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Information about Korean including its history. See also personal accounts of martial arts training elsewhere on the DCTKD web site: Training in Korea.

Tour2Korea.com
The official Korea Tourism Guide; South Korea Travel and Culture. For a great way to find out more about different areas of Korea using a cool interactive map, check under "Sightseeing" and then "Destinations by Region." (9/14/06) (Originally Published: 9/14/2006; Last DCTKD update: 9/15/2006)
Image of Korea (Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism)
A good site that provides an overview of many facets of Korean culture including hangul, kimchee, hanbok, Mt. Seoraksan, taekwondo, and more. (Originally Published: 12/9/2005; Last DCTKD update: 12/9/2005)
PBS Online: Hidden Korea
"Korean culture is still based on certain 600 year-old Confucian principles. Among these are willingness to work hard at any task and, especially, devotion to the family. These family values are best observed during their major holiday called Ch’usok. Each year, about the time of the harvest moon, Koreans memorialize their ancestors with food and prayer. Families members travel to wherever their ancestral homes are. There they build altars laden with food and then go to their grandparents’ or parents’ burial mounds where they offer food and bow in homage. It is a colorful and moving ceremony. In this and many other ways the Korean peoples’ basic cultural values remain vital." (Originally Published: 1/15/2003; Last DCTKD update: 11/30/0002)
Korea Tale (KoreaTips.net)
Brief summaries of three Korean myths: “Korean fairy tales especially described the romantic harmony that is found between humans and the cosmos. Hearing these tales offers you the opportunity to appreciate Korean history and the lives of it’s people.” (Last DCTKD update: 2/27/2007)