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Musical “Yun Dong-ju Shoots the Moon”

2013-05-21

Until the day I die I long to have no speck of shame when I gaze up toward heaven, so I have tormented myself, even when the wind stirs the leaves. With ...

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Red Flower for 100 Days

2013-05-20

Crape myrtles are known as colorful and long-lasting flowers. They are called baek-il-hong in Korean, meaning red flower for one hundred days. ...

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Buddha’s Birthday

2013-05-15

Here’s a part of the poem “Love for the Lotus Flowers” by Ju Don’i, a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty: It comes alone from the mud, but ...

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Percussion quartet Gongmyoung, leading the modernization of traditional Korean music

2013-05-14

An image of the blue sparkling sea opens up before your eyes and the instruments with the sounds resembling the crashing waves and the resonant ...

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White Rice, Rice with Beans

2013-05-13

Once upon a time, there lived a fisherman in a remote seaside village. After losing his wife, he lived alone with his young son. The fisherman spent ...

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Parental love

2013-05-08

Magpies are considered an auspicious bird by many Koreans, as they are believed to be the bearers of good tidings, while crows are shunned because ...

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“The Legend of Robot Land,” Korea’s first robot animation musical

2013-05-07

The children in the audience shout out that Robot Land belongs to good Robo King. The production that captures the hearts and imaginations of ...

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The Grandmother Flower

2013-05-06

A long, long time ago, there lived an old woman in a remote mountain village. She lived with her three granddaughters, who lost their parents when ...

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Jongmyo ritual music

2013-05-01

Joseon was the last royal dynasty in Korean history. At the end of its 500-year rule, Joseon royals even renamed the country the Korean Empire in the ...

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Crow Meat

2013-04-29

While the magpie is considered an auspicious bird that brings good fortune, the crow is usually associated with negative images in Korea. For example, ...

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