Seventy-nine years after Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule (1910-1945), the lingering scars of that turbulent history continue to cast a shadow over bilateral relations, complicating ...

Toshio Suzuki sighed deeply when asked for his thoughts on the South Korean government’s recent decision to designate official Korean history textbooks. The 66-year-old retired high school teacher has ...

The year 1988 was a memorable year in many ways. The Iron Curtain was slowly collapsing, the first World AIDS Day was held, the concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed in Switzerland, while ...

A scene from the Queen Seondeok episode of the EBS historical animation ‘Deongi and Kwoengi: People in Korean History’, produced with an ‘All-AI’ animation technique. J Wonder The EBS children’s histo ...

At a time of heightened interest in how textbooks portray Korean history amid heated debates over the history itself, the results of an official evaluation of new history textbooks have been made ...

The 30 volumes of the “Changbi Korean Thought Selections” have been completed. It examines the ideas and philosophies of Korea’s great intellectual masters, from Jeong Do-jeon to Kim Dae-jung.

“Letters from Korean History” is an English-language series of books written for primary to high school students who are interested in learning about Korean history, according to its publisher Cum ...

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation this year, Sungshin Women's University Professor Seo Kyung-duk (51) and actress Song Hye-kyo (43) joined forces once again to donate 10,000 ...

The “Koryosa choryo” (Essentials of Koryo History) is arguably one of the most substantial historical records of the Goryeo Kingdom (918-1392). Written in 1452, few decades after the fall of the ...

A controversy over history is emerging as a detonator of the political situation, with the appointment of a New Right figure as the head of the Independence Hall of Korea sparking a backlash from ...

[THE INVESTOR] The history of inter-Korean economic cooperation over the past 30 years is a long and sorry tale. The cycle of optimism and disappointment has repeated over and again. Hopes are on the ...

The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Vancouver will hold the inaugural Vancouver Korean Book Festival in October to mark Korean Heritage Month in British Columbia. Events will take place ...