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The Korea Times

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The 'zombie' in Korean history

22.03.2026 55000

The Korea Times

Mark Peterson

Choe Chi-won and Confucianism

21.04.2025 30

The Korea Times

Mark Peterson

Korean music in America

I have just returned from a trip to Boston to hear the Spectrum Singers — a classical music choral group — in their early spring performance of...

24.03.2025 30

The Korea Times

Mark Peterson

'Munjip' as measure of status

In my last piece, I introduced you to the "munjip" — the collection of writings published posthumously for prominent scholar-officials in...

10.03.2025 30

The Korea Times

Mark Peterson

What is a 'munjip'?

I recently met an old friend. He’s a very old friend; in fact, he died in 1979, but I “met” him through the massive book he left behind. His...

24.02.2025 20

The Korea Times

Mark Peterson

An epiphany about metal movable type — literacy and civilized government

I’ve had an epiphany. This one is about Korean printing technology. The basic question is: Why, if the Gutenberg press spawned the Renaissance and...

01.02.2025 30

The Korea Times

Mark Peterson

An epiphany about metal movable type - literacy and civilized government

I’ve had an epiphany. This one is about Korean printing technology. The basic question is: Why, if the Gutenberg press spawned the Renaissance and...

31.01.2025 30

The Korea Times

Mark Peterson

The passing of RAS Korea

Say it’s not so! I read in the pages of The Korea Times that Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea, after 124 years, is dying a lonely and isolated...

13.01.2025 30

The Korea Times

Mark Peterson