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#Korean Folktales

Strawberries in Winter

2015-07-20

Once upon a time, a government official started his new post as a magistrate in a local village. In his new office, the magistrate noticed that an official ...

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Hwang Jin-yi

2015-07-15

The city of Gaeseong개성 in North Korea, now known for an inter-Korean industrial park, used to be called Songdo during the Joseon period. The city ...

Sounds of Korea

#Korean Folktales

The Salt Peddler and the Fox

2015-07-13

Once upon a time, a poor salt peddler was traveling from village to village to sell his salt. He was climbing down the mountains, still far away from ...

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Sambok heat waves

2015-07-08

The hottest days of summer are called sambok삼복 in Korea. About two or three weeks after summer solstice comes chobok초복 or the first heat wave, followed ...

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A Single Grain of Rice

2015-07-06

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man in a village. He was well respect in the town as he had accumulated great wealth through hard work and diligence. ...

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Sijo, Korean traditional poetry

2015-07-01

Sijo is a traditional poetic form written entirely in Korean. A sijo is composed of three lines, each line averaging between 14 and 16 syllables. ...

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Record of Lady Sa’s Southward Journey

2015-06-29

During the Ming Dynasty of China, there lived a scholar surnamed Yu. He married Lady Sa, who was a faithful and virtuous wife. The two loved each other ...

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Women’s chores

2015-06-24

In the old days it was commonplace to make clothes from scratch, from weaving to cutting and sewing. And that task was regarded as women’s work. In ...

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#Korean Folktales

The Black Cow and the Brown Cow

2015-06-22

One summer day, a young scholar was taking a rest under a tree on his way home. Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he saw an old farmer plowing a field ...

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Dano

2015-06-17

Let’s begin today’s episode of Sounds of Korea with the introduction of a famous scene from the love story of Chunhyang. A young man, tired of being ...

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