I dont know, but it reminds me of the Korea I knew in the 1980s, of which I have very good memories.The Lyrics:거꾸로 강을 거슬러 오른 저 힘찬 연어들처럼1 흐르는 강물을 거꾸로 거슬러 오르는 연어들의 도무지알수 없는 그들만의 신비한 이유처럼 그 언제...
"The Tale of the Two-headed Snake"When Son-suk Oh (孫叔敖) was a young child (為嬰兒), he went out to play (出遊), but when he returned (而還), he was upset (憂) and would not eat (而不食). His mother (其母)...
A seventh grade girl is attracted to a Korean-American boy and starts learning Korean. Four years later, she becomes the first "non-Korean" to win second place in a Korean speech contest host...
In a 19 July 2011 online article entitled "Seoul in Quandary Over Japanese Lawmakers Dokdo Mission," the Chosun Ilbo reports that "Korean lawmakers were up in arms" on hearing that la...
If I were a leaf, Id want to beOne of a sprawling sycamore tree.Then under my soulful, silent shade,Young and old could drink pink lemonade.Summer showers go splitter splatter,But under me it would n...
The American idiom "to pass the buck" is translated in Korean as 책임을 전가하다. 책임(責任) means "responsibility," and 전가(轉嫁) means "to impute" or "to attribute."What I fi...
Confucius wrote: Heaven repays a person who does good with blessings and a person who does bad with calamity. 爲善者天報之 以福, 爲不善者天報之 以禍 (위선자천보지이복, 위불선자천보지이화)爲善者(a do good person) 天報之(Heaven repays him)...
At Seventy-two or fifty-three, The Angel of Death is eyeing me. I do not fear him for I know, Like flowers and trees, we all must go. Back to the earth from which we came, Your dirt and my dirt will ...
란/이란 is a topic marker similar to 은/는 that attaches to nouns, but is more emphatic than 은/는. It is an abbreviation of (이)라는 것은. The marker 란 attaches to nouns that end in a vowel (eg. 친구란), and the m...
Twelve year old boys can surprise,Not as innocent as some surmise.To a young boy in the spring,Girls can be a curious thing.Discarded magazines were the way,We learned of girls back in my day.Now the...
Our God is the Sun,the creator of life,the sustainer of life.His essence is Hydrogen,the smallest of seeds,the source of all matter.Hydrogen begets Helium,and Helium begets Carbon,with whom Hydrogen ...
Looking out my window pane,I see soft winter rain.Fluffy flakes floating down,Softly landing without sound.As my world turns wintery whiteReflecting stars and soft moonlight,The silent sadness of the...
Im battening down the hatches.And fastening all the sashes.I just want to be left alone.Please ask me no questions.Please make no suggestions.I just want to be left alone.No need to worry,Or to feel ...
"Safety First"Feel my groin,Give it a squeeze.Just dont snicker, please.Feel her boobs,Then feel her bum.Make sure theres no bomb.Lets fly safe;Rather be late,Then the news at eight.by Gerry...
.........."Young Heros"Young, patriotic, and full of life,They join to fight for what is right.With a big smile, a hug and a kiss,They say "Goodbye" and then say this:"Dont worry ...
Did you know the Japanese supposedly found and killed a snake between forty and fifty feet long (4, 5 jang – 丈) in Hamheung, Korea in 1906? One jang (丈) is supposed to be ten cheok (척 - 尺), and one c...
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The Dong Ilbo, which is one of Korea's big three newspapers, has posted an article entitled, "Ohno's Spiteful Actions, Result of Immaturity and Lack of Love?," in which a Korean phychologist suggests...
Ever since Apolo Ohno won the silver medal in men's 1,500 short-track on February 13 at the 2010 Vacouver Winter Olympics, the Korean media has been conducting a vicious, unfair smear campaign agains...
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My dictionary says elk is 말코손바닥사슴. A deer with a horse's nose and hoofs?UPDATE: 말코손바닥사슴 is the Korean word for "moose," not elk. The word is descriptive since 말코 means "horse nose" and 손바닥 means "pal...
I am not sure, but the kids using vulgar language to spew hate on Japan in the Gangneung (강릉) dialect in the video below are supposedly in the second grade at the Wansan Elementary School (왕산초등학교) in...
It cost me an arm and a leg (72,000 won), but I bought Edwin G. Pulleyblank's book, "Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar." When it first arrived, I thought I had been ripped off because it was only ...
Yesterday, I bought a Korean book entitled "이이화의 한문 공부," which teaches the basics of classical Chinese writing. I bought the book not only because it was the only book in the store that taught the ba...
Today, I was reading the 四字小學(사자소학), which was a book that Korean children used to study in traditional Korean schools (書堂 - 서당), when I came across something I did not understand. Why does 以 come af...
According to THIS WEB PAGE, the Chinese character 來 (내) was used in classical Chinese to mean, "[He] comes," and 來之 (내지) was used to mean, "[He] makes him come." In other words, the 之 (지) seems to ha...
뭐가 불만이냐 means "What's your problem" or "What's your complaint." It is a low form that is usually used among friends. If you use it with someone who is not your friend, you are asking for a fight. The...
According to a Chosun Ilbo article entitled "American Professor Prepares Korean Language Teachers," American Robert Fouser is teaching Seoul National University students how to teach the Korean langu...
When you buy a fish at a supermarket in Korea, it usually comes with the head. Moreover, when cooking the fish, Koreans usually cook the whole fish, including the head. My ex-wife, who was Korean, wa...
Koreans generally use 먹이 to refer to animal "food," "feed," or "prey," and 음식(飮食) or 먹거리 to refer to human food, but why can't 먹이 also be used to refer to human food? I am asking because 먹거리 seems to...
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