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Experience a piece of Korea’s war-fraught past with a visit to the Fortress in Jinju and a peek at the…

Life at the Western gold mines in northern Korea was dangerous both inside and out in the 19th and early…

Modern Seoul is filled with hotels and getting a room is generally not much of a problem, but it wasn’t…

Life in Korea during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was hard – physically, emotionally, and spiritually – and…

50 years after the Californian gold rush of 1849, a group of Americans embarked on a much longer journey for…

During the Joseon era, it was considered abhorrent for a person to never marry.

Korea is a land full of traditions where religions and beliefs have changed over time. The country has seen Shamanism,…

The quite strange superstitions of Korea's past agrarian society.

You may be seeing a lot of flags all around Korea lately. Streets, businesses and even your neighbor's homes will…

You might know that March 1st is a 빨간날 bbalgan nal or “Red Day”, meaning a national public holiday in…

Seoul has, in the past half-century, developed from a war-torn city to a bustling spot of technological advancement, economic miracle,…

Korean Fried Chicken is a huge phenomenon. It is perhaps the most competitive business in the food industry in South…

As we welcome in another New Year with copious amounts of food and alcohol in homes or at local pubs…

Korea, in the summer of 1894, was a hotbed of intrigue and uncertainty. China and Japan were on the brink…

We have all been taught that aviation history was made on December 17, 1903, when the Wright brothers managed to…

Why is the age in Korea different? One of the first cultural differences foreigners are faced with when they…