European countries expanded their colonies in Asia and Africa. By the mid-19th century, the western powers had forced the Qing dynasty of China and Japan to open their doors and then asked the same of ...

The Jeongjo the Great destroyer, named after a visionary king of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910 ... be fitted with the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) ship-based surface-to-air missile system that ...

This suggests they were cargo transported by ship rather than items used by sailors. Such findings contrast with other Joseon-era underwater discoveries, such as at Taean’s Mado No. 4 wreck site ...