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New Year’s Day Customs

2015-03-04

In the old days, the Lunar New Year’s Day celebration didn’t end on that day, but lasted until the first full moon of the year. The twelve animal signs ...

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#Korean Folktales

Yeonorang and Seonyeo

2015-02-26

In the year 157, the fourth year of King Adala, who was the eighth ruler of the Silla Dynasty, there lived a man named Yeonorang and his wife Seonyeo ...

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Korean folk songs

2015-02-25

There are many different varieties of Korea’s iconic folk song Arirang. The song was often performed at work and at play, both when life was hard and ...

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#Korean Folktales

Fool who Planted Fried Sesame Seeds

2015-02-19

Once upon a time, there lived a man who was a fool. Fortunately, he got married but his wife was also a fool. Although both the husband and wife were not ...

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Lunar New Year’s Day & memorial service

2015-02-18

Lunar New Year’s Day is called “Seol” in Korea. The name supposedly originated from the word meaning “unfamiliar,” since the beginning of a new year ...

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#Korean Folktales

Tears of a Thief

2015-02-12

Once upon a time, there lived a poor scholar in a village. Although he was very poor, he was an honest and righteous man. One day, a thief broke into the ...

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Love of married couples

2015-02-11

A heartwarming independent movie soared to the top of the Korean box office late last year. The low-budget documentary film was about the decades-long ...

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#Korean Folktales

The Live Coal and the Wild Ginseng

2015-02-05

Once upon a time, there was a family that had kept its live coal going for seven consecutive generations. One day, the son in the family married a woman. ...

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Ipchun, the beginning of spring

2015-02-04

Today is Ipchun, the beginning of spring according to Korea’s seasonal calendar. In the old days, Korean people used the lunar calendar, based on ...

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The Faithful Son who Turned into Tiger

2015-01-29

Once upon a time, a man with the last name Hong lived with his wife and mother. The family of three lived happily and peacefully until the old mother ...

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