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#Books on Demand

"Each and Every Moment" by Ham Jeung-im

2020-06-23

Hee-sun and Nam-sik are a married couple in their 80s. They had settled in South Korea after fleeing their homes in North Korea during the war. This ...

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Intangible Cultural Properties

2020-06-17

Jindo in southern South Korea is known to have produced a host of master singers and intangible cultural properties with exceptional singing talents. ...

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"Ant, My Poor Ant" by Ryu So-yeong

2020-06-16

Ryu So-yeong’s “Ant, My Poor Ant” is about a young bulimic patient named Shin Ju-yeon who died in a car accident. Interview ...

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Traditional Wind Instruments of Korea

2020-06-10

Musical instruments were quite valued during the Unified Silla period, so much so that instruments like the geomungo거문고 or the manpasikjeok만파식적 ...

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"When I'm Sixty-four" by Lee Chung-hae

2020-06-09

Ye-eun pulled out her grandmother’s plastic bag from her backpack. She took out the pieces of paper that had her uncle’s address, her ...

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Firewood and woodcutters

2020-06-03

In the old days, when there was no electricity or gasoline, people would go up to the mountains to chop wood for heating and cooking. It was a big chore ...

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"Do You Like Shopping?" by Pyo Myeong-hui

2020-06-02

Pyo Myeong-hui’s “Do You Like Shopping” was published in 2011. The story starts with the main character, Ji-young, going grocery ...

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Buddhistic influence on Korean music

2020-05-27

Buddhism has exerted broad influence on Korean culture ever since it was introduced to Korea many centuries ago. Buddha’s birthday, therefore, ...

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"Rabbit and the Turtle"

2020-05-26

Family Month Special: Korean FolktalesEpisode 4: “Rabbit and the Turtle” His court officials brought him all kinds of medicine ...

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Fishing

2020-05-20

The original name of the yellow corvina was “Jongeo종어” which means the ultimate fish. It must have been named as such to indicate its ...

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