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The German Embassy in Seoul in collaboration with the Deoksugung Palace Management Office of the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center under the Cultural Heritage Administration is scheduled to jointly hold a special exhibition, titled Journey into Tomorrow.

The German Embassy in Seoul in collaboration with the Deoksugung Palace Management Office of the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center under the Cultural Heritage Administration is scheduled to jointly hold a special exhibition, titled Journey into Tomorrow.

“The position of court physician [in the mid-1880s] was no sinecure,” especially if you were a foreigner, declared Horace N. Allen in one of his many publications of life in Korea.

“The position of court physician [in the mid-1880s] was no sinecure,” especially if you were a foreigner, declared Horace N. Allen in one of his many publications of life in Korea.

Coming to the rescue in 1884: Part 2

Coming to the rescue in 1884: Part 2

Coming to the rescue in 1884: Part 2

By Robert Neff Rose Foote, the wife of the first American representative to Korea, was certainly painted in a negative light by Ensign George C. Foulk but she also had a soft side ― one that he chose not to mention. According to her biographer (Mary V. Tingley Lawrence, whose prose is definitely dated), even though Rose was busily engaged in the renovation of the legation, it wasnt enough for the energetic woman and she longed to do more. She chaffed at being locked up on the legation ground...

By Robert Neff Rose Foote, the wife of the first American representative to Korea, was certainly painted in a negative light by Ensign George C. Foulk but she also had a soft side ― one that he chose not to mention. According to her biographer (Mary V. Tingley Lawrence, whose prose is definitely dated), even though Rose was busily engaged in the renovation of the legation, it wasnt enough for the energetic woman and she longed to do more. She chaffed at being locked up on the legation ground...