European countries expanded their colonies in Asia and Africa. By the mid-19th century, the western powers had forced the Qing dynasty of China and Japan to open their doors and then asked the same of ...

A fisherman who lived during the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) is still celebrated in Seoul and Busan for helping to strengthen Korea's sovereignty claim on Dokdo, the nation's easternmost islets. In the ...

Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being systematically eliminated by a mysterious assassin. An arrogant master swordsman is in charge of ...

Released in 2019 on Netflix, Kingdom managed to break free from traditional zombie tropes, placing its narrative against the ...

Place - Hongneung (tombs of King Gojong and Queen Myeongseong, the background is the front of the sanctuary where the ancestral rites of the latter take place) Pieta: the spirit of Korea, born with ...

The fictional inn is not quite as grand as the palace, but it’s the grandest inn in Hanyang, capital of Joseon, the Korean kingdom that existed from 1392 to 1897. At Yongcheonru, the customer is ...