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#Sounds of Korea

Songs about Chunhyang and Lee Mong-ryong

2021-06-09

The first time that Lee Mong-ryong saw Chunhyang was on Dano단오 day in the spring of the year he turned sixteen. Dano falls on the prettiest time of the ...

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#Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

Sister Sun and Brother Moon

2021-06-08

Long, long ago, there lived a mother and her two children, a boy and a girl, in a tiny village deep in the mountain. The family was so poor that the mother ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Traditional String Instruments

2021-06-02

King Sejo세조 made many achievements in various fields, measuring up to the expectations as the son of King Sejong, one of the greatest kings in Korean ...

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#Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon

2021-06-01

Once upon a time in Korea, there lived a tiger in the depths of a mountain. It was such a huge, ferocious animal that even its shadow made every ...

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#Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

2021-05-31

All you K-pop, K-film, and K-drama lovers who have been learning and loving Korean culture, rejoice! Here comes a new program highlighting famous ...

#Sounds of Korea

New Folksongs

2021-05-26

There was a famous comedic storyteller named Shin Bul-chul신불출 during the Japanese colonial period. These comedians specializing in telling funny ...

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#Books on Demand

"Hansan Notebook" by Hae Yi-soo

2021-05-25

Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongThe story’s main character used to write solely based on his ideas, without actually experiencing ...

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#Books on Demand

"My Boss Is a Demon" by Lim Sung-soon

2021-05-18

The husband went to work earlier than usual to see the boss who comes to work about an hour ahead of other employees. He knocked on the president’s ...

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Shamanism and Folk Music

2021-05-12

People have traditionally looked down on shamanism as superstition, but today shamanistic belief has earned its place among Korea’s religions ...

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#Books on Demand

"Housemistress B and Love Letters" by Hyun Jin-geon

2021-05-11

Interview by SNU Korean literature professor Bang Min-hoThis story is written as a satire. The main character, Housemistress B, is described as ...

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