Autumn-themed songs 2019-09-18 Korean homes used to have a platform for clay urns containing various “jang,” a blanket term for traditional Korean soybean-based ... Listen Sounds of Korea
Holiday sentiments 2019-09-11 In the story of Simcheong(심청), the devoted daughter throws herself into the sea as a sacrifice so that her father can have his eyesight back. The daughter ... Sounds of Korea
A New Wave of Traditional Musicians 2019-09-04 It has been a while since Koreans realized that Korean culture and products suited Koreans best. Nowadays, countless people agree that Korean traditional ... Sounds of Korea
Bandits and artists 2019-08-28 There once was a Buddhist monk named Yeong-jae(영재) in the eighth century during the Unified Silla(신라) period. He was known to be witty and especially ... Sounds of Korea
Female musician Gyeseom 2019-08-21 Lee Jeong-bo(이정보) was a renowned Confucian scholar and high-ranking public official during King Yeongjo’s(영조) reign. He loved entertainment ... Sounds of Korea
Song Gyeong-wun the Bipa Musician 2019-08-14 While many people may have heard of the Korean traditional string instrument called the “bipa(비파),” many probably have never seen ... Sounds of Korea
Ajaeng 2019-08-07 Any physical disability would make life very difficult, but Koreans in the old days must have believed that blindness was the harshest disability. ... Sounds of Korea
Geomungo 2019-07-31 Ancient people used to consider the geomungo(거문고) as the best of all the musical instruments. According to a legend, when Prime Minister Wang San-ak ... Sounds of Korea
Nam Hak the Ugly Clown 2019-07-24 Pansori theorist Shin Jae-hyo신재효 of the late Joseon period cited four conditions of a good clown - he must be good looking, good with words, able to ... Sounds of Korea
King Sejo and Music 2019-07-17 King Sejo, the seventh king of the Joseon Dynasty and better known to us as Prince Suyang(수양), is notorious for heartlessly killing his young nephew, ... Sounds of Korea
