Hong's Korean Connection

Index

• Computers (and Hangul)
• Information
• Academia Coreana
  • Language
  • Culture
  • History
  • Korean Studies
• Food / Beverage
• People
• Media / Broadcasts
  • Newspaper / News
  • Internet Only Broadcast
  • TV / Cables
  • Radio
• Entertainment
  • Music / Gayo
  • Movies
  • Manhwa / Comics
  • Others
• The Other Korea

• Hangul and Internet in Korea FAQ - A very comprehensive guide for get your computer to display Hangul.
• Microsoft Global Input Method Editors (IMEs) Further Enhance East Asian Text Input - an information article including the Korean IME.
• NJ Star - An okay Korean input/output subsystem.
• Unionway - Before I used Windows 2000, this was my choice for the Korean input/output subsystem.

• HanMir - formerly known as KT114.
• Korean Missions Abroad - includes Korean Embassies all around the world by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
• Korea Highway Corporation - I think you are supposed to be able to get live feed.
• Korea Subway Information - Maps and routes and etc.
• KoreaWeb by Frank Hoffmann.
• Yahoo Korea - Possibly the best compilation just as its US counterpart.
• WISEnut Search Engine - Pretty good web search engine. Also can search in Korean.

Language

• Declan's Korean Language Page
• The Hangul Foundation - I think they were formed relatively recently.
• Hong's Hangul Page (on site).
• An Introduction to Korean by J. David Eisenberg.
• Korean ABCD is GaNaDaRa - A Yahoo! club for people interested in learning Korean.
• The Korean Keyboard WWW Virtual Library
• The Korean Language Society - Possibly the oldest organization on the Korean language.
• The Korean Language (TKL) Web - A web site for a Yahoo! Club, which seems to have disappeared.
• Korean Nirvana - Another Yahoo! club "for people who study the Korean Language."
• Korean through English by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This is an excellent site.
• Natogi's Korean Info - All in Korean, though. Information on the official literature on the pronunciation and spelling rules.

Culture

• Art Seoul - Korean fine arts and antiques.
• Ho-ching - How to address members of the family-in-law, in Korean.
• Korea Artland - A site showcasing some of Korean painters.
• Korean Arts by IAC (Interactive Art Communications).
• Korean-Arts - A store and information on Korean celadon pottery and other Korean traditional items.
• Koryo Hand Acupuncture - Very informative, although I haven't tried it yet.
• Korean Culture - An interesting article by Dr. PyungSu KIM. A very general view of the Korean culture, but could be a useful quick guide for foreigners to Korea.
• Looking for the Roots - Korean Surnames and Family Trees.
• The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts.
• Ware4U - Probably a gift site, but it has introductory pages for Korean traditional masks, potteries and paintings and many more.

History

• HAN - Korean Residents in Japan: the Academic Side
• Korean History - On the subject of an alternative Korean history.
• Korean History Project - A bit funky content organization, but seems to have quite a bit of stuff.
• Korean War 50th Anniversary Home Page - An U.S. Army site.
• Korean War Project Homepage - If you had any of your family members in the Korean War, you should take a look at this.
• NSA Korean War Commemoration - Contains documents released from NSA from the war.

Korean Studies

• Digital HanGukHak - Korean Studies on Net.
• The Kyujanggak Archives - The old document archives in Seoul National University.

• Cooking - from Yahoo! Korea.
• Kimchi - Quite an extensive info on Kimchi from Korea Food Research Institute.
• Life in Korea: Food and Drink Menu - Brief, but useful (hopefully) description.
• The Secret of Korean Food - Brief description on the subject in English.

• Also-Known-As - One of the most active Korean adoptee site in the U.S.
• Global Overseas Adoptees Link by a Korea-based group devoted to provide links between Korean adoptees abroad and their birth country.
• halfkorean.com - Hosting The Half Korean Page.
• The Korean Adoptee Homepage by a group also devoted to providing support for Korean adoptees abroad.
• Korean Adoptees Worldwide - A Yahoo! Groups.
• The Korean Pages

Newspapers / News

• Chosun IlBo
• Dong-A Ilbo
• HanGyeoRe SinMun
• JoongAng IlBo
• The Korea Economic Daily
• Korea WebWeekly from KimSoft.

Internet Only Broadcast

• SHOUTcast - not really for Koreans only, but search on "kpop" and you will get some stuff. The list of available stations depends on the time of day.
• AMu Webcast - formerly Nine4U, one of the earliest Korean Internet radio station site.

TV / Cables

• Educational Broadcasting Services (EBS) Homepage
  
  • Subscription-based.
• KMTV (cable ch43)
  
  • Subscription-based.
• Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Homepage
  
  • KBS 1TV (ch9) using Windows Media Player.
  • KBS 2TV (ch7) using Windows Media Player.
• Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Homepage
  
  • MBC TV (ch11) using Windows Media Player.
• m.net (cable ch27)
  
  • m.net (cable 27) using Windows Media Player.
  • m.net nonstop or direct using Windows Media Player.
• Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) Homepage
  
  • Subscription-based.
• Yonhap Television News Homepage
  
  • YTN (cable ch24) - high bit rate or direct using Windows Media Player.
  • YTN (cable ch24) - low bit rate or direct using Windows Media Player.

Radio

• Educational Broadcasting Services EBS) Homepage
  
  • Subscription-based.
• Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Homepage
  
  • KBS 1AM Radio 771 kHz / 97.3 MHz using Windows Media Player.
  • KBS 2AM Radio 603 kHz / 639 kHz using Windows Media Player.
  • KBS 3AM Radio 603 kHz / 639 kHz using Windows Media Player.
  • KBS 1FM Radio 93.1 MHz using Windows Media Player.
  • KBS 2FM Radio 89.1 MHz using Windows Media Player.
  • Radio Korea International (RKI) using Windows Media Player.
  • Community Education Radio Broadcast 972 kHz / 1134 kHz / 6.015 kHz using Windows Media Player.
• MBC Radio
  
  • MBC AM Radio 900 kHz / Standard FM 95.9 MHz or direct using Windows Media Player.
  • MBC Music FM Radio 91.9 MHz or direct using Windows Media Player.
• Radio Korea (L.A.-based) Homepage
  
  • AM 1280 kHz using Windows Media Player.
• Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) Homepage
  
  • Subscription-based.

Music / Gayo

• Best TOP 10 song - You can vote and they also serve very high quality clips.
• changgo.com - online "vault" of album database in Korean.
• Gang.A.G Culture & Art - An independent record label.
• kpopdb - A relatively well designed Korean Pop database site.
• Kpop Platinum - Korean pop music MP3, pictures and stuff.
• KR AsiaMusic.Net - a good starting point for music in Korea.
• Korean Audio Visual Network - Korean pop music clips and stuff.
• KoreanStars.com - Self-proclaiming "Home of Korean Entertainners".
• Korean Underground Music - A compilation by Michael Glass at Sogang University.
• Korea Video & Phonogram Association - It publishes sales statistics.
• Lyrics Korea Music Net - Lyrics database on KoreaMusic.net.
• MiLLiM - Maybe a Korean equivalent of MP3.com.
• Music Chosun - Newly opened music site from chosun.com.
• Music Plaza - An L.A.-based Korean CD shop.
• @soompi.com - Korean pop music news and stuff.
• ssamnet - A very good indie/underground music site.
• The Unofficial NatSunSaRamDeul Page (on site).

Movies

• Cine21 - HanGyeoRe's weekly movie magazine.
• Cinema Chosun
• Darcy's Korean Film Page - Seems to have pretty decent information.
• Korean Cinema Edition - About Korean films in English.

Manhwa / Comics

• Chollian's Entertainment Channel includes online-manhwa pages.
• huns club - another illustration diary site. I really like his style.
• snowcat - a cute character site with regular updates.
• GwangSu SaengGag among other cartoons on ChosunIlBo.
• hottoon - alternative comix webzine.

Others

• AltAsia - It's actually very interesting to see this well organized concerts/theaters information site in Japanese. I'd say it's better than most Korean sites...
• Ddanji Parody News - A quite good parody news site.

• Air Koryo: The gate way to DPRK - This must be the official airline.
• Choson Sinbo - Another news media operating in Japan.
• CNS DPRK Report from Monterey Institute of International Studies.
• DPRK - Democratic People's Republic of Korea by KimSoft.
• DPRK KOREA - a Chinese site.
• DPRK - North Korea by Tim Beal.
• Images of North Korea - Some pictures from Travel Images.
• "The Game of Their Lives" - A British documentary on the North Korea football (all right... soccer) team at the 1966 World Cup.
• Korean Central News Agency - The main (possibly only) news agency in DPRK.
• Koryo Tours for North Korea Tours.
• Korea-DPR - Not quite sure what it's about...
• My DPRK visiting by Myung-Soo Kim.
• North Korean Studies - Seems to be hosted in Russia. Also mirrored here.
• North Korea WWW Virtual Library by M. Y. Han.
• The People's Korea by Choson Sinbo.
• Taro's Site by Sight featuring a section on "What I saw in North Korea".
• Topics on North Korea from University of Kansas.
• Visit the DPRK aka North Korea by Alan D. Miller.
• Welcome to DPRK - I think it's a travel log...