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"The Fairy and the Woodcutter"

2020-05-19

Family Month Special: Korean FolktalesEpisode 3: “The Fairy and the Woodcutter”One day, the woodcutter was chopping wood in the ...

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Beggars

2020-05-13

Back in the old days, even beggars had a sense of pride and shame. Although they had to beg for food, they were willing to give something in return. If ...

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"The Sun and the Moon"

2020-05-12

Family Month Special : Korean FolktalesEpisode 2: The Sun and the MoonOne day, there was a big party at a wealthy man’s house. The mother went ...

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Love of parents

2020-05-06

In the old days, people living in a village were practically family. There is a Korean saying that goes ‘a close neighbor is better than a distant ...

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"Kongjwi and Patjwi"

2020-05-05

Long, long ago, perhaps during the mid-Joseon Dynasty, there was a couple whose only worry was not having a child. They visited famous Buddhist temples ...

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Gazebos and pavilions

2020-04-29

Koreans like to enjoy nature as it is, not landscaped or sculpted in an artificial manner. Consequently, small gazebos or bigger pavilions were ...

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"A Remote Place" by Jang Eun-jin

2020-04-28

The landlords, a couple in their 60s, called their boarding house “Square House,” because it had rooms arranged on the four sides of ...

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Modified instruments of Korea

2020-04-22

As in many other cultures, many Korean traditional instruments have been imported from overseas. Korea’s wind instrument taepyeongso태평소 ...

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"The Flowing Drum" by Choi Il-nam

2020-04-21

Mr. Min’s drum was the symbol of pain to his son.Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongIn this story the drum flows through the three different ...

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Music of Order and Harmony

2020-04-15

One of the key ideas used to govern the kingdom of Joseon was the philosophy of civility and music. Nowadays when we talk about civility or etiquette, ...

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