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Sights and sounds in the Year of the Horse

2014-01-28

A clatter of horse hoofs herald the coming of the year 2014, the Year of the Horse. One of the twelve animals representing the Chinese zodiac signs, ...

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Jomagu, the Little Monster

2014-01-23

A long time ago, a mother lived with her son and daughter. One day, while the children were playing outside, the mother cooked rice and some side dishes ...

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Falconry

2014-01-22

Before chicken became everyone’s favorite white meat, pheasant was a valued source of protein. Pheasant meat, instead of beef, was used in many ...

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Reinventing libraries

2014-01-21

Can you believe that these children are laughing out loud and running around in a library? Well, if it’s a library named “My Eonni’s Small Library” ...

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The Origin of Liquor

2014-01-16

Once upon a time, there lived a very dutiful son. When his old father became sick, the filial son tried everything to cure him. Unfortunately, no medicine ...

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totem pole

2014-01-15

: If you travel to a rural village in the remote countryside of Korea, you might see a jangseung, a scary-looking totem pole, guarding the entrance ...

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The ASSITEJ Korea Winter Festival

2014-01-14

This was no ordinary show. Before the show began, actors came on stage to greet the audience and explain the props and instruments placed on the stage ...

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Twenty Coins and Twenty-Two Coins

2014-01-09

A long time ago deep in the mountains, there lived an honest and kind Buddhist monk. He earned his living by making straw shoes and selling them in the ...

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The Big Dipper

2014-01-08

If you are living in a metropolis like Seoul, you can hardly see stars in the sky. The bright lights of the city almost always obscure the feeble twinkling ...

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Dance craze sweeping Korea

2014-01-07

The year 2014 has dawned and while it’s filled with new hopes, old problems like the bad economy and job shortages still linger to trouble us. Salaried ...

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