From the lava tunnels of Jeju Island to the ancestral ceremonies of the Jongmyo sanctuary, these 16 UNESCO-listed sites ...

Korea has four seasons. Seoul has five royal palaces. These numbers have been set in stone for years, driven into us at every ...

Gyeongju, the ancient capital of the Silla Kingdom (57 BC–935 AD) in today's North Gyeongsang Province in the southeastern ...

The National Museum of Korea is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission to the National Museum of Korea is ...

Meanwhile, the outdoor exhibition area showcases memorial statues, as well as machinery used in past conflicts. Visitors have the opportunity to climb into tight spaces of tanks and aboard a ...

Scattered around the country are metropolises where skyscrapers edge the coastline, cities of temples and pagodas that ...

Seoul may attract the most international visitors, but explore further afield and you’ll discover alternative cities with just as much character.

In this video, we take you to Deoksu Palace, one of the five grand palaces built during the Joseon Dynasty.This location is especially popular among couples and families, particularly in the fall when ...

The history of the Korean nation began in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula when people started settling there 700,000 years ago. Representative historic sites associated with the Paleolithic Age, ...

The Rise and Fall of Détente on the Korean Peninsula, 1970-1974 features the transcript of the second in a series of critical oral history conferences jointly convened by the Woodrow Wilson ...

Meanwhile, the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center, a public institution affiliated with the Korea Heritage Service, said Thursday ...

The ‘eternal President’, and an enduring bond In the history of North Korea and in its ties with Russia, the figure of Kim Il Sung looms large. Kim Il Sung founded the Democratic People’s Republic of ...