Category: History

By Yang Sung-jin The media hype of the ongoing sex-and-lies scandal is a personal disaster for U.S. president Bill Clinton.Continue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Chusok, a.k.a. Korean Thanksgiving Day, is the most important traditional Korean holiday. Every year it falls onContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Making a living as a professional painter has never been easy. Now that the nation’s economy isContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin The number of fires at home due to carelessness has reportedly jumped sharply this fall season asContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin The Choson period is closely associated with the image of fire, a symbol of the dynasty’s civilityContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Last month, heavy downpours generated flash floods and landslides, leaving hundreds of people dead or missing. TheContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin The notion that the Choson Dynasty wallowed in philosophical musings at the cost of military preparedness isContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin The protracted heavy rains that pounded Seoul and Kyonggi regions earlier this month are now wreaking havocContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin Not long after its foundation in 1392, the Choson government had to stave off sporadic attacks fromContinue Reading

By Yang Sung-jin When a small North Korean submarine was found entangled in a fishing net off the South’s eastContinue Reading