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Transformations of traditional music

2017-12-06

It is often said that time passes by faster as we age. Teenagers feel that time goes by at the rate of 10 kilometers per hour, while time for those in their ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Master singer Lim Bang-ul

2017-11-29

Even during the darkest days under Japanese colonial rule in the late 1920s, Korean people are said to have sought emotional comfort by listening ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Goryeo Songs

2017-11-22

The most well-known Goryeo song is probably “Ssanghwajeom (쌍화점)” meaning a dumpling store. Here is the first verse from the song. I went to a ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Songs from other countries

2017-11-15

It’s easy to think of traditional Korean culture as something that was born and passed down only in Korea. But culture is something that evolves and ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Namsadangpae Band

2017-11-08

In the old days, there were several groups of clowns and entertainers that traveled all over the country to perform and make a living. The traveling ...

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#Sounds of Korea

True love

2017-11-01

There once was a woman of great beauty and virtue who lived in the kingdom of Baekje (백제). Her husband Domi was also a man of integrity and the couple ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Ancient string instruments

2017-10-25

A long, long time ago a man named Gwanglijago (곽리자고) saw a drunken old man with a bottle of wine crossing the river early one morning. The drunk man was ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Love and marriage

2017-10-18

“Punggu (풍구)” or “pulmu (풀무)” is a pair of bellows used to stoke up a fire. Its shape and size differed depending on the region or its use. Big ones are ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Friends

2017-10-11

MC: There once was an esteemed 11th-century Chinese poet Su Tungpo, or Su Shi. He passed a government employment exam when he was 26 to begin his public ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Chuseok and abundance

2017-10-04

The late Joseon-era scholar Jeong Yak-yong (정약용) wrote a poem about the tough lives of ordinary people after watching them at work one spring day. ...

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