Category: History

By Yang Sung-jin Last Wednesday Gallup Korea announced its opinion poll result: 54.3 percent of respondents believe it will takeContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin It is true that all the 27 kings of the Choson Dynasty exercised great power and authorityContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin For all the gloomy prospects concerning the nation’s economy, people are likely to expect something hopeful fromContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin As Korea’s economic woes are translated into bankruptcies and layoffs, the ordinary laborer’s job security is nowContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin The presidential inauguration ceremony on Feb. 25 will be conducted with less fanfare, largely due to theContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin There were no journalism textbooks, no state-of-the-art tape recorders and no style guide. Yet, they did anContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Question: When was an elephant imported to Korea for the first time according to historical documents? Answer:Continue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin It takes at least four years and three months to read the entire Korean text of theContinue Reading