Then, in 1592, he invaded Joseon with around 200,000 troops, with the aim of dissipating local lords’ strength and stabilizing his rule in Japan. The war lasted for seven years until 1598, which is ...

During the colonial period, the Japanese pillaged Joseon’s resources, banned the use of the Korean language—even going so far in 1939 as to require Koreans to change their personal names to Japanese ...

Monstrum, a Korean monster action flick, started from a brief record in The Annals Of The Joseon Dynasty that a strange monster haunted the royal palace in 1527 during the reign of King Jungjong.