파김치가 되었다 [pa’gim’chi’ga doe’ot’da] What does this proverb mean? This proverb literally means “one has become green onion kimchi.” Figuratively, it means one is so tired that they are lying…
[Proverb] 파김치가 되었다 – One Has Become Green Onion Kimchi 🥱
[Quiz] Korean Culture and History #1 ✍🏻
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What is Chuseok? 🌕
Chuseok (추석/秋夕) is the autumn harvest festival celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, on the full moon during harvest season. Chuseok means autumn evening (with the…
My Soju Bottle Garden: Hydroponics from Seed to Harvest 🌿
Chuseok is tomorrow and because it’s a harvest festival, I thought I’d share about my own little planting project for the occasion – my soju bottle garden! During the initial…
[Book Review] Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo 📘
Title Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (82년생 김지영) Author Cho Nam-Joo (조남주) Genre Novel Publication Date October 2016 Review This book came highly recommended by a lot of women in my…
[Fluent Fools] The Origins of Korea: Shamanism, Mountain Spirits, and the Legend of Dangun ⛰️
Episode Description When the ancestors of the Korean people migrated southward from what is now Siberia thousands and thousands of years ago, they arrived in a beautiful peninsula covered in…
[Fluent Fools] Why is a Korean Culture Podcast called Fluent Fools? 🎙️
The answer is… Because “one who learns language without learning culture ends up becoming a fluent fool.” I’m Korean. But I’ve lived most of my life outside of the peninsula….
[Proverb] 개 미워서 낙지 산다 – To Buy Octopus Out of Hatred for One’s Dog 🐙
What does this proverb mean? Literally, “개 미워서 낙지 산다” means “to buy octopus because one hates their dog.” 사람은 고기를 먹고 개는 뼈를 주는데, 개가 미워서 뼈 없는 낙지를…
