ONLINE EVENT
GANDHI KATHA July 15, 2020 (Wednesday) 11:30 hrs IST / 15:00 hrs KST VIDEO CONFERENCE Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Seoul in collaboration with ACI, Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju organized Gandhi … Read More
Category: Arts & Culture
Come Rain or Shine
Rituals of Traditional Korea Original article by Shin Sang-soon. Supplemented by David Shaffer. For the agrarian economy of traditional Korea, rainfall during the growing season was critical: too much or … Read More
Crossword Puzzle – June’s Answers
ACROSS 1 BIOH5 TOP8 ZOOM12 EWHA13 HEO14 OLED15 GOON16 ERR17 REDS18 KIM20 KEB22 SQUIB25 TAMIL29 CUL30 KOREA34 ATA35 RES36 NOR37 HES38 USA39 HONAM41 AMI42 BONGO44 MINSK46 UFO48 HAN49 EVER52 EMO54 … Read More
Where Have All the Tulips Gone?
A couple’s reflections on the COVID-19 tulip massacre. Written by Jocelyn Wright. The beauty, the splendor, the glory of spring Brutally beheaded But why? Why attack voiceless Nature? What crime … Read More
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
By Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Reviewed by Kristy Dolson. When I began writing this article, a mere three days before the deadline, the world was still deep into … Read More
Gwangju Writes: Prose
There and Here Written by Boipelo Seswane. The air was thick and sticky – the way only Korean summer air can be. The cab came to a stop as neon … Read More
Crossword Puzzle – MAY Answers
Created by Jon Dunbar. ACROSS1 DAL4 SDG7 PUSH11 TODO12 KAL13 OSLO14 BRAG15 YEA16 REIN17 SAMOA19 MMORPG21 FLAPPER24 BUFFALO27 LOECK31 ISA32 ARK34 WOE35 BOMBA38 GISAENG41 UIHYANG43 JEOLLA46 SEOGU50 IDIG51 NAM54 NHIS55 … Read More
Leap Month in a Leap Year
Original article by Shin Sang-soon. Supplemented by David Shaffer. If you take a look at your 2020 made-in-Korea calendar, you will see that this year is a leap year. And … Read More