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Korea Unmasked: In Search of the Country, the Society and the People

Author: Won-bok Rhie

  • Wiki details
  • Interview (of Won-Bok Rhie) on a South Korean show (Heart to Heart)
  • Video review of Korea Unmasked

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Historical Background & Resources - Early Periods

Three Kingdoms Period

  • Koguryo/Goguryeo (37 BCE - 668 CE)
  • Paekche/Baekje (18 BCE - 660 CE)
  • Silla (57 BCE - 935 CE)

Medieval Period

  • Koryo/Goryeo (918 - 1392)

Infographic #1

https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5790/three-kingdoms-of-korea-map/

Original image by Ashraf Kamel. Uploaded by Jan van der Crabben, published on 30 September 2016

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Historical Background & Resources - 21st Century

Modern (Sovereign) Period

  • Choson/Joseon (1392 - 1910)
    • Phila Museum of Art - Teacher Resource Guide for the Joseon Dynasty

https://www.freeworldmaps.net/island/korean-peninsula/

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Historical Background & Resources - 21st Century

Japanese Annexation & Colonialism

  • Occupation (1910 - 1945)
    • Education about Asia article: Teaching about Comfort Women

Post-WWII

  • Division (1945 - 1950)
  • Korean War (1950 - 1953)

The Two Koreas

  • North Korea & South Korea

https://www.freeworldmaps.net/island/korean-peninsula/

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Geography & Video Travel Highlights

South Korea

DMZ

North Korea

  • Pyongyang (60 Minutes Australia)

https://www.freeworldmaps.net/asia/southkorea/map.html

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Korean Language & Script

https://www.omniglot.com/writing/korean.htm

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Infographics on Korean topics