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NK ScholarDatabase of 32 North Korean scholarly journal titles in various Sciences including National Science, Medicine, Architecture, Engineering Science, etc. This database provides article level citations and full-text journal articles.
Korea ScholarFull-text journal database of Korean journals in various subject areas. Currently, this database provides journal articles from 238 journal titles published by 166 research institutions.
Digital Collections [Off-line]
Postcards collection of Busan Museum 부산박물관 사진엽서 콜렉션 [The looks of modern Korea from postcards : 사진엽서로 보는 근대 풍경 ]The photo postcards image collection of Busan Museum is an archive of about 3,700 digitized postcards of modern Korea from 1910 to 1945, originally printed during the Japanese colonial period. The collection consists of Korean city views (Seoul, Busan, Pyongyang, etc.), historic sites (palaces, temples, etc.), natural landscape (Kŭmgangsan, etc.), Korean customs and people, and so on. It is also available as 8-volume set in book format at the Korean stacks of the Harvard-Yenching Library.
Photo postcards collection of Saga Museum 사가박물관 사진엽서 콜렉션 [Modern Joseon picture postcards : 근대 조선 그림엽서 - 사가박물관 소장 한반도 그림엽서 콜렉션]The photo postcards image collection of Saga Museum is an archive of about 3,000 digitized postcards of modern Joseon (Korea) from 1900 to 1945, originally printed and published during the Japanese colonial period. The collection includes postcards of commemoration of the Japanese Government General of Korea, the Chosŏn exhibition, city views, historical sites, Korean customs and people, museums in Korea, and so on.
Ilbon Chiri P’ungsok Taegye Chosŏn p’yŏn 일본 지리 풍속 대계 – 조선편 사진 콜렉션The photographs collection of Joseon (Korea) is an archive of about 900 digitized photographs of Joseon, originally printed and published in book format in Tokyo by Seibundō Shinkōsha (新光社) in 1935. The collection mainly contains photographs of geographic information of Korea and life and customs of Korean people from 1910 to 1945. Ilbon Chiri P’ungsok Taegye Chosŏn p’yŏn is available as a 2-volume reprint set in the Harvard-Yenching Library.
Ilbon Chiri Taegye Chosŏn p’yŏn 일본 지리 대계 – 조선편 사진 콜렉션The photographs collection of Joseon (Korea) is an archive of about 560 digitized photographs of Joseon, originally printed and published in book format in Tokyo by Kaizōsha (改造社) in 1930. The collection mainly contains photographs of geographic information of Korea and life and customs of Korean people from 1910 to 1945. Ilbon Chiri Taegye Chosŏn p’yŏn is available in the Harvard-Yenching Library.
North Korean photographs collection 북한사진 콜렉션The photographs collection of North Korea is an archive of about 50,000 digitized photographs of North Korea from 1940’s to 2000’s. The photographs are arranged by subjects; education, national ceremonies, international relations, funeral ceremony of Kim Il-sŏng, the Korean war, General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Ch’ongnyŏn), and so on. The collection is available at the workstation in the Harvard-Yenching Library reading room (first floor).
Nodong sinmun 로동신문 [조선로동당중앙위원회기관지]Nodong Sinmun, Chosŏn Nodongdang Chungang Wiwŏnhoe kigwanji, is a newspaper of North Korea. It is available in PDFs at the workstation in the Harvard-Yenching Library reading room. The coverage is from 1945 to 1999. Post-2000 issues are available in print format as well.
Inmin’gun po 인민군보 [조선인민군 : 북조선 인민 위원회 민족 보위국 기관지]Inmin’gun po, Chosŏn inmin’gun: Pukchosŏn Inmin Wiwŏnhoe Minjok Powiguk kigwanji, is a newspaper of North Korea. It is available in PDFs at the workstation in the Harvard-Yenching Library reading room. It covers from 1948 to 1997.