On July 28th, the first day of his Summer holiday, Korean President Moon Jae-in visited UNESCO World Heritage Site Bongjeong temple, one of seven Korean temples on the list. Despite being a Catholic, Moon – who has a baptismal name of Timothy, meaning a man who serves God – has a large amount of int
On June 30th, during the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee, it was unanimously decided to add seven South Korean Buddhist temples that date back as far as the seventh century to the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing the country’s total number of heritage sites to thirteen. The seven te
Korea is a dolmen kingdom. About 40 percent of the world’s dolmens are found in the Korean Peninsular, with the largest concentration of these in the area once ruled by the ancient kingdom of Baekje. Three specific dolmen sites in Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa were designated as UNESCO World Heritage
Many of Seoul’s old restaurants are located in the old districts of Euljiro, one of which is Andongjang, a Chinese restaurant where loyal, elderly customers gather for lunch. The oldest Chinese restaurant in Seoul (though there are older Chinese restaurants in other cities in Korea.), Andongjang beg
The Korean tv show “Masterpieces” recently featured two volumes of an old book titled “The Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Administrator”, written by a Korean who worked in Myanmar and Singapore for two and a half years as an administrator for the Japanese army during the Japanese colonial peri
