This study investigates the formation of early Mahan society within the broader context of Late Kojosŏn’s cultural expansion. It argues that the Korean-style bronze dagger culture, which emerged in the Hoseo region during the 4th to 3rd centuries BCE, develloped...
Following Chosŏn’s defeat in the Pyŏngja Horan (Manchu Invasion of 1636) in the early 17th century, Qing interference limited military reorganization from the northwestern frontier to the capital city of Hanyang. As a result, until the late 17th century, CChosŏn’s...
This article examines how Korean nuclear technocrats formulated the concept of the “Korean standard” nuclear power plant in the 1980s and how its meaning shifted from a compromise to a symbol of national pride through the material realization of the Yeongggwang...