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Sijo, Korean traditional poetry

2015-07-01

Sijo is a traditional poetic form written entirely in Korean. A sijo is composed of three lines, each line averaging between 14 and 16 syllables. ...

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Record of Lady Sa’s Southward Journey

2015-06-29

During the Ming Dynasty of China, there lived a scholar surnamed Yu. He married Lady Sa, who was a faithful and virtuous wife. The two loved each other ...

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Women’s chores

2015-06-24

In the old days it was commonplace to make clothes from scratch, from weaving to cutting and sewing. And that task was regarded as women’s work. In ...

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The Black Cow and the Brown Cow

2015-06-22

One summer day, a young scholar was taking a rest under a tree on his way home. Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he saw an old farmer plowing a field ...

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Dano

2015-06-17

Let’s begin today’s episode of Sounds of Korea with the introduction of a famous scene from the love story of Chunhyang. A young man, tired of being ...

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Who Should Pay for Cotton?

2015-06-15

Once upon a time, there lived four people who made a living by selling cotton. They kept a large amount of cotton in a storehouse to sell in cold winter ...

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Why the Pig Nose is Short

2015-06-11

Long, long ago, when only people lived on Earth, God called in a chicken, a dog and a pig. He ordered them to go down to Earth and do something good for ...

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Jeju Island

2015-06-10

What comes to your mind when you think of Jeju Island? The sparkling, blue sea? Mount Halla? If you like fruits, you might think of fragrant tangerines ...

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The Mouse that Ate Fingernails

2015-06-04

Once upon a time, there lived a young man in a village. He wanted to pass the state exam to become a government official, and he decided to study at a remote ...

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Singing with instrumental accompaniment

2015-06-03

“Gayageum가야금 byeongchang” refers to a musician singing and playing the gayageum simultaneously. This is a performance style that first began ...

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