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#Sounds of Korea

Sijo, Korean poems set to music

2021-03-31

In pansori “Chunhyangga춘향가,” there is a passage called “Gwigokseong귀곡성,” where the cries of ghosts are imitated. ...

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"City and Ghost" by Lee Hyo-seok

2021-03-30

Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongThe protagonist is a plasterer who works in the city’s building projects. But ironically he doesn’t ...

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Music for national stability

2021-03-24

There are two court music pieces from China imported during the Goryeo period. Those are “Boheoja보허자” and “Nagyangchun낙양춘,” ...

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"In Front of the Door" by Lee Dong-ha

2021-03-23

The protagonist is a teacher in his late 40s, whose workplace is in another province, so he comes home only once a month. Today he came home without ...

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Songs about springtime

2021-03-17

Chunbun(춘분) or spring equinox, which falls on March 20th this year, signals the real beginning of spring. When day grows as long as night, amazingly, ...

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"A Pale Corridor" by Lee Chae-won

2021-03-16

The truth is that Yeong-sik and Mi-yeon had been paying back Yeong-seon’s debt for the past 30 years. The cash gifts they got for their son’s ...

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Funeral music

2021-03-10

In the old days when social classes were strictly divided, commoners had only two occasions in life when they could dress up in all finery and enjoy ...

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"Looking for a Horse" by Lee Sun-won

2021-03-09

Su-ho found out that his aunt was infertile when he was in fourth grade. His relatives decided for the boy be a foster son to his uncle.More shameful ...

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Koreans who love to have fun

2021-03-03

It usually takes three hours at the shortest and as long as eight hours to sing a pansori piece from start to finish. It requires physical and psychological ...

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"To the Desert" by Cheon Seon-ran

2021-03-02

Cheon Seon-ran’s “To the Desert” is a science fiction novel published in 2020. While traveling to an unknown planet, the protagonist ...

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