Korea Collection (page 7)

Keegi Gate Seoul - South Korea
Changuimun Gate (Jahamun Gate) Seoul - South Korea. One of four mini gates in the north surrounding the castle town of Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty. Decorated with wooden chickens in its rafters

Temple or Tomb - South Korea
A hilltop Temple or Tomb - South Korea Date: circa 1910s

Carved Korean Mountain Gods at the roadside. Date: 1909

Japan / Korea / Peace
The Korean ambassador arrives at Yokohama to sign a peace treaty with Japan Date: 1876

Map / Asia / China 1871
The CHINESE EMPIRE with Korea and Japan. The Treaty Ports are underlined, Hong Kong is underlined in red Date: 1871

A man and a woman of Korea. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Mansudae Grand Monument, Pyongyang, North Korea
Depiction of revolutionary peasants and workers, part of the Mansudae Grand Monument, located at Mansu Hill, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

War veterans in Pyongyang, North Korea
Three veterans of the Korean War (1950-1953) pose for their photo in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. Two are in their uniforms, one is in a suit

International Friendship Exhibition Palace, North Korea
External view of the International Friendship Exhibition Palace (or Hall), a six-storey temple at Myohyang-san (Mysterious Fragrant Mountain) in North Pyongan province

View of Pyongyang, North Korea
General view of Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, across the Taedong River in the early morning

Statue below the Juche Tower, Pyongyang, North Korea
A statue depicting three members of the proletariat, one with a hammer, one with a sickle and one with a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a " working intellectual" )

Young people in Pyongyang, North Korea
Young people in formation in Kim Il Sung Square, in front of the Korean Central History Museum, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. They are practising for a mass show to take place in a sports stadium

Central History Museum, Pyongyang, North Korea
The Central History Museum in Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, with a line of buses or trams in the foreground

Mansudae Art Theatre, Pyongyang, North Korea
External view of the Mansudae Art Theatre in the centre of Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. The elaborate sculpture of human figures in front includes a fountain

Grand Peoples Study House, Pyongyang, North Korea
External view of the Grand Peoples Study House in Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. The equivalent of the Library of Congress or the British Library

Korean Archers - Keijo (Seoul)
The Bowing Game of Chosen - Korean Archers of Keijo (Seoul), in Chosen Province practising traditional archery

Cornus Kousa (Japanese Flowering Dogwood)
Cornus Kousa or Benthamidia Kousa (Japanese Flowering Dogwood), a hardy shrub or small tree from Japan and Korea, of the Cornaceae family. Seen here bearing bright red berries, which are edible

Chosan, Korea - Village Street
Chosan is a kun (or county), in Chagang province, North Korea. It borders the Peoples Republic of China to the north. This picture predates the countrys split

Li Hui / Korea / Illus Tiden
LI HUI King of Korea

Korea Kyomon
View of the harbour, formerly known (to the British, anyway) as Port Hamilton

Squid Drying in Sun 1976
A family drying squid in the sun at Sokcho, South Korea

Japanese Occupy Seoul
Korea : the Japanese occupy Seoul

Dance of the Lion / Korea
Dance of the Lion. The dancer in a lions costume is followed through the streets

Japan Tries to Hook
European intervention stops Japan from hooking Korea. Korea, then a Chinese fiefdom, had been invaded by Japan, but gained independence in the Treaty of Shimonoseki

United Nations Forces
United Nations forces go into action in Korea - the gung-ho start to what will be an ever- more-dispiriting campaign, ending with the division of the country

China / Korea Join Forces
Korean Peoples Army troops join forces with the Chinese Peoples Volunteers

Korean Fortune Teller
In Korea, a master of the I-Ching tells a womans fortune in the street

Jingu and Chuai
The empress Jingu urges her husband, the emperor Chuai to direct his efforts to the west. He won t listen, so the gods slay him, and Jingu makes a friendly treaty with Korea

Inchon, Korea
A major seaport of Korea, formerly known as Chemulpo to some, Jinsen to others. Also a Korean nobleman in his distinctive hat

Seoul - Street Scene
Street scene and a Korean noblewoman

Seoul - Palace
The Imperial Palace at Seoul. and a Korean soldier

Rice in Korea
Cultivating rice in Korea - the winnowing and crushing processes

Korean Postman
A Korean postman kneels on the ground as he takes his mail from the basket on his back and hands it to a high official

Seoul Riots V Japan
Seoul : rioters in conflict with the Japanese forces of occupation

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