Gems such as ivory, crystal, amber were imported from Arabia. Finally, the name Korea originated from Goryeo during this period. The Goryeo dynasty gave birth to splendid culture. Specifically, the ...

The new capital, located in the center of the Korean Peninsula, was easily accessible via the Hangang River, which flowed directly through its heart. King Taejong, the third king and son of the ...

Masakazu Asami, a professor of Christian history in Japan at Keio University in Tokyo said: “We can learn from the letters that Otaa was from an aristocratic class of the Korean dynasty.

1712 -- Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) government erects a stone monument on Mount Baekdu to mark the border with China, then ruled by the Qing Dynasty.