A visitor on June 17 views a vase at the exhibition "Art of Early Joseon: Masterpieces from the 15th and 16th Century" at the ...

A rare handwritten hangul letter from Kim Ok-kyun, a leading figure in the 1884 Gapsin Coup, has been discovered at the ...

A building believed to be a royal shrine from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) has returned to Korea, about 100 years after it ...

In the early days of Joseon, kings had to become closer to powerful nobles to secure their reign and the concubine system was readily used as the means to do so. But weren’t Jang Hee-bin and Jang ...

Historians are hailing as remarkable the discovery of a slew of medieval texts inside a Buddha statue at a temple in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province.

The exhibition “Art of Early Joseon: Masterpieces from the 15th and 16th Century” illustrates the initiative and vibrancy the Joseon people projected as they fostered what would become Korea, ...