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Sun, December 4, 2022 | 11:47

Korea's unique battle flag

Korea's unique battle flag

I always feel sentimental and full of nostalgia towards a variety of cultural assets, even shards of pottery and a piece of a painting at home and abroad, whether they are valuable or not to the general public. They enshrine our ancestors' sacred spirit, wisdom and identity and represent the course of history.

2022-10-09 17:00

Korea's first laver farm, Taeindo

Korea's first laver farm, Taeindo

From coastal areas spanning the Southern part of South Jeolla Province to the Western part of South Chungcheong, mudflats are well developed. Moreover, their shallow depths, fast currents and strong sunshine provide these areas with optimal growing conditions for shellfish and seaweed.

2022-10-06 15:46

Haemi Martyrdom Holy Ground

Haemi Martyrdom Holy Ground

In memory of the martyrs who were willing to choose death, Catholics are used to making a pilgrimage in autumn.

2022-10-05 13:55

A need to know

The Scholastic, Inc. booklet, “101 Things You Need To Know,” was authored by a staff team. The cultural booklet is geared toward elementary students, who do not need and would not grasp delineation when it comes to the accuracy of actual factual truths. Probably every country has such a publication.

2022-10-04 16:39

Marching together

Marching together

On Sept. 23, I went to Yongsan Station Square to attend the Global Climate Strike. Youth 4 Climate Action organized the demonstration there, demanding the following three things.

2022-10-03 13:44

Trimming grass on graves and 'hyo' (filial piety)

Trimming grass on graves and 'hyo' (filial piety)

Chuseok, in a nutshell, is a festivity of the full moon, a gathering of family members, a homage to parents with gifts, the preparation of a sumptuous feast and the performance of ancestral rites at home with the feast before it is served among family members. First and foremost, it's a common courtesy to visit and trim the grass of ancestral graves before the holiday.

2022-10-02 15:05

Angst for the memories

Angst for the memories

I arrived in South Korea for the first time on July 23, 2004, at the tender age of 31. I had no idea of the adventures that awaited me for the next five or so years as I lived in the Land of the Morning Calm as an expat.

2022-09-29 16:56

Julia Kristeva, women and myself

Julia Kristeva, women and myself

In philosopher, psychoanalyst and feminist Julia Kristeva's work, when the infant becomes a subject, it desires its former comfortable place, which is nothing but the mother's body. Kristeva calls this process “sublimation.” Ironically, the mother is an object of banishing as well as sublimation. This aspect shows the very paradoxical side of the mother and, thus, of woman.

2022-09-28 16:48

Fantastic royal funeral

Fantastic royal funeral

Owing to my interest in watching the once-in-a-century pomp and magnificent ceremonial proceedings of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, I set a new personal record - watching BBC consecutively for over seven hours from 10:50 a.m. through 6 p.m. GMT on Sept. 19.

2022-09-27 14:49

Stalking is no trivial misdemeanor

Stalking is no trivial misdemeanor

At 9 on a Friday night, Christina walks around a platform of Stockholm station whistling. She's finished work and is going to have her 28th birthday party with her family. Full of expectations, she gives a broad smile to the passengers.

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