Times Past in Korea: An Illustrated Collection of Encounters, Customs and Daily Life Recorded by Foreign Visitors - Paperback

by Martin Uden (Author)

In this fascinating collection of writings on times past in Korea the author helps to lift the veil on this once closed country, providing the reader with a wide selection of first-hand accounts by travellers who 'discovered' Korea.

Author Biography

Martin Uden is the British Ambassador in Seoul. He graduated in Law at Queen Mary College, London, and was later called to the Bar. He subsequently chose a career in the diplomatic service, joining the British Foreign Office in 1978. Since then, he has spent over six years living in Seoul, but also serving at the British Embassy in Bonn, at the British High Commission in Ottawa, as well as at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.