About the work

A closer look.

Name a place in Korea, or a claim about one, and I read it out of the primary sources: encyclopedias, government registers, county histories, the national dailies, the old maps. You get a written read: what the record actually says, the name each source uses and when, the specific book, site entry or article it sits in, the day I checked it, and a straight line on what is still contested. Written in plain English, no padding. This works for place-name origins, historic roads and passes, Scenic Site and heritage designations, which source really is the 'first record' of something, and claims that circulate without a citation. The first read is free: send the place or the claim and I reply with what the records say before you pay. If that first reply is useful, order here for the full sourced read.