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Africa’s Friend

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VANK’s New Dream, Korea Becomes a Friend of Africa. AFRICA The continent of the world’s poorest countries The continent of malaria and AIDS The land of never-ending conflict and war The world’s most dangerous destination Africans have suffered from the lingering legacy of long colonial rule. The black continent of Africa has lost hope. One day, VANK received a special invitation from Africa. “Please come to Zimbabwe, and give hope to young people here!” “I hope to initiate cultural exchanges [...]

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The Second Independence

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The First Independence Our territory, culture, language, and national spirit There was a time when all of these were taken away from us. Korea’s Tragic History The Japanese Occupation Period (1910~1945) On March 1, 1919, the March First Movement took place against Japanese colonial rule. Millions of Koreans went to the streets to shout “Hooray for Korea’s Independence!” “The people’s shouting for independence shook the heavens and the earth. Tens of thousands of students gathered at Pagoda Park and cried [...]

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Korea seeks a way to peaceful unification

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Five things that foreigners think when they hear the word, ‘Korea’ The Korean wave (4%) North korean nuclear issues (6%) Electronic appliances (12%) kimchi (18%) Only divided country in the world (39%) 5 out of 10 foreigners use “divided country” to describe Korea an incident that made korea receive international broadcasting stations’ attention The korean war on june 25, 1950 Since then, the inter-korean problem became the most popular issue about korea and, foreign press’ provocative reports that emphasize a [...]

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Dokdo – General Euljimundeok

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The Great victory at Salsu River It was a battle in which Goguryeo definitively defeated the invasion of the Sui Emperor Yang in 612. Emperor Yang came with an army of 305,000 soldiers, but less than 3000 returned alive. Goguryeo army was led by General Eulji Mundeok. While facing each other at the Yalu, General Eulji penetrated the Sui army camp alone and scouted out the enemy base. After discovering the scouting operation, the Sui army chased him. General Eulji [...]

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Dokdo 1910

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This is a story about what happened in Korea 100 years ago In 1900, the international situation was changing rapidly because of Western powers. In this time of confusion, the neighboring country Japan began its move toward colonization. Japan launched a long-term project to manipulate the world’s perception of Japan. The Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) Two foreign powers fought over control of Korea. This conflict led to the Sino-Japanese War. At the end of this war, the two countries signed [...]

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Northeast Asia Project

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Destructionof cultural assets of minor ethnic groups in China. China, Daeryeon county this place was a naval defense fortress of Goguryo, the world’s mightiest nation in the 4 and 5th centuries. Bisa fortress, one of the world’s best defended historical fortresses surrounded by cliffs on all four sides is being destroyed due to China’s failure to correctly conserve the historical site and its development of the site as a tourist hotspot. This old castle is a counterfeit as seen from [...]

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