Ms. Gil left school and briefly attended classes in the Korean tradition of gisaeng, women trained in singing and arts who entertained at upper-crust events. A friend, Ms. Gil recalled ...

Born into a poor household on Jeju Island off the southern coast of Korea, Gim became a "gisaeng" — enslaved women trained to provide artistic entertainment to upper-class men — after her ...

The school is going through a rough patch so the school teacher visits his girlfriend the gisaeng and suggests to his students that they bring in female students. So-hyang and the other girls ...