Following a power struggle among leaders in Later Baekje, Gyeon Hwon surrendered to Wang Geon. In 936, Later Baekje fell to Goryeo. Thus, Wang Geon unified the Later Three Kingdoms on the Korean ...

A festival throughout Seoul will highlight Korean food, which has captivated the taste buds of people worldwide. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Nov. 4 announced its hosting of this year's Seoul ...

As North Korea escalates tensions on the Korean Peninsula, a new debate has ignited in Seoul over whether South Korea should have the right to reprocess spent nuclear fuel — a step that would ...

SEOUL, Nov 5 (Reuters) - More than 10,000 North Korean troops have arrived in Russia to support its war against Ukraine, with a "significant number" in the frontline areas including Kursk, South ...

Kim Kwang-ho, the former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was the most senior official to face criminal charges over the 2022 disaster that killed 159 people. By Choe Sang-Hun A ...

The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il-sung launched the attack once he had received a promise of ...

A good place to do that in Seoul is the National Museum of Korea, which sits north of the Han River. This museum has everything to answer your curiosities. It covers history from the Goryeo ...

Korean Americans are returning to the country of their birth in record numbers, hoping to retire amid the comforts of home. They are joined by “reverse migrants” of a different mold: American ...

In Korean, its name translates to "Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven," but its history seems to paint it as anything but blessed. Gyeongbokgung was destroyed in the 1590s during a Japanese ...

The Korean War, often referred to as "The Forgotten War," was fought from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. This website is dedicated to thanking and honoring all the veterans of the Korean War ...

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