Category: History

By Yang Sung-jin The brewing controversy over the bribery scandal involving a jailed tycoon’s wife who allegedly offered expensive clothesContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Last Tuesday, a group of church members stormed the MBC-TV main control room and interrupted the airingContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin In a poll released last week in the U.S., 53 percent of those surveyed by Public AgendaContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Last week, two U.S.-based cigarette producers announced the development of a tobacco curing method that could dramaticallyContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Last week, a female shaman attempted suicide soon after being arrested on the charge of driving dozensContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin “Sungjongwon Diary,” a 3,245-volume record of the Royal Secretariat of the Choson Kingdom, has been designated asContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin With NATO’s airstrikes pummeling the Yugoslav capital, Belgrade, the horror of the Balkan war continues to generateContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Kwanghaegun (reign: 1608-1623), the 15th monarch of the Choson Kingdom, is an intriguing, almost puzzling, figure inContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin On weekends, streets in downtown Seoul are often paralyzed by an influx of cars and people. AContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Last week an anonymous caller demanded 800 million won in ransom from Lotte Group chairman Shin Kyuk-hoContinue Reading