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[Quiz] Korean Culture and History #1 ✍?
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…
[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…
A Guide to Korean Cultural Details in Parasite
I first saw Parasite last December at an arthouse theater in Michigan called Cinema Detroit. It’s a quaint little theater in the space of a former furniture shop. They have…
Gisaeng: The Flowers of Joseon ?
Gisaeng were technically enslaved sex workers, but in misogynistic Joseon Korea, they were an elite group of women that transcended strict Confucian lines.
Meet Kim Jong Chill, an LA-based Musician Obsessed with the Gayageum ?
In this interview, John aka Kim Jong Chill (formerly Johnny DuJour of The Brown James), talks about his unique sound which blends together space-y instrumental hip hop with traditional Korean…
Free Online Course on Traditional Korean Music ?
Calling all lovers of traditional Korean music! Learning about traditional Korean music is an amazing way to spend some of the quarantine time at home. Did you know that the…