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Traditional markets in transition

2013-11-26

Back in November 1993, Seoul’s first supermarket chain opened its doors in Chang-dong, Dobong-gu. Twenty years later there are some 470 supermarkets ...

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Baridegi, the Abandoned Princess

2013-11-21

A long, long time ago, there lived a king with six daughters. The king and his queen desperately wanted a son, as they needed a prince to succeed to the ...

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Appreciation for the arts

2013-11-20

During the Unified Shilla Dynasty, there was a scholar named Choi Chi-won. At the tender age of 12, Choi went to study in China alone, and passed the ...

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Opening of the Seoul Branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

2013-11-19

After four long years of preparation, the Seoul Branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art finally had its grand opening. Even ...

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The Woodcutter-Turned-Government Official

2013-11-14

Once upon a time, there lived a woodcutter in a small village. He was an honest and hardworking man. One day, he was coming down the mountain, loading ...

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Late autumn

2013-11-13

The moonlight seems a lot brighter and the wind sounds more crisp in autumn than any other time of the year. A Zen priest from the Goryeo Dynasty wrote ...

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Living alone and loving it!

2013-11-12

It seems this man is singing without any music. But he is actually wearing a headset like the ones used by recording artists in a studio and singing ...

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A Radish Traded for a Calf

2013-11-07

A good trade is supposed to be conducted on an equal basis in a fair manner to prove mutually beneficial. In today’s folktale “A Radish Traded for a ...

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Ondol, Korean traditional heating system

2013-11-06

We’re only a few days into November and already morning temperatures seem to have plunged down to wintertime lows. Nature’s cycle has again proven ...

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Actors trying their hands at directing

2013-11-05

On October 21 Korea’s top stars attended the preview of “Top Star” at a theater in Seoul. Starring some of the nation’s best-regarded actors and actresses, ...

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