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"Brown Sugar Candy" by Baik Sou-linne

2021-02-09

Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongA piece of brilliant memory can change someone’s life or future. The narrator’s grandmother ...

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Rain and Wind

2021-02-03

“Arari아라리” from the Jeongseon정선 area in Gangwon-do Province is considered the oldest version of Arirang. It is also known for its ...

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"Jjajangmyeon Is Correct" by Bang Min-ho

2021-02-02

Interview by SNU Korean literature professor Bang Min-hoThis story is a metaphorical tale. For a long time, “jajangmyeon” instead ...

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Poem-based songs

2021-01-27

Bright sunshine is a welcoming gift on freezing winter days such as now. There is an old poem that describes how one would like to take this sunshine ...

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"Out of Focus" by Kim Hye-jin

2021-01-26

Not long after Ju-ho’s mother was given a pink slip.Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongThe story’s title is “Out of ...

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Gayageum virtuoso Hwang Byung-ki

2021-01-20

Gayageum is estimated to have been created at least before the sixth century, giving it a history of more than 1,500 years. Originally, the instrument ...

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"A Woman Left with Only Memories" by Kim Shin-woo

2021-01-19

Cho-ah offers to buy Yi-gyeong’s memory of her first love for her son’s school admission. She wants a memory transplant, a hotly debated ...

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Korean songs based on Chinese tales

2021-01-13

The term ‘gagok가곡’ refers to a poem put to a melody. The Chinses poem titled “Ilsobaekmisaeng일소백미생,” which means one ...

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"A Woman Left with Only Memories" by Kim Shin-woo

2021-01-12

During the COVID-19 pandemic, online schools’ curriculums and lesson quality were touted as superior to those of real schools. But as time ...

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Art-inspired music pieces

2021-01-06

Year 2021 has arrived and everyone around the world is ready to make a fresh start. We all hope that the pandemic would end in 2021 and that our lives ...

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