Have you heard of this country? It is a land that was colonized by another country from 1910 to 1945 and fell to ruins due to war in 1950. At that time, experts predicted that it would take 100 years for the country to find itself again. Foreign press even said, “After 35 years of Japanese colonization, ideological conflict, and now…
Shwedagon Pagoda is Myanmar’s sacred place. At the size of 10,000 pyeong (about 33,000m²), the Shwedagon Pagoda is the spiritual hometown of Myanmar citizens and is a brilliant representation of Buddhism. This palace is known for being the world’s highest golden pagoda at a height of 98 meters. It is a brilliant and magnificent pagoda with 6…
There is a temple called Wat Phu in the Champasak village of south Laos that symbolizes brilliant ancient Asian history. In Laos, “wat” means “temple” and “phu” means “mountain”, so when put together, Wat Phu means “temple in the mountain”. The temple was constructed from the 5th into the 15th century and is a historical site of 1,000 years of history. Especially…
If you ask today’s Koreans to pick the greatest figure in Korean history, they will pick King Sejong without any hesitation. King Sejong not only advanced the Joseon dynasty’s politics, economy, culture and military, but also made it into the most scientifically advanced East Asian nation in the 15th century. King Sejong’s greatest achievement was that he transcended age,…
Ho Chi Minh is the father of Vietnam’s independence. He appears on the Vietnamese currency and even has a city named after him. He was a leader of the independence movements during the French and Japanese colonization. He was a nationally recognized activist, and even when he was given the highest honors after the protests, he still lived a frugal life, like…
Have you been to the Marina Bay hotel, the face of Singapore? The Marina Bay Sands hotel is Singapore’s signature building. It is a grand hotel comprised of a large boat-shaped Skypark that is connected with three 57-floor buildings and a rooftop floor. The Skypark rooftop is the size of two soccer fields, from which you…
Jeju Island is internationally recognized as Korea’s representative tourists destination. It earned a trio of UNESCO Internationally Designated Areas; it is designated as a Biosphere Reserve, confirmed as a Global Geopark, and registered as a World Natural Heritage Site. There is a tourist destination in the Philippines which is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site like Jeju Island. It is the…
In Korea, there is a city of which the entire area is a museum without walls or a roof called Gyeongju. In the span of 5,000 years of Korean history, Gyeongju was the capital of the Shilla kingdom which holds 1,000 years of history. In Indonesia, there is also a historical city called Yogyakarta that is a borderless museum like Gyeongju.…
Did you know there is a tourist destination in Malaysia that was made by the hard work of the Korean company Hyundai Construction and 940,000 Korean engineers? It is Penang Bridge, which connects the mainland of Malaysia with Penang Island, an island that is generally referred to as the “Oriental Pearl”. Penang Bridge is 13.5 km long and was the largest bridge…
More than a thousand years of history is preserved in the Angkor Wat, the world’s largest temple. Meaning the “Capital of Temples”, the Angkor Wat stretches 1,500 meters to the east and 1,300 meters to the south, and it is the biggest temple which is made of stone. Angkor Wat was constructed in the beginning of the 12th century by King…
