Over 70 million Koreans in both South and North Korea learn in school that Gojoseon, founded in 2,333 BC by Dangun, was the first kingdom on the Korean Peninsula. They are taught that from this ...

In the early 2000s, some graduate students at UC Riverside found a small map from an insurance company that labeled part of downtown Riverside as “Korean settlement” in small print, Chang says.

Retropolis South Korea’s martial law crisis stirs memories of 1980 Gwangju massacre. In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a ...

The movement had its limitations: In the early 20th century, Korean women were encouraged to pursue an education, but only so they could better raise and instruct their children.