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The Lunar New Year has finally started and the moon has started its new cycle as well, with the first full moon of the New Year falling fifteen days after Seollal (설날, Lunar New Year’s Day.) This day in Korea is celebrated…
So 2012 is on its way out. It was quite the eventful year; lots of memorable happenings in Korea and out, and it wasn’t an exception here on the Korea Blog. So what was it like here in 2012? What were the most popular posts?…
Korean cuisine is spicy, salty and flavoursome- that’s why we love it so much! But hot stews and chili marinates often leave us craving something sugary and refreshing. It’s just as well that there’s a variety…
To the uninitiated, pansori might come across as harsh and cacophonic, more closely resembling an alley cat in heat than a heavily trained human singer. Recognised by UNESCO in 2003 as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible…
Chuseok is soon to be upon us. If the biggest holiday of the first half of the year is Seollal (설날, Lunar New Year’s Day), then the biggest holiday of the second half of the year is undoubtedly Chuseok (추석). Chuseok…
People! You do know Korean food isn’t only about barbeque, kimchi, and bibimbap, right? (Right?) Okay, let’s say you do. Then tell me this: how many Korean fish dishes have you had? And can you name the fish you had?…
* This post is written by Jessica Steele, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. This article was inspired by fellow World Korea Blogger Angeliki Katsika’s wonderful article comparing Korea and…
Perhaps the fondest memories I have of growing up is helping my dad with his train sets. As an engineer, he really enjoyed learning how things worked. In his spare time, he would carefully recreate mountain passes with…
