Korean Life & Culture History

South Korea's remarkable shift from a country of hanok villages to a country of apartment complexes happened wi…

In just one generation, South Korea went from a country where most people lived in traditional one or two-story hom…

Living inside a hanok was a fundamentally different experience from modern housing — closer to the ground, more att…

The Joseon-era Korean house — the hanok — was not just shelter. It was a physical expression of Confucian social va…