the 1890s there was a gold rush in... Read More