Edward Hyunjin Yun

A Virtual Museum of Korean History

Hello, my name is Hyunjin Yun, and Edward is my English name. I was born in 2005, and I am currently a sophomore at Chadwick International School. I’ve been to this school since 5th grade in 2016, and it’s my 6th year at Chadwick International School. When I was young, my parents first introduced me to Korean history. They brought me to historical heritages and museums. In the beginning, I didn’t understand why they kept trying to teach me about history. I had an indication that history is not useful for our future and lives. I found out that I was wrong by the first visit. I was impressed by the historical events and heritages, and I could see myself finding more information with my computer when I came back to my house. That was since I started to enjoy and study history. Currently, I am an expert at history, as I am a part of several institutions about Korean history. 

This online museum was started by an event. International schools have a lot of foreigners who are interested in Korea. However, I could examine that they weren’t able to receive this information, in a safe and accessible way. Especially due to the corona pandemic since 2020, visitation to different places wasn’t possible. Therefore, I tried to solve this problem, and help the foreigners learn more about Korea. I wanted to choose one aspect of Korea, and I made my decision without any doubts: History. I went through famous museum websites in Korea, and I figured out that each history had different historical information that is very important. I came up with an idea to create an online museum website, where all the information of the time period is combined. This was the first step of this online museum.