The Korea Herald

[Visual History of Korea] Jeungdoga book may be oldest movable metal type print book

Early movable metal type printing from the period of the Goryeo Kingdom shows surface tension of the ink, which is a common tendency of liquid on metal surface at rest to shrink into circular liquid ...
The Korea Times

Early Joseon-era metal movable type blocks unveiled to public

Up to 1,755 excavated artifacts, including the oldest existing movable metal type print blocks made in the Joseon era (1392-1910), at around 1434, will be unveiled to the public in the National Palace ...
The Korea Times

An epiphany about metal movable type — literacy and civilized government

I’ve had an epiphany. This one is about Korean printing technology. The basic question is: Why, if the Gutenberg press spawned the Renaissance and then the Enlightenment and the end of feudalism in ...
Korea

Joseon metal type revived in exhibit

The ancient Korean kingdom of Joseon (1392-1910) is known as “a kingdom of type printing.” Starting with the first-ever Joseon system of movable metal type, called the gyemija (계미자, 癸未字), created in ...
The Korea Herald

[Visual History of Korea] Korea’s metal printing press was head and shoulders above the rest

When French diplomat Victor Collin de Plancy (1853-1924) was posted in Joseon Korea, he collected many unique treasures, including rare ancient Korean books. He returned to France with the treasures ...
Korea

Oldest Hangeul printing blocks found in major archeological discovery

About 1,600 blocks of metal movable type dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries have been discovered in downtown Seoul, with some inscribed with Hangeul around the time when the Korean alphabet ...