Something Korean

Open 24 hrs a day, this likeable coffee place boasts four tables and dizzy lists of beverages such as coffee, tea and juices. Served by able machines and a public bus stop.   The owner was not available for interview but it seems like she regularly looks after the condition of the space, in much the hands-on way.

copyedited by Korea Time staff  Recently, I dropped into the Korean Temple Food Center in north Seoul. This was in order to interview its vice director and take part in a cooking class on making tofu-curry rice in the Korean temple food style.Korean temple food is very diverse, but regarding spices, well that's another matter. It bans the use of five spices, some of which are critical in forming..

One sunday this spring, I dropped into Korean Temple Food Center in north of Seoul, South Korea. This was in order to interview its vice Director and go on to cooking class with the class tutor of tofu-curry rice in Korean temple food style. Korean temple food is very diverse, but spice-wise unprecedented in the culinary department. It cuts out five spices, some of which are critical in forming ..

Tteokhyanggi Facing the street across Yongin’s own Heungdeok 8th and 9th danji (Korean for apartment complexes) is Tteokhyanggi.   In the back kitchen of Tteokhyanggi you should see the two members of the staff working like busy bees creating their Korean rice cake, namely tteok! To residents they supply versatile needs faithful to their choice of recipes. Below is the interview I had with one o..

재투성이 소녀  1장 재투성이 소녀  *이 글은 동화 신데렐라>와 디즈니 애니메이션 신데렐라>를 각색했으며, , 키다리 아저씨>, 소공녀>, 소공자>, 윌러비의 늑대들>, 시크릿 가든>, 콩쥐 팥쥐>, 러브홀릭의 노래 '차라의 숲'의 제목 등 이곳 저곳에서 가져오기도 했다.   이름의 뜻이 ‘재투성이 소녀’인 열두 살 차라는 사실 아버지가 바다에 나갔다 돌아오지 않아 계모와 두 언니들이 시키는 허드렛일을 도맡아 하고 있었다.  1층에 다이아몬드 모양으로 겹겹이 깎은 유리창은 아버지가 먼 곳으로 항해를 떠나기 전에 네 식구를 위해 만들어 준 기념품이었는데, 차라는 계모가 별로 좋아하지 않는 (그 이유는 계모의 개인용 거울보다 이 유리창이 더 예뻤기 때문이었다)　이 유리창 곁에 날마다 시간 날 때마다 앉아서..

Around AD 30 in Galilee, God‘s blessed young Son, Jesus, recruited eleven choicest men (and one not-so-much, I'm afraid) to spread His words, his teaching and Himself to the crowd after his shocking, tearful death and glorious resurrection. Christmas signifies his life's holy journey from his Age 0 to crucifixion and going on afterwards. His lasting gift to the world is God's merciful forgivenes..

I had a rollicking good read in the travel book Lonely Planet Seoul: its balanced and enjoyable content was very familiar as i have lived in or near Seoul for almost all of my life.In the performing section, the authors were kind to point out the English subtitles for each performance - happening oftener than expected for certain- including Nanta, a Cooking play where wordless kitchen tools make..

Posted 2024-02-25 in Korea Times, in Thoughts of the Times section. There is an un-edited version in the list down below. By Lee Jee-young Childish laughter and warm consideration welcome the trainees to the calligraphy class. Later, the instructor teaches me how to make full use of my brush pen. She teaches everyone. An encouraging word here and there, from 10:10 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. on Tuesdays...

With much room to experiment in their history, early k-pop artists Sechs Kies featured adventurous vocal and on stage dancing performance, quite advanced if a bit less focused than today‘s k-pop, plus all diversely in accordance with individual characters of the members. Gliding across the stage while the rhythmic beats are going on, Eun Ji Won is surprisingly good both in rap and tunes, conside..

In 2008, I nodded (read fell asleep) throughout my one day journalism class with which I briefly (for a few months before I quit my workplace to learn more widely about jounalism in London) was able to work as a sort of "editor" at Space Magazine instead of the previous "editorial assistant" though all I did then was I co-created a special feature on cartoon and architecture, also did a few arti..