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Beautiful sceneries

2018-09-12

The Korean musical story-telling art of pansori (판소리) has a tale called “Simcheongga(심청가)” which describes how a ship carrying the ...

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#Books on Demand

“You who Are Far Away” by Seo Young-eun

2018-09-11

Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongIf you think of Moon-ja as an ordinary woman, you may find her behaviors hard to understand, because she ...

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Bicheonsang / Wind Cape / Oblivion

2018-09-05

When Wang San-ak (왕산악) of Goguryeo (고구려) first played the geomungo (거문고), a black crane is said to have flown over and danced to the music. During the ...

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#Books on Demand

"Two Bankruptcies" by Yeom Sang-seop

2018-09-04

#Interview by Seoul Nat’l Univ. Korean Literature Prof. Bang Min-hoWe need to pay attention to the fact that this story was published in August, ...

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Birds

2018-08-29

There’s a play written by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck titled “The Blue Bird,” in which a girl named Mytyl and her ...

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#Books on Demand

"History of Respect" by Nam Han

2018-08-28

Interview by author Nam HanThis new technology has brought about a world where everyone is rich. But what could satisfy people in such a society? ...

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#Sounds of Korea

Farming tool and seasonal milestone

2018-08-22

Hallyu or the Korean cultural wave is again gaining attention with the worldwide popularity of the South Korean boyband BTS and an interesting online ...

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#Books on Demand

"Cliff of Myth" by Han Mal-suk

2018-08-21

Jin-young had a value system that was hard to imagine for the 1950s. She was a young woman living a shockingly loose life. She was working as a dancer ...

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Patriotic songs

2018-08-15

One day in 1917, when World War I as raging on, prisoners of war were singing songs at a concentration camp in Germany. It was part of a linguistic project ...

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#Books on Demand

"Captain Lee" by Jeon Kwang-yong

2018-08-14

The main character of “Captain Lee” is a surgeon named Lee In-gook. He came down to South Korea during the Korean War with nothing but ...

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