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#Books on Demand

"Panmunjeom" by Lee Ho-cheol

2018-06-26

________Panmunjeom is an important place in the modern history of the Korean Peninsula, because it was the only place where the two sides can face ...

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Songs about war and N. Korea

2018-06-20

Pansori used to be a commoners’ art form, but, by the late Joseon period, even the kings came to enjoy pansori so much that they would summon ...

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"Her House" by Park Wan-suh

2018-06-19

Park repetitively and consistently described the war and the painful memories associated with it. But her stories were not all about individual ...

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Dano

2018-06-13

In a country in which the staple food is rice, planting rice seedlings is a big agricultural event. It is an anticipated task, but a hard one, and the ...

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"The Square" by Choi In-hun

2018-06-12

“The Square” was inspired by the April 19th Revolution in 1960. Back then,most of the stories about division or war in Korea dealt with ...

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Memorial Day

2018-06-06

In ancient China, the reigns of Emperors Yao and Shun (순) were regarded as the most peaceful and prosperous time. One day, Emperor Yao went out to see ...

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"The Suffering of Two Generations" by Ha Geun-chan

2018-06-05

____ “The Suffering of Two Generations” begins with the scene in which the father, Man-do, looks forward to the homecoming ...

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Gardens and pavilions

2018-05-30

The weather has turned quite hot in recent weeks as summer is approaching. On days like this, Koreans in the old days used to like relaxing in pavilions, ...

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"Salt" by Kang Kyoung-ae

2018-05-29

Women, social class, and migration were three key elements in Kang Kyeong-ae’s fictions. “Salt” has all those elements. Critics ...

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Haegeum and Seulgidoong

2018-05-23

The haegeum may have risen as one of the Korean people’s favorite traditional instruments in recent years, but it used to be neglected in the ...

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