Seoul alleyways
Michael Gallagher Like I said in the previous post, some serious jetlagged induced insomnia here (posting this at 3:00 AM), but in anticipation of my move to Seoul next month, a return…
Seoul
Alexander: A Million Years
The track for the day comes from Alexander Ebert, the front man for Edward Sharpe and the Magentic Zeroes (amongst other bands). Just a pleasant rolling track that seems to…
Video of Korea from 1901
I have nothing original to add to this video aside from the person who posted it to YouTube. It is a video of Korea at the turn of the 20th…
Old Seoul in color (1938): rare video footage
I would like to submit this as Evidence #1000 that YouTube is the greatest treasure trove of gobbledygook the world has ever known. Despite the slightly melodramatic soundtrack, this is…
Wongoksa Pagoda (원각사지십층석탑) in Seoul, an early description
I love this description of Wongoksa Pagoda (원각사지십층석탑) in Tapkol Kangwon (탑골 공원) (Pagoda Park) from The Korean Repository by F. Ohlinger, H. G. Appenzeller, George Heber Jones (1895). I…
Unlocking Korean research potential with Digital Humanities Resources
With the rise (and, in some cases, fall) of digital humanities programs in North America and Europe (and presumably elsewhere), I have haphazardly looked around to see if Korea had…
Village life in Korea circa 1991, Masatake Terauchi (and Google Books)
Since I can’t seem to get enough of archaic and often out of print books on Korea at the turn of the last century, I have another few that I…