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Kimchi-Pride of Korea2022-06-224750Kimchi-Pride of Korea Kimchi (pickled vegetables) is one of the most special national dishes of the Korean people. It is a fermented food mixed with cabbage, radish and other vegetables and edible herbs of varieties and spices. It has a taste and scent all of its own as well as various ...
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Kaesong Namdae Gate2022-06-204480Kaesong Namdae Gate Kaesong Namdae Gate is the old gate of a castle in Pukan-dong, Kaesong City. It was built between1391 and1393 and repaired in 1899. It was destroyed during the Fatherland Liberation War, but it was restored to the original state in 1954. It consists of the granite embankm...
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Mausoleum of King Tongmyong2022-06-144680Mausoleum of King Tongmyong The Mausoleum of King Tongmyong is located in Ryongsan-ri, Ryokpho District, Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is the graveyard of King Tongmyong(Kojumong), founding father of Koguryo (B.C.227-A.D. 668), the fir...
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“Koryo Sillok”2022-06-104560“Koryo Sillok” “Koryo Sillok”(Chronicles of Koryo) is a book giving historical facts of 474 years of Koryo in diarial way. It is recorded in order of date of the facts around the King. It consists of true records of 34 kings of the Koryo Dynasty such as “Chronicl...
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First Nation in The World to Invent Metal Type2022-06-104810First Nation in The World to Invent Metal Type The Korean nation invented and used metal type, the first of its kind, in the world, greatly contributing to the development of world publishing and printing technology. The Koryo metal printing types, found in a place about 300 meters away westwa...
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Famous Patriotic General - Kang Kam Chan2022-05-244450Famous Patriotic General - Kang Kam Chan Kang Kam Chan (948-1031) is a famous patriotic general of Koryo. He made great contributions to the victory of Koryo army during the second invasion by a large Koran army of forty legions in November 1010. In December 1018 Koran made the third ...
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Neoanthropus in Late Paleolithic Age Whose Fossilised Bones Were Discovered in Mt. Sungni2022-05-204240Neoanthropus in Late Paleolithic Age Whose Fossilised Bones Were Discovered in Mt. Sungni Neoanthropus in Late Paleolithic Age Whose Fossilised Bones Were Discovered in Mt. Sungni is Neolithic man fossil discovered in Tokchon City, South Phyongan Province of Korea. The fossil is a lower ...
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Great Encyclopedia of Medicine “Uibangryuchi”2022-04-304100Great Encyclopedia of Medicine “Uibangryuchi” The Korean people have developed medical art and medicine from old times and handed down medical heritage. “Uibangryuchi” was compiled on a nationwide scale as ordered by Sejong, the fourth king of the feudal Joson dynasty. ...
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Moon Gate of Sea Chilbo, Living Monument2022-04-284670Moon Gate of Sea Chilbo, Living Monument Sea Chilbo is reputable for its waterfront picturesque scenery with seashore sharp-cut cliffs of curious rocks, seaside rocks of fantastic shape rising high, islands and islets and sprays dashed up from the waves of the azure East Sea of Korea. Here...
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Tangun, Ancestral Father of Korean Nation2022-04-264130Tangun, Ancestral Father of Korean Nation Tangun is the ancestral father of the Korean nation and founding father of a state, the first of its kind, in the history of Korea. He was born at the foot of Mt. Taebak in Kangdong County, Pyongyang. He has been regarded as mythical entity, but r...
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Custom of New Year’s Greeting, Excellent Folk Tradition of Korean Nation2022-04-094600Custom of New Year’s Greeting, Excellent Folk Tradition of Korean Nation New Year’s greeting means a formal bow of respect to one’s elders on New Year’s Day in lunar calendar. It is the leading one out of the New Year customs created by the Korean people. It took the ...
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Noted Painter Ri Am2022-04-084560Noted Painter Ri Am Ri Am was a noted painter of Korea in the 16th Century. Typical works are his “Cats and Puppies” and “Cat on Tree”. Those works are enough to grasp his insight and style of painting, mirroring animal behaviors and moves combined with a tinge of humo...
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King Sejong2022-04-026670King Sejong Sejong (1397－1450) was the king of the feudal Joson dynasty in the fourth generation. During his rule the external position of the country was enhanced. In this period the relations with Ming and Japan was normalized externally and the defense capabilities of the northern area were...
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Songi Mushroom and Its Medical Properties2022-03-224830Songi Mushroom and Its Medical Properties More than hundred species of edible mushrooms grow in the mountains and fields in Korea, out of them 40 species including the songi mushroom are very common. Songi mushroom grows in pine groves in autumn. It is spread in all areas of Korea includin...
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Korea’s Tea Culture with Long History2022-03-145020Korea’s Tea Culture with Long History The Korean nation has cultivated tea plants and liked to drink tea from the period of the Three Kingdoms (early 3rd century B.C.-middle 7th century A.D.) It was the Koryo period (918-1392) when tea plants had been cultivated on a nationwide scale. At...
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Painter Kim Tu Ryang2022-03-094090Historical Figure Painter Kim Tu Ryang Kim Tu Ryang (1696-1763) is an artist in the time of the feudal Joson dynasty. He learnt the painting systematically from his father and maternal grandfather who were also artists from his childhood. He was good at figure, landscape and animal painting...
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Fermented Soy Bean Good for Health2022-02-284280Fermented Soy Bean Good for Health Korea is the home of soy bean. The Korean people began to ferment soy bean from 2 000 years ago. The foodstuffs made of fermented bean (natto) have been widely known since long ago not only in Korea, but also in Asia and the world. The Koreans fermented s...
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Country of Courteous People in the East2022-02-224330Country of Courteous People in the East The people of the world long called Korea a “Country of courteous people in the East”. In ancient times in China, Korea was called a “land of gentlemen”, namely one of high courtesy and virtue. A Netherlander Hamel, greatly impre...
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Jongwoldaeborum2022-02-144740Jongwoldaeborum Jongwoldaeborum, one of the national holidays of Korea, is the fifteenth of January of lunar calendar. Holiday dishes include foods made of 9 dried greens and a dish made with all five grains. The Koreans had a custom of having noodle called noodle for lengthening lifetime at l...
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Castle in Mt. Paekun2022-02-074430Castle in Mt. Paekun Castle in Mt. Paekun dating back to Koguryo time (277 B.C.-668 A.D.) is situated in Mt. Paekun in Yonggwang County, South Hamgyong Province. The castle enclosed the summit with a wall reaching about 12 kilometers along the sharp ridge stretching out to the right and to the...
