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Jeongga, songs for the upper class

2023-01-26

In the old times when one’s social position was paramount, it determined where you lived, what you ate and how you dressed. The same went for ...

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“Cow” by Jeon Young-taek

2023-01-24

He rose early in the morning and cleaned the cowshed before making fodder himself. After eating the morning hay, a pregnant cow soon gave birth to ...

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Seol customs and practices

2023-01-19

Seol, the lunar New Year’s Day, is just around the corner. Koreans used to say that you grow a year older only after eating ddeokguk떡국, rice ...

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“My Mom’s Knee” by Lee Myeong-rang

2023-01-17

It was around four in the afternoon when my sister and her husband returned to the restaurant to see Wang-sang. The boy was on piggy-back and tugging ...

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Folksongs released during Japanese colonial period

2023-01-12

There was a dancer named Choi Seung-hee최승희 during the Japanese colonial period. She gained fame by becoming the first Korean to choreograph western-style ...

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“Duck Eggs” by Kye Yong-mook

2023-01-10

Man-geum cried when he heard his teacher’s plea to help the children who lost their parents during the war. He believed their plight ...

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Wishing good fortune in the new year

2023-01-05

In pansori “Sugungga수궁가,” the turtle comes ashore to get a rabbit’s liver to cure the ailing sea king. The problem is how to trick ...

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“In Layers and Layers” by Ku Kyeong-mi

2023-01-03

“I want to see the snow.” It wasn’t Father’s dying words, but his wish. Having nervously waited for what we thought ...

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Master pansori singers

2022-12-29

Song Heung-rok송흥록 was a master pansori singer in the 1800s. He was so good at singing that he was nicknamed “The King of Songs.” But before ...

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“The Story of a Third Wife” by Lim Ok-in

2022-12-27

There wouldn’t be that many acquaintances in S village. There would be my in-laws, who didn’t come to our wedding, and my brothers-in-law. ...

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