I’ve had an epiphany. This one is about Korean printing technology. The basic question is: Why, if the Gutenberg press spawned the Renaissance and then the Enlightenment and the end of feudalism in ...

There is a popular saying in Cheongju, South Korea, that “anyone who does not know Jikji is a foreign spy.” The word appears on every street sign, and has been appended to the names of cafes, ...

A group of Korea.net Honorary Reporters on Aug. 5 visited the National Museum of Korea after the facility was reopened last month. The government's quarantine efforts allowed all cultural facilities ...

"Jikji," acknowledged by UNESCO as the world's oldest book printed in movable metal type, will be presented to the public for the first time in 50 years at a major exhibition in France. The book will ...

'I really don't know if the factory will still be here in three years, but I hope to teach as many as possible about movable ...

Ask most people what the oldest book made with movable metal type is, and they likely will say the Gutenberg Bible, printed around 1455 in Mainz, Germany. That isn’t the case, and a University of Utah ...

"Jikji Simche Yojeol," the world's oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type, will be put on public display in France for the first time in 50 years. According to the website of the ...