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Mark PetersonThe Korea Times |
In the last few weeks, I posted a video about problematic Korean surnames, and in the process, I learned more about a subject I thought I already knew...
Recently I met an old friend, Bruce Snow, who arrived in Korea a month before me in 1965. We talked of old times in Korea and recalled the perilous...
My experience in Korea began almost 59 years ago — in November. Arriving one month ahead of me in October was my good friend, Bruce Snow. Recently,...
The area in blue is Phase I, now complete, of the Korean Language Village / Courtesy of Mark Peterson The Lake in the Woods, or “Sup sogui Hosu”...
Recently on my YouTube channel, I recorded an interview with a "K-pop” Korean language student. I was asked by the National Institute of Korean...
Recently, one of my colleagues discovered a recording of my graduate school advisor, Edward W. Wagner, on a 1985 KBS program. He was interviewed about...
One of the projects I’m working on these days is a documentary film about a Utah National Guard battalion that fought several major battles in the...
Call me quixotic, but I have founded, formally, the genealogical association of the future for Korea. It is actually the genealogical association of...
Reversing the decline in population in Korea is going to take radical, even revolutionary steps. I have one to propose. It is that the "gwaoe" system,...
I was in Korea recently as a guest of the Sungkyunkwan — not the modern university, but the original Confucian academy that is over 1,000 years old....
Congratulations, Korea, on another display of democracy with your recent elections. I lived in Korea at a time when the practice of democracy was in...
I want to pay tribute to my “samonim” in today’s editorial. Samonim means the wife of one’s teacher. One of my most influential teachers was...
I want to pay tribute to my “samonim” in today’s editorial. amonim means he wife of one’s teacher. e of my most influential teachers was Ed...
One of my favorite pastimes is looking at names, particularly unique names. I guess it's the genealogist in me. When I watch sporting events, other...
Koreans are always proud of being the first or the best at things. Having the lowest birthrate in the entire world, however, is a “best” that is...
By Mark Peterson On the heels of a recent trip to Japan, coincidentally, I was asked by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to write an...
By Mark Peterson On the heels of a recent trip to Japan, coincidentally, I was asked by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to write an...
By Mark Peterson In the past two years, after hearing about an unusual battle in the middle of the Korean War between a Utah National Guard...
By Mark Peterson If you don’t know who Sam Richards is, you don’t watch YouTube. He is a YouTube megastar and a fan of Korea who is well...
By Mark Peterson If you don’t know who Sam Richards is, you don’t watch YouTube. He is a YouTube megastar and a fan of Korea who is well...
By Mark Peterson Recently, the New York Times published an article saying that the high-class restaurants in New York that featured French...
By Mark Peterson In my last article, I mentioned the Korean Institute of Confucian Culture (KICC), a one-year old, government-funded institute in...
By Mark Peterson On my recent trip to Korea, the Korean Institute of Confucian Culture appointed me as an Honorary Ambassador of Confucianism....