A CARE Package for Hirohito
In November 1950, Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE), Inc., sought to deliver a symbolic aid package to Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
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In November 1950, Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE), Inc., sought to deliver a symbolic aid package to Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
China’s use of force to occupy Hoàng Sa, an integral part of Việt Nam’s territory, on January 19, 1974 ran counter to international law and was unable to generate a legal right towards this archipelago for China.
SEJONG-- Yu In-chon's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will continue the legacy of strengthening copyrights he started in his first tenure as culture minister during the Lee Myung-bak administration. Yu, 72, made the remarks at his first address to hundreds of ministry employees during his inauguration ceremony that took place at Government Complex Sejong on Monday. “With the continually evolving la...
In the past, wild animals, including bears, were occasionally raised for entertainment and sport within the Korean palace grounds. In 1394, King Taejo received a small bear cub and...
In the late 19th century, Korea was a land filled with danger. Banditry was common, disease was prevalent, demons and ghosts haunted people’s imaginations and beliefs (Korean and foreigners alike), and fierce wild beasts roamed the desolate mountains and forests. Tigers (and their smaller cousins, the leopards) were probably the most feared but they were not the only dangers to the Korean population and, by the first part of the 20th century, they became more legend than reality.