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The Dawn of Modern Korea

Thu, July 7, 2022 | 20:24

(530) Life of Ms. Lee

Have you met Ms. Lee? Of course, you have. Perhaps not so recently, but surely a few years ago. Born in the early 1920s, she is in her late 80s nowadays after all, so she seldom gets out that much.

2010-01-21 15:08

(529) Fighting Monks

The 20th century was a difficult time for Korean Buddhism. Over the hundred years, Korea saw the rapid rise of Christianity while Buddhism was in retreat. This vulnerability of the traditional Korean religion has many explanations, most of which are essentially political.

2010-01-07 17:09

(528) Eulsa Treaty

For how long did Japan rule Korea? Most textbooks note that the colonial period lasted for 35 years, from the 1910 annexation to the 1945 liberation.

2009-12-17 17:20

(527) Dawn of Modern Korea

Koreans are crazy about education. This statement might need many caveats and qualifications, but in general it is true.

2009-12-03 16:08

(526) Traffic in 1920s-30s

In the late 1920s and early 1930s officials of the Seoul municipal administration undertook some very interesting research. Every year the City Hall officials spent an entire autumn day sitting next to major roads and painstakingly counting all the vehicles and pedestrians that passed by.

2009-11-05 16:24

(525) Korean Migrants

Korea is one of the few countries that have large diasporas or overseas communities of their compatriots. Indeed, Koreans now live across the globe in large numbers. Some 72 million reside in Korea (North and South) and an additional 6 million live overseas, usually for generations.

2009-10-09 15:38

(524) Foreigners

As every resident of Seoul knows only too well, the Korean capital is becoming a multinational, multiethnic city. For decades, a foreign face on a Seoul street would attract much attention, but this is not the case anymore.

2009-09-24 15:54

(523) First Students Abroad

Who was the first Korean to study in the United States? It is a bit difficult to say. Most books would suggest Yu Kil-jun, a young intellectual, writer and political activist, who studied in America in the mid-1880s.

2009-09-10 16:30

(522) Island Life

When Koreans refer to ``Yeouido talk," everyone understands immediately what it means. It stands for talking politics, since the island of Yeouido is the major seat of political power. This is where the Korean parliament, as well as major corporation headquarters and think tanks are located.

2009-08-27 18:30

(521) House of Moonlight

There were no restaurants in old Korea. Well, this might be a bit of exaggeration, since a hungry traveler could usually find some place to eat, at least in a major city.

2009-08-13 18:15

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