Dangun Wanggeom, Legendary Founder of Korean Nation 2010-10-01 The opening of heaven Legend has it that the first Korean kingdom was created by Dangun, whose heavenly father, Hwan-ung, wanted to live on earth. ...
Silla’s Geomungo Master Baek Gyeol 2010-09-24 The abundant sound of autumn In Korea, autumn is the time of harvesting and also when the pleasant sound of mills grinding grains can be heard everywhere. ...
Joseon’s First Female CEO, Kim Man-deok 2010-09-17 A figure featured on a new banknote In 2007, the South Korean government decided to issue 50,000 won banknotes. A survey was conducted in the nation ...
Heo Jun, Legendary Physician of Joseon Dynasty 2010-09-10 When Joseon was in turmoil during the Japanese invasion in 1596, King Seonjo ordered the court physician Heo Jun to write a medical book specifically ...
Fighting for National Independence with Brush Strokes Shin Chae-ho 2010-09-03 Countering Japan with a Brush “If you want to love your country, you must know its history. If you want others to love your country, have them learn ...
Gwanggaeto the Great, the Spirit of Goguryeo 2010-08-27 King Who Ruled Over Northeast Asia Among the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Goguryeo was the most powerful nation, with its territory encompassing ...
Jeong Do-Jeon, the Founding Father of the Joseon Dynasty 2010-08-20 People as the Foundation of the Nation The Magna Carta, an English charter that guaranteed people’s rights and freedom, served as a primitive ...
Huh, Nan-Sul-Hun, a Genius Poet of the Joseon Dynasty 2010-08-13 Huh, Nan-Sul-Hun, the Name that Shined After Her Death Most Koreans would readily agree that Shin Sa-Im-Dang is the most prominent female figure ...
Choi Mu-Seon, a Hero Who Invented Gunpowder for the First Time in Korean History 2010-08-06 The Quest for Gunpowder Ancient China, home to one of the world’s four great civilizations, led the world in science and technology with the introduction ...
Hyecho, Korea’s First Cosmopolitan Who Opened the Way to the World 2010-07-30 “I shall travel to the land of Buddha” Hyecho, a Buddhist monk from the Silla Period, is commonly perceived as Korea’s first cosmopolitan who opened ...