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Village Life in Korea–Book Excerpts II

» by June 7th, 2011 at 5:10 am » Comments (0)

Marriage But, in fact, no one is married but once.  When a man loses his wife from any cause whatever and he wants another, he simply ...more »

Village Life in Korea–Book Excerpts Part I

» by June 5th, 2011 at 1:28 am » Comments (3)

Here is a link to download a Kindle-friendly version of the book. This book was published in 1911 – which is when Japan formally annexed Korea after virtually taking it over ...more »

Archival Sources: Digging Up Bones of Korean Royalty

» by May 3rd, 2011 at 6:56 pm » Comments (3)

Digging through Google Books for contemporary (1860s) material on Korea (Corea back then) related to the General Sherman Incident, I came across this interesting piece from the US foreign policy ...more »

Archival Sources: General Sherman Investigation

» by May 1st, 2011 at 6:40 pm » Comments (3)

Here is a long article (NY Times May 27, 1868) on the expedition of the US military vessel Shenandoah to Korea (Corea) to find out details about the ...more »

Picture of the Day: Shilla Era Statues Found In Mungyeong

» by April 26th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="250" caption="Gilt-bronze Buddha statues from the eighth century found at an old temple site in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province /Courtesy of the Yeongnam Institute of Cultural Heritage ...more »

Picture of the Day: Chemulpo Harbor In 1905

» by August 31st, 2010 at 1:03 pm » Comments (4)

This is a picture of Chelmulpo (Incheon) in 1905 via Robert Neff who also shares a story about the first western ascent of Halla Mountain on Cheju Island. more »

A German Merchant, A French Priest, & Body Snatching In Korea

» by August 1st, 2010 at 10:44 pm » Comments (4)

Interesting story in the Korea Times by historian Robert Neff who always seems to find strange and interesting tales from Korea's past.  This one is about a historical incident in ...more »

Why People Should Not Join the Alliance of Scholars Concerned About Korea (ASCK)

» by May 28th, 2010 at 11:08 pm » Comments (2)

I guess it is better late than never that K.M. Lawson who blogs over at Frog In A Well realized what any group that blindly support the Korean Truth & ...more »

Picture of the Day: 49th Anniversary of Park Chung-hee’s Coup

» by May 16th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (6)

Popular Gusts has a whole lot more pictures from the 1961 coup posted over at his site that are worth checking out. more »

Osan AB (1952): Photos of Robert Evilsizor

» by January 12th, 2010 at 6:08 pm » Comments (2)

Have finally posted to my historical website for Osan AB the photos of Robert Evilsizor, former Commander, Co A, 839th Engineering Aviation Battalion (EAB) (SCARWAF). "SCARWAF" stands for Special Category ...more »

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