| 121 |
History
The Beginnings of Korea’s History (Prehistoric Times – Gojoseon)
 |
472 | Sep 07, 2023 11:33 |
|
The history of the Korean nation began in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula when people started settling there 700,000 years ago. Representative historic sites associated with the Paleolithic Age, ...
|
| 120 |
 |
Night Life
Traditional board game named intangible cultural heritage
|
1243 | Sep 30, 2022 17:55 |
|
The traditional board game yutnori (pronounced yunnori) has players throw four wooden sticks to move their tokens around a board, with the first to return to the starting point the winner. The tra...
|
| 119 |
 |
History
'18th-century map is priceless source showing Dokdo is Korean territory'
|
3176 | Aug 18, 2021 10:31 |
|
President Moon Jae-in, on a state visit to Spain, on June 16 looks at the Royal Map of Korea at the Spanish Senate Library after giving a speech to the Spanish senate and lower house in Madri...
|
| 118 |
 |
Other Tips
Discovering Korean culture via 'K-healing
 |
4997 | May 21, 2020 14:17 |
|
Korea.net on May 20 hosted a ceremony at its Seoul office to launch its multichannel network for promoting Korea and inducting the ninth class of Honorary Reporters of the Korean Culture and In...
|
| 117 |
 |
History
Shades of History
|
10359 | Mar 16, 2020 09:40 |
|
Color’s Societal Roles Colors have indicated social class and status throughout the millennia-long history of the Korean Peninsula. Specific colors were used in earlier times to identify societal const...
|
| 116 |
 |
Other Tips
Historical seals from Joseon Dynasty returned to Korea
|
5128 | Feb 24, 2020 18:02 |
|
The guksae (national seal) Daegunjubo (left) and the eobo (royal seal) named the Royal Seal of Hyojong (right) will be displayed from Feb. 22 to March 8 at the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul....
|
| 115 |
 |
Other Tips
What's to like about Korea? Plenty, say foreigners
|
4810 | Feb 06, 2020 09:44 |
|
The Korean Culture and Information Service released on Feb. 4 the results of a poll conducted last year on Korea's national image. Of the 5,453 respondents who expressed a positive perception of...
|
| 114 |
 |
Other Tips
Hanok Villages
|
5874 | Dec 16, 2019 10:26 |
|
The recent revival of interest in modernized traditional Korean houses (called hanok) among architectural designers and house buyers from across Korea has also helped attract numerous tourists to Korea’s ol...
|
| 113 |
 |
Other Tips
Korea's traditional martial arts, Taekwondo
|
5532 | Nov 29, 2019 11:16 |
|
Originated in Korea, Taekwondo is a martial art of self-defence in which the competitors use both their hands and feet. In ancient times, Koreans practiced Taekwondo as a mandatory preparation for w...
|
| 112 |
 |
Other Tips
[About Korea] Traditional Arts
|
8311 | Nov 21, 2019 10:26 |
|
Gugak
Performance of Yeomillak (“Joy of the People”), court music composed during the reign of King Sejong in the 15th century. The term gugak, which literally means “national music,” refers to tradit...
|
| 111 |
 |
Other Tips
Korea's Festivals and Holidays
|
15508 | Nov 15, 2019 17:47 |
|
Festivals
The Lunar New Year’s Day (Seol or Seollal), which is generally regarded as the most important of all the traditional seasonal festivals, is celebrated with a special festival food called tte...
|
| 110 |
 |
History
Park in Kazakhstan honoring ethnic Koreans to be built
|
5037 | Nov 08, 2019 17:31 |
|
A rock with a sign informs visitors that Bastobe Hill in the town of Ushtobe in the Almaty Region of Kazakhstan was where the first ethnic Koreans in Central Asia settled (left). A park commemo...
|
| 109 |
 |
History
Tomb relics hint at ancient rites
|
4860 | Oct 29, 2019 14:34 |
|
Tomb No. 518, one of the ancient tombs unearthed in Jisan-dong, Goryeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, consists of a main chamber and five additional chambers, presumably for people buried with the own...
|
| 108 |
 |
History
Kim YuShin (김유신, 金庾信) (A.D. 595-A.D. 673)
|
17668 | Oct 25, 2019 11:31 |
|
Kim YuShin (김유신, 金庾信) (A.D. 595-A.D. 673) Kim YuShin (김유신, 金庾信) (A.D. 595-A.D. 673), the great warrior-general of Korean legend, looms large in the tales we have from the "History" and the "...
|
| 107 |
 |
Other Tips
Poet becomes first Korean to receive Canadian literary prize
|
4952 | Oct 23, 2019 10:44 |
|
Poet Kim Hyesoon is the first Korean winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, which boasts the highest cash award for poetry in Canada. (Screen capture from Griffin Poetry Prize's official homepage...
|
| 106 |
 |
Language
Loving Korea More than Koreans – Homer B. Hulbert
|
4746 | Oct 15, 2019 17:24 |
|
"One who should not be forgotten by Koreans even for a single day." This is what freedom fighter Ahn Jung-geun, who was imprisoned in 1909 at Lushun Prison in China after assassinating Hirobumi It...
|
| 105 |
 |
Other Tips
Chuseok customs change with passage of time, social trends
|
5198 | Oct 15, 2019 16:41 |
|
The customs observed during Chuseok (Full Moon Harvest) have changed over time. Chuseok (Full Moon Harvest) is observed on Aug. 15 of the lunar year as one of the two biggest holidays in Korea. Though...
|
| 104 |
 |
History
Former first lady, social activist Lee Hee-ho dies at 96
|
5120 | Jun 14, 2019 13:24 |
|
Former first lady Lee Hee-ho in December 1987 speaks to female voters at an election rally for her husband Kim Dae-jung on Jeju-do Island. (Yonhap News) Former first lady Lee Hee-ho, part of Korea's...
|
| 103 |
 |
History
The journey toward peace on the Korean Peninsula
|
5727 | Mar 16, 2018 13:09 |
|
|
| 102 |
 |
Other Tips
2016 South and North Korea through Statistics
|
7175 | Dec 28, 2017 16:20 |
|
Korea.net
|
