Empire under Japan
The Korean Empire (1897-1910) unlike its grandiose name, was a puppet state established under Japanese influence. Building a Japanese embassy, that definitely looked like it costed a pretty penny or…
The Kardashians of Seoul
Upper class women on a stroll with her servants looking to flex and get some clout. .
Children scaling the city walls of Seoul
During this period circa 1903, an American by the name of Angus Hamilton said of Seoul, “The streets of Seoul are magnificent, spacious, clean, admirably made and well-drained. The narrow,…
Have Some Yut!
This is ‘yut’ (엿) -well, technically this version is called ‘mool-yut’ (물엿: ‘water-yut’), the liquid version. Yut is made of rice and barley malt, and it is the most common…
