One such world-acclaimed creator is Kim Sy Young, a master of black ceramics—an ancient Korean art form originating in the Goryeo Dynasty (918–1392). Known as an “alchemist of flame,” Sy ...

The emerging Dongdaemun Design Plaza will blend a new cultural center with a park memorializing a section of Seoul's ancient wall. Tony Law / Redux I’m being chauffeured through a parking garage ...

Seoul, South Korea, January 1959: Sanding wood and applying a special plaster, these older orphans of the Seoul Police and Soldiers Orphanage are learning lacquerware manufacture, a centuries-old ...