During the conflict, tens of thousands of women - some say as many as 200,000 - from across Asia were sent to military brothels to service Japanese soldiers. Many of the victims, known as "comfort women", were Korean. Many young girls were kidnapped by the Japanese authorities and were forced to serve as a " Comfort woman " (sexual slavery) of the Japanese military during the war. The ones who s..
At the end of World-War 2, leaders from the US, Britain, and China came to Cairo, Egypt and made decisions about postwar Asia. After the war, foreign ministers from the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union took part in the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers and came up with establishing a provisional government in Korea and implemented a five-year trusteeship by four countries----the US, Britai..
National Anthem : Until the East Sea is dried and Mt. Baekdusan is worn away, God watch o`er(over) our land forever ! Live long Our Korea ! Rose of Sharon, thousand miles of our country filled with splendid rivers and mountains ! Guarded by her people, ever may Korea stand ! Taegeukgi : The white background symbolizes peace, and the Taegeuk figure composed of red and blue circles symbolizes the ..
The rapid growth of South Korea`s economy increased the country`s status on the world stage, with Korean pop culture, otherwise known as the the Korean Wave(hallyu), gaining more and more popularity worldwide. However, many foreigners often think of " North Korea " and " division " between the two countries when they hear the word "Korea". As a single nation-state, Korea has a history going back..
In the past, Korean society was divided into a ruling class, called yangban, and a subjugated class, or sangmin. Koreans behaved humbly to maintain the social order. For example, when a scholar published a book, he usually inserted a sentence in the preface along the lines of " I wrote this book without very much knowledge and not a great deal of talent." This "self-humiliation" may seem strange..
In Korean spirituality, the soul and spirit of a person is defined as Hon-Baek. Hon is the soul that rises to heaven, while the Baek is the spirit body that is interred underground. Jongmyo shrine was dedicated to hold ancestor worship ceremonies led by the incumbent Joseon King to please the Hon-Baek, the soul and spirits of the deceased kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty. During an elabora..
