[%%IMAGE1%%]<p>  South Korea has around 30,000 dolmen, heavy rocks mounted at ancient burial sites for tribal leaders. Dolmen are scattered around the country, but the three main sites are Ganghwa Island in Incheon, Hwasun in South Jeolla Province and Gochang in North Jeolla Province. </p><p>Pingmae Bawi dolmen in Hwasun in South Jeolla Province measures 7 meters long and is four meters high, weighing 200 tonnes. The dolmen has a legend that someone who can throw a stone into a hole on top of the rock will get married soon. There are 596 dolmens in Hwasun.</p>

english_edition

e_entertainment

[Photo] Korea dolmen culture as world heritage (2)

Six times thus far state commissions have slapped broadcasters with penalties for making reference to stock price manipulation allegations faced by Kim Keon-hee

[Editorial] Penalties for airing allegations against Korea’s first lady endanger free press

Spending millions on SM-3 interceptor missiles will not protect South Korea

[Editorial] Yoon must halt procurement of SM-3 interceptor missiles

Questions remain as to whether a population decline necessarily dictates a pessimistic future for a country

[Guest essay] Maybe Korea’s rapid population decline is an opportunity, not a crisis

Humbled in his domestic policy by an election defeat, Yoon should use this opportunity to reflect on his administration’s diplomacy as well

[Column] Can Yoon steer diplomacy with Russia, China back on track?

An independent probe into the death of a Marine could expose manipulation of state affairs

[Column] Season 2 of special prosecutor probe may be coming to Korea soon

Park Geun-hye’s experience is a cautionary tale for Yoon

[Column] Park Geun-hye déjà vu in Yoon Suk-yeol

The extreme confrontation unfolding now between South and North is one where even a small mistake could lead to disaster

[Editorial] New weight of N. Korea’s nuclear threats makes dialogue all the more urgent

Even Rhee himself insisted that the government established in 1948 was “reconstructing” the government established in 1919 by independence activists

[Guest essay] The real reason Korea’s new right wants to dub Rhee a founding father

Mutual acknowledgment is the first step to peace and coexistence, so perhaps we in South Korea should give up the term “Bukhan” (North Korea) for the name it prefers: “Choson”

[Column] ‘Choson’: Is it time we start referring to N. Korea in its own terms?

New textbooks approved for use in middle schools make preposterous claims about Japan’s colonial rule over Korea

[Editorial] Japan’s rewriting of history with Korea has gone too far

60% of young Koreans see no need to have kids after marriage

Months and months of overdue wages are pushing migrant workers in Korea into debt

Bills for Itaewon crush inquiry, special counsel probe into Marine’s death pass National Assembly

Historic court ruling recognizes Korean state culpability for massacre in Vietnam

In rejecting statute of limitations defense in massacre case, Korean court faces up to Vietnam War a

“Those souls can rest now”: Vietnam massacre survivor reacts to Korean court win

[Reporter’s notebook] In Min’s world, she’s the artist — and NewJeans is her art

1 in 3 S. Korean security experts support nuclear armament, CSIS finds

전체

대통령실, 민주당에 “나쁜 정치”…거부권 시사에 얼어붙은 정국

‘채상병 특검법 통과’ 눈물 흘린 해병들…‘거부권’ 용산, 그 마음 외면하나

의대생 출석 시 “족보 금지” “공개사과”…선 넘은 ‘수업거부’ 강요

[단독] VVIP 모임 ‘서울클럽’서 알바 고용해 노조 사찰했다

조국과 파묘 [진옥섭 풍류로드]

‘아홉 살 때 교통사고’ 아빠가 진 빚…자녀가 갚아야 한다, 서른 넘으면

택배 상자 타고 1000km 날아간 고양이… ‘여기 어디냥’

전교생 계좌에 100만원씩…선배가 장학금 쏘는 부산공고

국힘 “‘채상병 특검법’ 대통령 거부권 건의할 것”…김웅, 나홀로 찬성표

아이들 영정에 올린 ‘이태원 특별법’…엄마는 소리 없이 울었다

hankyoreh

Links to other country sites 다른 나라 사이트 링크

[Photo] Korea dolmen culture as world heritage (2)

Editorial・opinion

Most viewed articles