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 ...

“1377: Printing of Jikji in Korea, the oldest known dated text printed with movable metal type.” Many European visitors to “Printing! Gutenberg’s Europe,” a new exhibit at the BnF, or the National ...

There is a popular saying in Cheongju, South Korea, that “anyone who does not know Jikji is a foreign spy.” The word appears on every street sign, and has been appended to the names of cafes, ...

A group of Korea.net Honorary Reporters on Aug. 5 visited the National Museum of Korea after the facility was reopened last month. The government's quarantine efforts allowed all cultural facilities ...

"Jikji," acknowledged by UNESCO as the world's oldest book printed in movable metal type, will be presented to the public for the first time in 50 years at a major exhibition in France. The book will ...

Printed in 1377, the Goryeo Jikjisimgyeong is the world's oldest document created using movable metal type, 78 years ahead of the Gutenberg Bible. That's common knowledge to any Korean who went to ...

"Jikji Simche Yojeol," the world's oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type, will be put on public display in France for the first time in 50 years. According to the website of the ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...