Did you know Korea has an ancient bronze mirror with incredibly precise patterns? Korea is one of the leading providers of semiconductors in the world and is leading the global semiconductor technology in the 21st century. Samsung Electronics, the global semiconductor leader, found an ancient mold for bronze casting during its ground preparation for…
Did you know Korea has world-class ancient gold artifacts? An ornate gold dagger was excavated from a small tomb on Gyerim Street in the city of Gyeongju, Korea. The dagger appeared to be crafted by a master goldsmith in Rome around 6 A.D. Designated as Korean Treasure #635, this dagger is considered one of…
Did you know Korea has the largest concentration of dolmens (stone tombs shaped similarly to tables) in the world? UNESCO designated the Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa dolmen sites in Korea as World Heritage Sites in December of 2000. Korea is called a country of dolmens because it accounts for 40% of the world’s dolmens.…
Arirang- a song which has no other parallel in Korea itself- perhaps hasn’t even a parallel in any other country as well. The song is often dubbed the “unofficial Korean national anthem”- and it isn’t just a beloved song in South Korea but in North Korea as well as its history predates the division at…
The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, which ran from February 9th-25th, was not only a host to 92 teams in various sporting events, but also served as a cultural exhibition over the course of the 16 day period- one of the most prominent being the opening ceremony that officially kicked off the winter games. The opening ceremony…
When Thomas Jefferson, with the help of James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it became one of the most important documents in American history. Originally a list of grievances to King George III of England over the abuses suffered in the colonies which were his own citizens, it was…
It has been 26 years since Kim Hak-sun, a Korean human rights activist, opened up in 1991 about the horrors she and an estimated 200,000 Asian women suffered throughout World War II. This includes women from Korea, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand as well as many other nations. A smaller population of European women were…
When the Korean War ended in 1953, both Koreas had to rebuild themselves from the rubble left behind. In South Korea, businesses had to be started from the ground up and whole cities that had been levelled had to be rebuilt. In this period of fast rebuilding, style and visual architecture was the last thing…
China v Japan v Korea: Examining the Differences: Part 1 In the West, when you sit down to eat, you will be guaranteed to see a fork and a knife as the given utensils. This trend goes for any Western country- the United States, England, Italy, Germany, France, and this list goes on. Since the…
The English Language is something of a spelling nightmare, even to native speakers themselves. It is a culmination of multiple languages- primarily with West Germanic origins as well as has roots in romance languages (languages deriving from Latin) such as French. The English spelling system itself came from Latin which ultimately came from the Phoenician…