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…
[Podcast] Why is a Korean Culture Podcast called Fluent Fools? ๐๏ธ
I launched a podcast! Listen to the trailer here: The answer is… Because “one who learns language without learning culture ends up becoming a fluent fool.” I’m Korean. But I’ve…
[Proverb] ๊ฐ ๋ฏธ์์ ๋์ง ์ฐ๋ค – To Buy Octopus Out of Hatred for Oneโs Dog ๐
What does this proverb mean? Literally, “๊ฐ ๋ฏธ์์ ๋์ง ์ฐ๋ค” means “to buy octopus because one hates their dog.” ์ฌ๋์ ๊ณ ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ๋จน๊ณ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ผ๋ฅผ ์ฃผ๋๋ฐ, ๊ฐ๊ฐ ๋ฏธ์์ ๋ผ ์๋ ๋์ง๋ฅผ…
A Guide to Korean Cultural Details in Parasite ๐ฅ
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 ๐บ
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 ๐
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 ๐ต
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…
Why Korea, China, and Japan Use Different Chopsticks ๐ฅข
If you’ve had Korean, Chinese, and Japanese food, you would notice that chopsticks are different in each country. Chopsticks are believed to be as old as Chinese society and an…
The April 19 Revolution: How Teens Toppled a Dictator โ
On the heels of the 2020 General Elections which saw one of the highest voter turnouts in almost three decades in the midst of a global pandemic, today (April 19,…
