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Spring is here! It seems like everyone’s headed outside to shake off the winter blues and to celebrate the change in weather. One of the most highly anticipated events of the season has already begun – the cherry blossoms…
Some words are impossible to translate. It’s usually not the meaning itself which is untranslatable; it’s usually the subtle nuances that get lost on the way. For example, the Korean word “푸르다” can mean…
Know any famous doctors? Ask this question to a Korean and most likely the answer you’ll hear is “Heo Jun” (허준). Never mind that he was a physician of the Joseon Dynasty some centuries ago, Heo Jun is without…
Koreans are creative with their texting and netspeak and it’s no wonder – Korea has millions of smartphone and cell phone users and internet is readily available in even the remotest corners of the country!…
If you peruse this blog long enough, you’ll know that Koreans they’re very proud of their four distinct seasons. We’re moving into spring now, and while some of us enjoyed winter, some of use simply made due. Either…
They say history is written by the victors, which is easily proven by how little you learn of the “losing” nations during history class. The Korean history you learn in school, in particular, has a tendency to focus…
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…
Strict and proper. Stern and austere. It is the general image we have of the Joseon Dynasty, when Confucianism was the ruling philosophy and doctrine. But really, think about it. That can’t be all, can it? There is always…
