Korea: One Hundred Years Ago
Digital Chosun presents the daily lives of ordinary people during the final years of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910) at the turn of the century....Ēšcontinued
Photo by Korea Cultural Foundation
Women on an outing
Straw shoe sellers
Women pounding corn
Punishment by flogging
Street leading to Namdaemun
Teacher with schoolchildren
Wayfarer's lunch
An outing for a rich scholar
Women on a see-saw
Tower at Wongak Temple
Myongdong Cathedral
A view of Chongno
The South Gate (Namdaemun)
A ferry harbor in Yongsan
A kisaeng in costume
A typical couple
Men carrying pottery in Pusan
Royal guards
An army general atop a carriage
Villagers with totems