Every case in this hallway is hiding a small, strange kind of magic Walk through the permanent exhibition halls of the National Museum of Korea, and it's easy to move past most objects qu…

A fine-lined bronze mirror, Gojoseon Room, National Museum of Korea [국립중앙박물관 소장] What would it take to convince an entire village that you could speak to the sun? For a leader in Gojoseon-era…

Korean Street Food Recipes to Make at Home Ask anyone who's spent an evening wandering a Korean street market what they remember most, and it's rarely a single dish. It's the sequen…

Sweet Korean Pancake Hotteok Recipe Walk through a Korean street market on a cold evening and you'll usually smell hotteok before you see it, that warm, slightly caramelized scent drifting …

Maenghodo, an 18th-century ink tiger painting, National Museum of Korea [국립중앙박물관 소장] A tiger guarding your front door sounds like exactly the kind of protection you'd want. A tiger that l…

A Haetae-shaped water dropper, made for a Joseon scholar's writing desk [국립중앙박물관 소장] Walk up to Gwanghwamun, the main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, and two stone creatures greet …

Delivery chicken is practically its own food group in Korea, arriving in insulated bags at every hour of the night with two sauces almost always in the box: a sweet, garlicky glaze and a red, st…

There's a version of tteokbokki that shows up on almost every foreign food lover's Korea bucket list, and it's the fiery red one that makes your eyes water by the third bite. Rose tt…