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#Books on Demand

"The Big Mountain" by Lee Ho-cheol

2020-02-04

Her story was that she had thrown the shoe over someone else’s wall. Early the next morning, the homeowner who found the rubber shoe must have ...

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Japga, songs for the commoners

2020-01-29

There were times when social class distinction was very clear. Even music differed for people in different social classes. The music played for ...

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"The Pitch Pine Forest" by Kim Yeon-soo

2020-01-28

The dogs must have chased after the boar family, because their barking echoed around the valley. The real hunting was about to begin.Interview by ...

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Gayageum

2020-01-22

Every country and people celebrates a new year differently, depending on its unique history and culture. Although people across the globe now use ...

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"Rainy Season" by Yun Heung-gil

2020-01-21

Yun Heung-gil’s “Rainy Season” was published in literary magazine Literature and Intellect in 1973. The story describes ...

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On the way to music bank 200117

2020-01-17

On the morning of January 17, at Yeoido KBS Hall !KBS WORLD Radio filmed K-pop stars making their way to attend rehearsals for Music Bank.

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Folk songs from northern provinces

2020-01-15

Baebaengi-gut(배뱅이굿) is a song that was sang most often in the Hwanghae(황해) and Pyeongan(평안) regions in what is now North Korea. It is also called ...

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#Books on Demand

"Emperor of Ramyeon" by Kim Hee-sun

2020-01-14

Kim Hee-sun’s “Emperor of Ramyeon,” published in 2013 on literature journal Creation and Critique, is set in a future where ...

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On the way to music bank 200110

2020-01-10

On the morning of January 10, at Yeoido KBS Hall !KBS WORLD Radio filmed K-pop stars making their way to attend rehearsals for Music Bank.

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Our Tune Meets Western Music

2020-01-08

In the old days the term “norae(노래)” or songs referred to musical poems enjoyed mostly by the ruling class, while the songs sung by ordinary ...

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