In the late fall of 1897, the general Korean population was worried about the ever-increasing prices in local markets. Housewives were quite pleased to discover that imported salt was reasonably ...

The main gate of Hwangudan, a former imperial altar in central Seoul, has been transformed into an open garden for the public ...

See the article in its original context from December 29, 1897, Page 6 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine. ... The centre of interest in the Far East is suddenly transferred to Korea.

RUSSIA IN KOREA.; Operations of the ... Dec. 28, 1897. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 28, 1897, Page 1 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

In the 1890s, Russian sailors were a tough, hard-drinking lot but, surprisingly, in Korea, there weren't that many violent encounters between native Russian sailors and the residents of the ports.