Lee Eui-gyeong, a Korean Novelist who Found Echo in German Heart 2013-10-24 There is a special gravestone at Gräfelfinger cemetery in Munich, Germany. The inscription on the front of the gravestone is in German, while ...
King Kim Suro Founds Gaya Kingdom in Nakdong River Basin 2013-10-17 A Korean word “bongwan(본관)” refers to the area where ancestors lived or the area of origin. Simply put, it is the ancestral home. One of the ...
Painter Shin Han-pyeong Uses Colors to Put Soul into Paintings 2013-10-10 Court painters or hwawon(화원) of the Joseon Dynasty belonged to the Royal Bureau of Painting. There, they mostly produced paintings required ...
Yangji, Great Monk-Sculptor of Silla 2013-10-03 While Europe boasts famous sculptor and architect Michelangelo, the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla had Yangji. He was considered a legendary ...
Yi Ok-gyeong, Korea’s First Announcer 2013-09-26 In June 1926, during the period of Japanese colonial rule of Korea, Gyeongseong(경성) Broadcasting Station in Seoul started its test-run broadcast. ...
Heo Gyun, Author of First Hangeul Novel ‘The Tale of Hong Gildong’ 2013-09-23 Heo Gyun was a scholar official in the mid-Joseon period. The scholar of Wang Yangming School was considered something of a literary genius who ...
Shin Don: Reformer or Wicked Monk? 2013-09-12 During the mid-Goryeo period in the 13th century, those in power deprived farmers of their land for various reasons. Farmers who lost their land ...
Kim Chang-ha Enhances Value of Court Music, Dance 2013-09-05 The Confucian philosophy characterized by courtesy and propriety was highly esteemed during the era of the Joseon Dynasty. So was music that ...
Park Su-geun, a Painter Beloved by Koreans 2013-08-29 A painting portrays six women sitting beside a stream. Among them, one wears a white towel around her head and another woman is in black rubber shoes. ...
Known as the “Poet of Flag,” Yu Chi-hwan 2013-08-22 『This is a silent cry An everlasting handkerchief of nostalgia waving toward that vast blue sea Pure love flutters in the wind like a wave On ...