Treasure Hunting (Korean: 보물찾기; RR: Bomulchatgi) is a Manhwa series by Kang Gyung-Hyo.[1][2][3] The series has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide.[4]

The series introduces South Korean readers to different countries around the world, their history, geography, and culture, through the eponymous treasure hunt for a lost, hidden, or stolen artifact that is culturally or historically significant to the particular country.

It mentions historical ties between South Korea and the country being visited. In translations for different countries, this introduction is changed accordingly for its target demographic.

Premise

The primary character of the series is the young but precocious Pang-Yi who accompanies his uncle, the Professor Gu-Bon, on various foreign trips for historical studies. They encounter a clue to a lost item, and the hunt would take them across the country, bringing them to sights and experiences significant to said country.

Pang-Yi's rival is Do To-ri, a child prodigy, though they are willing to work together occasionally.

Characters

Main characters

Name Korean Name Birthday Description
Ji Pang-yi 지팡이 10 October The main protagonist of the main series, knowledgeable in history, and is observant.
Do To-ri 도토리 3 May The main protagonist of the main series after Ji Pang-yi.

Pang-Yi's rival, but is actually caring about Pang-yi. His IQ is 180. but he has no luck with girls, untalented in mathematics, and suffers from acrophobia.

Dotori's mentor is his father, Dr. Dotoran.

Professor Ji Gu-bon 지구본 15 November Famous archaeologist who was often invited overseas for assistance, portrayed as a fat gourmand with a brilliant mind.
Yi Eun-ju 이은주 15 October Research Assistant to Professor Gu-Bon, holds a crush on Dr. Pal-yi and Mark, despite them being the antagonists.
Dr. Do To-ran 도토란 20 November Academic rival to Professor Gu-Bon.

While Prof. Gu-Bon was mainly based in Korea, Dr. To-ran worked extensively for long periods overseas and appeared more cosmopolitan. His IQ is slightly higher than his son, To-ri.

Do Re-mi 도레미 3 May Do To-ri's younger sister, less intelligent than her brother and friendlier towards Pang-Yi; interested in art.

Antagonists

Name Korean Name Birthday Description
Dr. Bong Pal-yi 봉팔이 15 October One of the main antagonists of the main series, and the protagonist in the prequel series.

In the main series, he use his handsome looks to lead women into stealing treasures.

Bong Ja-ba 봉자바 7 March One of the main antagonists of the main series. She is Pal-yi's cousin, and is good at martial arts. Despite this, she was arrested.
Mark Youngman 마크 영맨 9 September One of main antagonists of the main series. He is a member of the Treasure Masters.

Like Pal-yi, he is a handsome man and made Eun-ju fall in love with him. Unlike the other antagonists in this series, he escapes Interpol and he is never arrested. His real nationality is unknown.

Wanda Kim 완다 김 25 April Pal-yi's mother, who supports her son in his effort to steal treasures.
Ko & Kai 5 May (Ko)

1 January (Kai)

 Dr. Bong Pal-Yi's henchmen. Ko is fat but Kai is thin. They met Dr. Pal-Yi since they were children.

Supporting characters

Name Korean Name Birthday Description
Choi Ichi/Takuya/James First appears in Japan. He is a Japanese-Korean boy who does not like his own name. He has 3 names. James (English), Takuya (Japanese), Choyeiji (Korean).
Nuri First appears in Turkey. He likes Dotori, but later likes Reyna, the girl in Israel. He is Muslim.
Professor Will An old English man. He is Professor Ji Gubon and Professor Do Toran's teacher.
Catherine/Sophie First appears in France. She is a rich girl who acts like a spoiled brat, and she likes Pangyi and Dotori. Her name is as same as Catherine of Medici.
Duke Enrée The High Duke of France and Catherine's father.
The Butler Lady Catherine's personal butler. He is an old man who really cares of his young master, lady Catherine.
Bart First appears in Canada as a Korean boy. He is Dotori and Doremi's cousin. He is the best friend of Billy because they are hockey players.
Indy First appears in America, then Germany and Italy. He is also a treasure hunter. He likes adventure and hunting treasures from all around the world. He always has equipment with him, but he doesn't like to take a bath.

World Adventure History

Name Korean Name Country Birthday Description
Wendy 한송이 Iraq Pangyi's friend. She is a member of UNESCO.
Chun Li 메이링 China Chinese fighter.
Tandoori 반디 India A boy that looks like a girl because he never cut his hair. His religion is Sikh.
Mrs. Misra India A beautiful Indian woman. She is Tandoori's mother. Professor Ji Gubon has a crush on her.
Mr. Hudson Egypt An Egyptian oil millionaire. He wants Pangyi and Dotori team to help him hunting treasure in pyramid that he discovered. Yi Eun-ju has a crush on him.
Hawk America Native American fighter. He is working part-time job as a tour guide at the Statue of Liberty.
Two Tailed Skank America No one know what his actual name is, but people call him Two Tailed Skank because his fart can separate into two lanes.
Tsubame Japan A ninja kid and a bodyguard for the Geisha.
Kyonohana Japan Geisha. Her name means "the flower of the city". She keeps one fraction of Japanese sword.
Professor Kochu Japan A good old friend of Professor Ji Gu-bon. He is clumsy and lives in a small house full of books and documents.
Hera 헤라 Greece Her name is as same as the Greek goddess. She lives in Crete island. She likes Greek mythology. Both Pangyi and Dotori like her.
Nicos Greece Hera's father. He makes a fake treasure for Dr. Bong Palyi and regretted it.
Anne Germany An innocent sweet girl. She likes German history and playing piano.
Emir Germany Anne's twin brother. He likes to play football.
Jens Germany Heruns away from his father because his father is a Nazi. He has his own house. He is Anne and Emir's father.
Karl Germany Jens's father, Anne and Emir's grandpa. He used to be a Nazi SS officer. Currently, he is an old man that lives in a hospital in Munich. He is the only Nazi left that know about the gold treasures.
Maria Brazil A Brazilian natural explorer. She is Professor Ji Gubon's friend and he likes her, too.
Vice Professor Albert 앨버트 경 UK A rich English man. He is Professor Will's rival. He has a treasure of his own and he likes to make a competition for Pangyi vs Bong Palyi team. He wants them to battle to get his treasure.
Tom 톰 UK Student Council President received a message from 008. His parents died and later adopted by Dr. Bong Palyi.
Professor Mahmoud Turkey An architect. He is Nuree's father. He lies that he was Senan's relative. He was a Treasure Master.
Thani S. Silachai Thailand A boxer that can fight using Muay Thai.
Kaew Thailand A flower seller in the street. She is Thani's younger sister.
Ruud van Basten Netherlands An Art teacher of a university in Netherlands. He is secretly a Treasure Master. His surname is derived from the footballer Marco van Basten.
Mr. van Basten Netherlands A fat man who likes cheese. He looks like Santa Claus. He is Ruud's father.
Emily Netherlands A Dutch florist. Her picture was founded in one of Rud's paintings.
Ugo Mexico He believes in Mexican ancient civilisations and rituals. He wants to sacrifice Professor Ji Gubon's heart for the ritual.
Billy Canada Bart's best friend, first appears in Canada. He is a hockey player and a native Canadian.
Nguen Bun Hong Vietnam Loves to cook Pho. He is the third generation of chef after his father and grandfather.
Vinh Vietnam A professional Vietnamese chef. He wins the best chef of the year prize.
Vivika Austria An adopted child of President Rudolf. She is a musician who can play violin really good. She is Catherine's cousin.
President Rudolf Austria A rich Austrian man who adopted Vivika as his daughter. He is secretly a Treasure master.
Reyna Israel She wants to choose her own religion, but later she wants to be proudly Jewish just like her parents.
Jose Cuba A Cuban baseball player.
Amelia Cuba Jose's aunt. She is a Cuban doctor. Professor Ji Gubon has a crush on her.
Anna Cuba A pirate. She wants to steal all the treasure in the ocean. She is a relative of Davy Jones.
President Cecil White South Africa A British man who lives in South Africa during times when racism was present.
Tandy South Africa A kid who likes football. She has many part-time jobs.
Rosa South Africa Tandy's aunt. She helps President White to find a rainbow diamond. She is also President White's crush. She is dead.
Lion King South Africa An antagonist. He is Tandy's boss and president White's nephew. She likes to support football.
Annette Switzerland She is Pangyi's partner when they are hunting for treasure. She is a gold digger who likes to get money travel to another countries.
Schneider Switzerland Annette's father who was forced by his daughter to give her money.
George Switzerland He is a gangster who wants to steal the treasure, and has a crush on Annette.
Johann & Barbara Switzerland The Swiss middle-aged couple who lend Annette and Pangyi their residence for free.
Raffi New Zealand A Maori warrior whose grandfather is a tribal chief. He likes to play rugby. His favourite Rugby team is the All Blacks team.
Kena New Zealand Maori tribal chief. He used to be a Maori warrior. He wants his grandson Raffi to be a Maori warrior just like him.
Antonio Italy An Italian man from Milan. He asked Pangyi and Indy to find a treasure for him. He is a rival of Mario.
Mario Italy An Italian man from Naples. He asked Dotori and Catherine to find a treasure for him. He is a rival of Antonio.
Francesca Italy A greedy Italian woman who is obsessed with valuable treasures. She likes to make a redeem event for people to buy limited treasures.
Joseph Philippines An orphan boy that was raised by father Martin at the church since he was a kid.
Father Martin Philippines A Filipino priest who raised many orphans at his church.
Jay Philippines An emotionless girl who was raised by father Martin since she was a kid after her parents died because of Typhoon. She was hired by Mark to find a treasure for him. She was forced to be a Treasure Master and betrayed on father Martin.
Professor Loyola Philippines A Filipino archeologist that keeps the golden plate.
Irene Philippines The daughter of Ita tribal chief. She works as the massage officer.
Count Fersen Sweden A Swedish guy who likes to hide treasure for a competition. Yi Eun-ju has a crush on him. He is also Dr. Bong Pal-yi's childhood partner in ancient India and Ancient Greek.
Ole Finland A Finnish university student who is struggle to find a treasure, so he asked Dotori and Doremi for help. He also has an twin brother who likes to cosplay as Moomin.
Santa Claus Finland He rescued Doremi from drowning incident.
Saya Peru A Peruvian kid who really respects her sister. She help Pangyi finds treasure in Peru.
Goya Peru Saya's older sister. She is a smart university student but got tricked by Dr. Bong Pal-Yi.
Carrel Czechia He is a Czech boy who likes everything about occultism and black magic. He believes in the legend about Golem. He is also a wizard wannabe. He helps Catherine and Dotori to find Czech treasure.
Slakinski Czechia A spy of treasure master that helps Mark to steal treasure in Czechia.

Korean Adventure History

Name Dynasty/Era Birth Date Description
비밀 요원 700 Japanese occupation 21 April Advanced Special Agent sent to Independence Gate for investigation

World Civilization Adventure History

Name Korean Name Ancient Birth Date Description
Paris 15 October Bong Pal-yi in youth. Main protagonist in the prequel series.
Diana 다이애나 28 June A silly British girl, Dr. Bong Pal-yi's childhood friend and she also has a crush on him and Mark.
Sir Wellington 웰링턴 경 A rich British man who is Diana's father. He is mostly a supporting character.

Titles

World Adventure History (세계 탐험 시리즈)

No. Title Original title Date of publication ISBN
1 Treasure Hunting in  Iraq 이라크에서 보물찾기 10 December 2003
2 Treasure Hunting in  France 프랑스에서 보물찾기 20 January 2004 978-9-8108-8858-9
3 Treasure Hunting in  China 중국에서 보물찾기 3 May 2004 978-9-8108-8870-1
4 Treasure Hunting in  India 인도에서 보물찾기 12 October 2004 978-9-8108-9095-7
5 Treasure Hunting in  Egypt 이집트에서 보물찾기 2 February 2005 978-9-8108-9095-7
6 Treasure Hunting in  America 미국에서 보물찾기 29 April 2005 978-9-8108-9309-5
7 Treasure Hunting in  Japan 일본에서 보물찾기 15 September 2005 978-9-8108-9308-8
8 Treasure Hunting in  Greece 그리스에서 보물찾기 20 December 2005
9 Treasure Hunting in  Russia 러시아에서 보물찾기 1 March 2006
10 Treasure Hunting in  Germany 독일에서 보물찾기 17 May 2006 978-9-8107-3058-1
11 Treasure Hunting in  Australia 호주에서 보물찾기 4 September 2006
12 Treasure Hunting in  Brazil 브라질에서 보물찾기 15 December 2006 978-9-8107-1962-3
13 Treasure Hunting in  UK 영국에서 보물찾기 27 February 2007
14 Treasure Hunting in  Turkey 튀르키예에서 보물찾기 30 May 2007 978-9-8109-5581-6
15 Treasure Hunting in  Spain 스페인에서 보물찾기 30 August 2007 978-9-8107-2756-7
16 Treasure Hunting in  Thailand 태국에서 보물찾기 17 January 2008
17 Treasure Hunting in the  Netherlands 네덜란드에서 보물찾기 21 April 2008 978-9-8107-5596-6
18 Treasure Hunting in  Mexico 멕시코에서 보물찾기 21 July 2008 978-9-8107-2602-7
19 Treasure Hunting in  Canada 캐나다에서 보물찾기 25 November 2008 978-9-8107-6084-7
20 Treasure Hunting in  Vietnam 베트남에서 보물찾기 10 March 2009 978-9-8107-6183-7
21 Treasure Hunting in  Austria 오스트리아에서 보물찾기 15 June 2009 978-9-8107-6824-9
22 Treasure Hunting in  Israel 이스라엘에서 보물찾기 30 October 2009
23 Treasure Hunting in  Cuba 쿠바에서 보물찾기 22 February 2010 978-9-6705-4271-3
24 Treasure Hunting in  South Africa 남아공에서 보물찾기 1 June 2010 978-9-8107-1783-4
25 Treasure Hunting in   Switzerland 스위스에서 보물찾기 20 September 2010 978-9-8107-1581-6
26 Treasure Hunting in  New Zealand 뉴질랜드에서 보물찾기 8 June 2011 978-9-8107-7497-4
27 Treasure Hunting in  Italy part 1 이탈리아에서 보물찾기 1 24 August 2011
28 Treasure Hunting in  Italy part 2 이탈리아에서 보물찾기 2 27 November 2011
29 Treasure hunting in the  Philippines 필리핀에서 보물찾기 30 May 2012 978-9-8109-4822-1
30 Treasure Hunting in  Sweden 스웨덴에서 보물찾기 16 August 2012 978-9-8109-6282-1
31 Treasure Hunting in  Finland 핀란드에서 보물찾기 25 January 2013 978-9-8109-9050-3
32 Treasure Hunting in  Peru 페루에서 보물찾기 14 May 2013 978-9-8109-8372-7
33 Treasure Hunting in  Poland 폴란드에서 보물찾기 19 August 2013 978-9-8111-0238-7
34 Treasure Hunting in  Taiwan 대만에서 보물찾기 20 November 2013 978-9-8111-0798-6
35 Treasure Hunting in the  Czech Republic 체코에서 보물찾기 20 February 2014 978-9-8109-9527-0

Korean Adventure History (한국사 시리즈)

No. Title Original title Date of publication
1 Treasure Hunting in Goguryeo 1 고구려 시대 보물찾기 1 30 December 2010
2 Treasure Hunting in Goguryeo 2 고구려 시대 보물찾기 2 29 March 2011
3 Treasure Hunting in Baekje 1 백제 시대 보물찾기 1 30 October 2011
4 Treasure Hunting in Baekje 2 백제 시대 보물찾기 2 30 March 2012
5 Treasure Hunting in Silla 1 신라 시대 보물찾기 1 28 September 2012
6 Treasure Hunting in Silla 2 신라 시대 보물찾기 2 29 November 2012
7 Treasure Hunting in Later Silla 통일 신라 시대 보물찾기 10 March 2013
8 Treasure Hunting in Balhae 발해 시대 보물찾기 25 September 2013
9 Treasure Hunting in Goryeo 1 고려 시대 보물찾기 1 27 March 2014
10 Treasure Hunting in Goryeo 2 고려 시대 보물찾기 2 30 June 2014
11 Treasure Hunting in Goryeo 3 고려 시대 보물찾기 3 26 October 2014
12 Treasure Hunting in Joseon 1 조선 시대 보물찾기 1 15 January 2015
13 Treasure Hunting in Joseon 2 조선 시대 보물찾기 2 30 April 2015
14 Treasure Hunting in Joseon 3 조선 시대 보물찾기 3 31 July 2015
15 Treasure Hunting in Joseon 4 조선 시대 보물찾기 4 29 October 2015
16 Treasure Hunting in Joseon 5 조선 시대 보물찾기 5 25 February 2016
17 Treasure Hunting in Japanese occupation 1 일제강점기 보물찾기 1 26 April 2016
18 Treasure Hunting in Japanese occupation 2 일제강점기 보물찾기 2 25 August 2016
19 Treasure Hunting in Japanese occupation 3 일제강점기 보물찾기 3 25 October 2016
20 Treasure Hunting in Korean War 남북한 시대 보물찾기 23 February 2017

World Civilization Adventure History (세계사 시리즈)

No. Title Original title Date of publication
1 Treasure Hunting in Mesopotamia 메소포타미아 문명 보물찾기 28 June 2013
2 Treasure Hunting in Ancient Egypt 1 이집트 문명 보물찾기 1 26 December 2013
3 Treasure Hunting in Ancient Egypt 2 이집트 문명 보물찾기 2 22 May 2014
4 Treasure Hunting in Indus Valley Civilization 인더스 문명 보물찾기 25 August 2014
5 Treasure Hunting in Yellow River civilization 중국 황허 문명 보물찾기 25 November 2014
6 Treasure Hunting in Persian Empire 페르시아 제국 보물찾기 10 March 2015
7 Treasure Hunting in Ancient Greece 1 그리스 문명 보물찾기 1 29 May 2015
8 Treasure Hunting in Ancient Greece 2 그리스 문명 보물찾기 2 30 December 2015
9 Treasure Hunting in Roman Empire 1 로마 제국 보물찾기 1 28 June 2016
10 Treasure Hunting in Roman Empire 2 로마 제국 보물찾기 2 27 December 2016

World Cities Adventure History (세계 도시 탐험 시리즈)

No. Title Original title Date of publication
1 Treasure Hunting in Shanghai 상하이에서 보물찾기 21 April 2017
2 Treasure Hunting in Los Angeles LA에서 보물찾기 30 June 2017
3 Treasure Hunting in Osaka 오사카에서 보물찾기 28 August 2017
4 Treasure Hunting in Vancouver 벤쿠버에서 보물찾기 31 October 2017
5 Treasure Hunting in Sydney 시드니에서 보물찾기 30 January 2018
Treasure Hunting in Pyeongchang 평창에서 보물찾기 Published in conjunction with Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
6 Treasure Hunting in London 런던에서 보물찾기 26 April 2018
7 Treasure Hunting in Moscow 모스크바에서 보물찾기 26 June 2018
8 Treasure Hunting in Jakarta 자카르타에서 보물찾기 23 August 2018
9 Treasure Hunting in Seoul 1 서울에서 보물찾기 1 30 October 2018
10 Treasure Hunting in Seoul 2 서울에서 보물찾기 2 27 December 2018
11 Treasure Hunting in Jeju 1 제주에서 보물찾기 1 14 March 2019
12 Treasure Hunting in Jeju 2 제주에서 보물찾기 2 23 May 2019
13 Treasure Hunting in Busan 1 부산에서 보물찾기 1 22 August 2019
14 Treasure Hunting in Busan 2 부산에서 보물찾기 2 22 November 2019
15 Treasure Hunting in Rome 로마에서 보물찾기 6 February 2020
16 Treasure Hunting in Bangkok 방콕에서 보물찾기 21 May 2020
17 Treasure Hunting in Istanbul 이스탄불에서 보물찾기 27 August 2020
18 Treasure Hunting in Paris 파리에서 보물찾기 5 November 2020
19 Treasure Hunting in Singapore 싱가포르에서 보물찾기 18 February 2021
20 Treasure Hunting in New York 뉴욕에서 보물찾기 27 May 2021
21 Treasure Hunting in Lisbon 리스본에서 보물찾기 12 August 2021
22 Treasure Hunting in Hanoi 하노이에서 보물찾기 25 November 2021
23 Treasure Hunting in Berlin 베를린에서 보물찾기 1 April 2022
24 Treasure Hunting in Doha 도하에서 보물찾기 20 September 2022
25 Treasure Hunting in Budapest 부다페스트에서 보물찾기 28 February 2023

References

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