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The Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty (also known as the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty) are the annual records of the Joseon dynasty, which were kept from 1413 to 1865. The annals, or sillok , consist of 1,893 volumes and are thought to cover the longest continual period of a single dynasty in the world.
The King Sejong Station (Korean: 세종과학기지) is a research station for the Korea Antarctic Research Program that is named after King Sejong the Great of Joseon (1397–1450). Established on February 17, 1988, it consists of 11 facility buildings and two observatories, and it is located on the Barton Peninsula ( King George Island ), it ...
The village is a valuable part of Korean culture because it preserves Joseon period-style architecture, folk traditions, valuable books, and an old tradition of clan-based villages. It is listed by the South Korean government with UNESCO as a World Heritage Site with Yangdong Folk Village in 2010 [2] and attract around 1 million visitors every ...
Adrian Hong Chang (b. 1983 or 1984 in Tijuana), is a Mexican-American human rights activist of Korean descent. [1] He is known for his leadership of the political group Free Joseon, a self-described North Korean provisional government based in Los Angeles.
Yonhap news agency reported that the USS Alexandria, a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived at Busan naval base in South Korea on Monday. The last U.S. submarine to visit Busan was the USS Vermont ...
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out ...
The Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association [1] (Korean: 전주이씨대동종약원) is a family association based in South Korea founded by the Jeonju Yi (Lee) clan, the household of Joseon and the Korean Empire, which previously ruled Korea. The association originated from several national institutions of the Joseon dynasty.
Only parts of the Seungjeongwon ilgi that document the later part of the Joseon period now survive. Earlier records were destroyed by fires during the Imjin War. [2] The surviving records cover 271 years, from the reign of King Injo in 1623 to that of King Gojong in 1894 (or 287 years if the Korean Empire period, which lasted until 1910, is included).