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Wed, August 17, 2022 | 01:20
(470) Original English Boom
As every foreigner knows, the ``English boom'' in Korea has continued for decades and shows no signs of receding. But how did it begin? When did Koreans begin to learn the language? And why?
2007-10-04 16:25
(469) First Vote
On May 10, 1948, South Koreans went to the polls for the first time in their lives. On that day, the first election of the South Korean parliament took place. It was given to this parliament (strictly speaking, Legislative Assembly) to proclaim the Republic of Korea and elect its first president.
2007-09-27 15:43
Tale of Two Cities: Dandong and Sinuiju
Tale of Two Cities: Dandong and Sinuiju
It was a late July evening. I was standing on the bank of the Yalu and looked across the broad river to the North Korean bank.
2007-09-26 19:02
(468) Studious Development
In May 1961, a military coup took place in Seoul. It brought to power a group of young military officers, tough and efficient believers in the power of order.
2007-09-20 16:24
(243) Trading Places
(243) Trading Places
The late 1990s will go down in North Korean history as years of frantic trade activity. As a witty North Korean once put it: “There are two types of people in North Korea now: those who trade and those who are dead.”
2007-09-16 19:24
(467) Korea Online
(467) Korea Online
On May 15, 1982, a computer in the Computer Science Department of Seoul National University was connected to a computer in the Institute of Electronic Technology. Several months later, in January 1983, a third computer joined the network. It was located at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Thus, the network known as SDN was born, and most refere...
2007-09-13 15:27
(466) Your Humble Servant
(466) Your Humble Servant
When we talk about the life of the privileged few in bygone eras, be it Victorian England or the Joseon Kingdom in Korea, we often forget that living in style would be impossible without the persistent efforts of the domestic servants who were present in any affluent household.
2007-09-06 16:25
(465) 1972 Declaration
(465) 1972 Declaration
At 10:00 in the morning of July 4, 1974, Lee Hu-rak, the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA), convened a special press conference. It was just the place to drop a bombshell. He told the journalists that in May and June, secret high-level exchanges had been conducted between the North and South Korean governments.
2007-08-30 15:39
(464) Modest Plan Touched Sky
(464) Modest Plan Touched Sky
When in the late 1970s, the Korea Life Insurance (Daehan Saengmyeong), then as now one of the largest insurance companies in Korea, decided to build new headquarters they had quite modest plans. They wanted a 15-storey structure somewhere on Yeouido Island, where many corporate buildings were located. But people in the government hinted that the building should be really high...
2007-08-23 15:59
(463) Foreign Self-Aid
Many of my male friends and colleagues have Korean wives, and nearly all of them related how difficult it once was to win approval from their would-be parents-in-law. There were exceptions, of course, but until the mid-1990s both anecdotal evidence and opinion polls suggested that Koreans did not welcome the idea of a foreigner marrying into the family.
2007-08-16 16:40
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