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#Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

The Tiger’s Love

2021-08-03

Our storyn takes place during the reign of King Wonseong.A young man was circling the pagoda late into the night, deep in prayer. His name was Kim Hyeon.He ...

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Western music played with gugak instruments

2021-07-28

Mankind’s first musical instrument was probably percussion. Primitive tribes living in isolated areas like the Amazons are seen playing ...

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#Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

The Goblin’s Magic Club

2021-07-27

Once upon a time in Korea, there lived in a village two brothers.The younger brother was nice and gentle, but the older one was mean and greedy. After ...

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Formal songs

2021-07-21

Korean traditional music is largely categorized into two types – jeongak정악 or court music and folk music. Jeongak was usually performed ...

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#Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

The Gold Axe and the Silver Axe

2021-07-20

Once upon a time, there lived in a village two boys - Chadol and Duman.The two couldn’t be any more different.Chadol was polite and kind, but ...

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Music for summer days

2021-07-14

Poet Jeong Cheol정철 of the late Joseon period wrote a poem titled “Gwandongbyeolgok관동별곡” after he toured Kumgangsang금강산 Mountain ...

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#Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

The Tiger Brother

2021-07-13

Long, long ago, there lived a boy named San in a mountain village.San’s father died even before he was born and his mother was the only family ...

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Daegeum music

2021-07-07

Most of Korean wind instruments are made with bamboo. But bamboo trees come in many varieties and different processing methods are used, resulting ...

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#Global Audiobook: Once Upon a Time in Korea

The Lazy Boy Who Turned into an Ox

2021-07-06

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Dori, who lived with his mother.“Help me with the farm work.”Dori reluctantly went to the cowshed ...

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Traditional songs that go well with tea-drinking

2021-06-30

The esteemed calligrapher Chusa Kim Jeong-hui추사 김정희 was known as an avid tea enthusiast. He was also friends with Venerable Cho-ui초의, a Buddhist ...

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