In 935, Unified Silla was peacefully incorporated into Goryeo. Following a power struggle among leaders in Later Baekje, Gyeon Hwon surrendered to Wang Geon. In 936, Later Baekje fell to Goryeo. Thus, ...

Powerful kingdoms such as Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla were established on the Korean Peninsula along with smaller states like Okjeo and Dongye. By the fifth century, Goguryo, Baekje and Silla sought to ...

Wildfire-ravaged Buddhist temple Smoke rises from the remains of burnt-out Gaunru Pavilion, designated as a national treasure from the Unified Silla Dynasty (668-918), at Goun Temple in Uiseong ...

This tile is from Kyongju, the capital of the Unified Silla dynasty of Korea. The city was famous for its wide streets laid out in a grid. All the houses, palaces and Buddhist temples had tiled ...

A scene of the excavation site of Gyeongju's Wolseong, a palace complex of the Silla Dynasty (57 B.C.- A.D. 935) [KOREA HERITAGE SERVICE] According to "Samguk Sagi," or "The Chronicles of the Three ...

In 757, under King Gyeongdeok, of the Unified Silla, the name was changed to Suseong-gun. In 940, during the Goryeo Dynasty, the name was changed again, to Sutu.

Compared to other dynasties like the Silla (57 B.C.-A.D. 935) or Joseon (1392-1910), relatively less attention gets paid to the Goryeo dynasty which existed for 475 years, from 918 to 1392. But this ...

Beyond the aesthetic aspects, Silla’s emphasis on beauty is further accentuated by its key figures. Misil (미실; 美室), Queen Seondeok (선덕여왕), and the Hwarang (화랑; 花郞) are three representatives of beauty ...