Science: Archaeology: Regional: Asia: South Korea

Bibliography on archaeology and history of Korea by Kenneth Robinson of the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawai'i.

An international authority on Korean archeology recently released a novel based on her field experiences in Korea and is winning solid acclaim from its readers in the United States.

The oldest site of iron and steel manufacturing from the early Paekje Kingdom (18 B.C.E. to 660 C.E.) of the Three Kingdoms period are found in Kian-ni, Hwasong in Gyeonggi.

From Discovery Channel, South Korean archaeologists said Wednesday they had found the world's oldest known domesticated rice, pushing back by thousands of years the recorded origins of Asia's staple food.