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Graduations, celebrating new beginnings

2013-02-26

In Korea February is the graduation season. From primary schools to colleges, graduation is a meaningful event that marks the end of one educational ...

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Master singer Jeong Kwon-jin

2013-02-20

At the end of Joseon Dynasty there was a singer most favored by Heungseon Daewongun, father of the reigning King Gojong. The Daewongun called master ...

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Pets, man’s best friends

2013-02-19

With dogs running and playing everywhere, this café sure looks like a dog’s version of a playground. When a customer enters this pet café in the ...

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Traditional music ensemble Sinawi

2013-02-13

Sinawi is an ensemble music derived from shamanistic ritual music and performed in an impromptu fashion. Prior to a performance, sinawi musicians ...

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A Story of Old Burglars

2013-02-12

This is a scene from the stage play “A Story of Old Thieves,” where a policeman interrogates two old burglars. The thieves claim that everything ...

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Master singer Kim Ok-shim

2013-02-06

“She had such a soulful voice, which made a musician forget about his own music and just listen.” “Her voice is from heaven, inimitable and unparalleled.” ...

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Reinventing Taekwondo

2013-02-05

This place looks like a circus, with a DJ excitedly working the crowd and music blaring. But this is a taekwondo performance called Show Taekwon, ...

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Pansori Master Kim Yeon-su

2013-01-30

Pansori was music for the common people. In the old days storytellers would read books for illiterate people, acting many characters to make the ...

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Dieting; The battle of the bulges

2013-01-29

This man, apparently an eager new member of the gym, tries to follow a trainer’s instruction. He succeeds for the first few repetitions, but ...

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Geomungo master Lee Se-hwan

2013-01-23

Geomungo piece “Chulgang” is beloved by geomungo music lovers for its vigorous and emotion-evoking features so typical of the Korean traditional ...

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