Walk through the prehistoric and ancient history wing of the National Museum of Korea long enough, and a pattern starts to surface that has nothing to do with dynasties or dates. A carved face g…

Did you know that in traditional Korean belief, the scariest ghosts were rarely made by violence? They were made by loneliness. A death that came too early, a life that ended before marriage, a …

Most guides to Korean cooking start with the dishes that need a shopping list a mile long and a weekend to prepare. That's not this list. These five recipes were picked because they share th…

Rabokki is what happens when two of Korea's most popular comfort foods end up in the same pot instead of on separate plates. Tteokbokki brings the chewy rice cakes and spicy-sweet sauce, and…

Imagine being sealed inside a stone chamber with no windows, no doors that open again, and only a single flat ceiling stone between you and the sky. Whoever designed a Goguryeo royal tomb did no…

In September of 1921, a Japanese police officer walking through a quiet neighborhood in Gyeongju noticed something strange. A group of children were pulling small glass beads out of a dirt pile …

Hobak bokkeum is one of those side dishes that rarely gets its own spotlight, since it usually shows up quietly next to rice and a main dish without much fanfare. That's exactly what makes i…

Some nights you don't want a project, you want dinner on the table in the time it takes to steam a pot of rice. This Korean beef bowl is built exactly for that. It's the same sweet and s…