“Scoundrels” by Gim Yu-jeong 2022-11-15 After making their escape, Eung-chil’s family lived by begging on the streets. When even that became difficult, they went their separate ... Listen
“An Empty Lot” by Park Hwa-young 2022-11-08 At the center of that highland area was the controversial empty lot. At first, five or six nearby homes were razed, leaving an empty lot. People assumed, ... Listen
“Rice Merchant” by Oh Yu-kwon 2022-11-01 The marketplace was bustling with vendors and shoppers from early in the morning. They welcomed the long-awaited market that opens only once every ... Listen
“The Page-turner” by Lee Chung-hae 2022-10-25 The man arranged the sheet music neatly in a stack and placed them at the end of the piano before stepping out of the circle of light. Then he stood there ... Listen
“Father who Catches Butterflies” by Hyeon Deok 2022-10-18 A while ago, Gyeong-hwan came home from school on a summer break. The only noticeable differences were that his face was paler and that he wore a fashionable ... Listen
“The Summer of Betrayal” by Park Wan-suh 2022-10-11 Sedans kept coming and stopped right outside the automatic door and mousy men, who were obviously very different from my father, who looked as if ... Listen
“The Stone Bridge” by Yi Tae-jun 2022-10-04 When his father had any extra money, he would straighten the crooked fields, build stone walls around the fields and dikes along the stream. Once ... Listen
“The Wedding Shoes” by Kim Yong-ik 2022-09-27 To prevent chafing, she wore white muslin socks, and on the narrow path to the school, I often walked a step behind, watching the line between the white ... Listen
“The Greatest Show on Earth” by Kim Hee-sun 2022-09-20 When I opened the heavy steel doors of the shelter, flower petals of all colors were fluttering down amid the bright light. I looked up to see a huge ... Listen
“Anna’s Diary” by Jang Eun-jin 2022-09-13 Anna was a bell ringer at a small church in our town. This story might make someone recall a character from a Victor Hugo novel, the poor Quasimodo ... Listen