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#Books on Demand

"My Girlfriend's Cute Dating Life" by Yun Young-su

2020-10-06

This story features three main characters – a woman simply called O-dong’s mom working in the side dish section of a food mart; Yang-mi ...

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Chuseok holiday customs

2020-09-30

Koreans make rice cakes for holidays or important occasions like birthdays. On Seol설, the lunar New Year’s holiday, Koreans made soup with ...

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"Drawing a Line" by Lee Eun-hee

2020-09-29

Its main character and narrator is a high school student named Ji-soo. Her favorite pastime was translating her surroundings into paintingsInterview ...

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Songs of Autumn

2020-09-23

A phoenix is an imaginary bird that supposedly appears when a wise leader brings an era of prosperity to a nation. Korea’s presidential insignia ...

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"White Paper Beard" by Ha Geun-chan

2020-09-22

Ha Geun-chan’s “White Paper Beard,” published in 1959, is a story of a boy named Dong-gil, who lived in a rural village right ...

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Songs for the hereafter

2020-09-16

Many people believe that humans have souls and when their physical bodies die, their souls go to the spiritual world. This belief may have been inspired ...

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"Birth of a Spy" by Park Joo-young

2020-09-15

The protagonist, “K,” suddenly fell into a coma when he was 35 years old and miraculously regained consciousness after six months ...

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Songs for ordinary occasions

2020-09-09

Unlike traditional folksongs that were largely expressive, jeongga정가, enjoyed by the ruling class and Confucian scholars, was rather subdued ...

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"Bokdeokbang: The Place of Good Fortune" by Yi Tae-jun

2020-09-08

Mr. Ahn, Mr. Seo, and Mr. Park Hee-wan are three men with no particular occupation who spent their time at Mr. Seo’s real estate office. Although ...

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Ajaeng

2020-09-02

Ajaeng is the Korean traditional instrument that makes the lowest pitch. Some people often confuse it with the haegeum해금 as both instruments are ...

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