Category: History

By Yang Sung-jin Confucianism was a spiritual pillar that buttressed the high moral standards of the high class during theContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Until recently, many unfortunate men and women were denied their legal right to marry each other onlyContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Remaining unmarried is no longer a novelty. Freer lifestyles and economic independence among the younger generation areContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Incompetent rulers are likely to make the wrongful assumption they are superior in every respect, failing toContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Notorious prison escapee Shin Chang-won’s 30-month-long game of cat- and-mouse with police was brought to an endContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Maintaining political power is much more difficult than grabbing it in the first place. That is whyContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Jealousy, if it comes as a result of unfaithfulness, is likely to jeopardize a marriage. But backContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Favors may be forgotten but resentment lingers. For King Taejong, that bitter resentment was especially hard toContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin King Taejong loved hunting. According to articles in historical annals, the king often went out to theContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin King Taejong, the third monarch of the Choson Kingdom (reign: 1401- 1418), was decidedly ruthless in seizingContinue Reading