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 ...

Two English books on early Korean history were published by Harvard University on January 7. Titled “New Perspectives on Early Korean Art: From Silla to Koryo” and “The Han Commanderies in Early ...

BOSTON ― Most Korean people must have memories from their school days of trying to memorize important dates and names from Korean history for exams. They may feel that learning about Korean ...

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.

A set of prehistoric rock carvings in southeastern South Korea has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, a South Korean ...

October 2017 - Before Korea opened its doors to the world in the late nineteenth century, very few Westerners had experienced life on the Peninsula. A new book, Brief Encounters: Early Reports of ...

A new exhibit in Southern California showcases an integral part of Korean-American history that was only uncovered a few years ago. Stephanie Sy shows us the decades-long path to discovering the ...

The Korean National Assn. had functioned as a government in exile, and led independence efforts against Japanese colonial rule in the Korean peninsula in the early 1900s.

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.

Marilyn Monroe performs for American soldiers posted in Korea during the war, and real-life artists, including the early-20th-century Korean poet Yi Sang and the late-20th-century Korean American ...