Resources for Korea

General Resources | History | Philosophy & Religion | Arts & Entertainment | Language Learning | Korean Studies | Teaching about Korea

General Resources

ClickKorea http://www.clickkorea.org/
ClickKorea is an online resource developed by the Korea Foundation to provide the broader access to information about Korean arts and culture. This website currently provides upcoming performances and exhibitions in Korea and worldwide, a database of Korean studies scholars and students, online lectures, and essays on Korean arts and culture.

About Korea http://www.koreaaward.com/korea.htm
"'About Korea' is a wonderful site, full of beauty, spirituality and information about the great country of Korea."

Koreana Webzine http://www.koreana.or.kr/
This site provides information about current artistic and cultural activities as well as Korea's traditional artisans, lifestyles, natural attractions and other topics related to Korea.

Images of Korea http://www.mct.go.kr/html/symbolImg/eng/main.html
View and download pictures related to traditional Korean culture.

Slides: A General Overview of Korea http://www.korea.net/kois/eng_si_list.asp?category=Korea%20and%20the%20Korean%20People"
Many representative pictures of Korea.

Martial Arts http://www.martialartsresource.com/korean/korframe.htm
As part of the WWW Virtual Library Project, this is a huge collection of un-annotated but well organized links (including a search index) to all aspects of martial arts. Site contents include the following Korean Styles: Taekwondo, Kempo, and Hapkido.

Life in Korea: Cultural Spotlights  http://www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/spotlight.cfm
Provides pictures and introductory articles about Korean culture, society and customs. Good place to look for pictures of Korea.

Korea.net http://www.kois.go.kr/
Provides articles about Korean culture, economics and politics as well as directory access to resources on arts/culture, business/economy, cities/provinces, computer/internet, education, government, news/media, science/technology, society/life, sports/recreation and travel. A section entitled, Learn about Korea, has information on language and culture, geography and people, history, national symbols and links to publications available from the Korean government. Includes links to different government sites and Korean newspapers.

History

AsianInfo http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/history.htm
A general history of Korea

Life in Korea - General History http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Information/history1.cfm

Korea -- 1935-55 http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/eyewit.htm
An eyewitness account of the history of Korea by a Korean from 1930 to 1955. Photos and excerpts from recently declassified US, Chinese and Russian secret documents. Topics include: Kim Il Sung's guerrillas, US occupation of South Korea, Korean War and CIA covert operations in Korea.

Korea: States of War http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/korea/
A collection of CNN stories on the Korean War.

DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) http://www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/dmz/dmz.cfm

Korean War http://www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/Korean-War/Korean-War.cfm

Philosophy & Religion

Korean Buddhism http://www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/buddhism/buddhism.cfm

Confucianism in Korea  http://www.socwel.ku.edu/candagrant/Gallery/HFC-Thumbnail/Confucianism/Confucianism%20page.htm

All Religious Beliefs in Korea http://english.tour2korea.com/02Culture/ReligionBeliefs/buddhism_01.asp?konum=subm1_1&kosm=m2_4

Arts & Entertainment

Arts of Korea http://www.clickkorea.org/arts/e_default.asp

Metropolitan Museum of New York - Korea Gallery http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Korea/koreaonline/index.htm

Performing Arts in Korea http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/performing_arts.htm

HanCinema  http://www.hancinema.net
Korean movie and drama database.

K-Pop http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/entertainment/enter_music_interactive_list.htm
A guide to Korean pop music.

Language Learning & Instruction

Study Korean http://study.korean.net/index.jsp
Requires free registration.

Let’s Learn Korean  http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm#
KBS World Radio, the voice of Korea, provides the easiest and most efficient way to learn the Korean language with entertaining lessons and tips with selected languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Indonesian, Chinese and Japanese).

Let’s Speak Korean  http://www.arirang.co.kr/Tv/Lets_Whats_On.asp?PROG_CODE=TVCR0110
Arirang Broadcasting’s “Let’s Speak Korean” offers viewers a televised language program. Viewers can also learn more about Korean culture in the process.

American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK) http://www.aatk.org/
Founded for all levels of teachers of the Korean language, culture, and literature in the United States of America, AATK’s mission is to enhance and promote an interest in the teaching and learning of the Korean language, culture and literature as well as to carry out research in second language acquisition, applied linguistics, language pedagogy.

Korean Studies

Fellowships in Korean Studies http://www.koreasociety.org/korean_studies/fellowships/

Click Korea http://www.clickkorea.org/koreanstudies/ks_useful_list.asp
Links to resources collected by the Korea Foundation.

Teaching about Korea

Korean Studies Curriculum Materials   http://www.koreasociety.org/component/option,com_docman/Itemid,35/task,cat_view/gid,102/
Features lesson plans, podcasts and other resources.

Instrok http://instrok.org/instrok/lessons.html
Lesson plans and resources related to Korea.

Teaching in Korea K-12 Project http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/k12_workshop_2003.05.html
A collection of lesson plans from the Center for Korea Studies at UC Berkeley.

Teaching about Korea: Lessons for Students in Grades 4-12 http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eeasc/resources/index.htm#KOREA
Lessons about geography, history, culture and economy.

The Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/korea.html
Mostly copyright free public domain maps, political, historical, topographic, thematic, etc.

Korean Enigma http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/korea/korea.html
Resources for studying Korea. Made by a teacher for teachers

Korea in East Asian and World History: A Guide for Teachers http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/korea/kp_korea.htm
A timeline for teachers.