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It’s said that The Tale of Chunhyang (or Chunhyangga in Korean) is one of the most iconic love stories of Korea, a centuries-old folk tale that originated as a work of pansori. What would happen if a foreigner performed the starring role? ....
Mark Thorrowgood, a New Zealander-Australian, is a keen cyclist who has lived in Korea for about eight years and now resides just outside the capital in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province. Thorrowgood is the administrator of a popular Facebook group for Korea-based cyclists, Korea Cycling Community, which has over 4,900 members. ....
MONA is one of the very active and widely known community-driven social platforms in Korea that was created to address the environmental and social impact of excessive consumerism and waste generation with the slogan Less Waste, More Impact. The MONA community was established five years ago, with its name coming from modu nanum haeyo which means we give away everything in Korean. ....
June Hee Kwon, a Korean scholar teaching cultural anthropology at California State University Sacramento, gave a talk on Dec. 16 at downtown Seoul s Eulji Space on her new book, titled “Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers,” published in English by Duke University Press in November. ....
In a thought-provoking hybrid lecture organized by Royal Asiatic Society Korea, German scholar Werner Sasse challenged common misconceptions about Confucius and Confucianism, shedding light on its complex influence on Korean culture and society. ....