Something Korean

Just as in Daddy Long-Legs Judy Abbott's life came in full bloom, this sequel excites us by chasing the reader with 300 orphans in the backdrop of John Grier Home, Judy's melancholic adolescent habitat left without a headmistress, and the adventures into their hearts of Judy's vibrant pal Sally. In comes a medicine man with a fishy past and a controlling caretaker. Towards the end, everybody in ..

Throughout decades, SSAW have been turning out beautiful multi-hue songs as be fits their team's name. With their own guitar and drums - add to that their session people's harmony, and bravo! They succeeded in creating an unforgettable flow. For a start, listen to 'People all change', where Jongjin Kim, the two man band's vocal, croons steadfast and evokes low softness. Without his tune, this tr..

봄 여름 가을 겨울은 팀 이름에 걸맞게 가지각색의 아름다운 노래들을 들려준다. 멤버들이 기타와 드럼, 그리고 그들이 정성스레 고른 세션들의 음악을 합쳐 잊을 수 없는 흐름을 만들었다. 듣는 이들이 낮은 부드러움으로 들으며 지나게 되는 '사람들은 모두 변하나봐'는 vocal 김종진의 꾸준한 노래가 아니라면 그 곡이 차지하는 시간의 길이만큼의 느낌을 주지 못했을 것이다. vocal이 용기있게 한발 한발 떼놓는 모습을 그려내는 '10년 전의 일기를 꺼내며' 같은 노래는 젊은이들의 마음을 잘 담아낸다. 다른 노래들도 느슨한 기교와 어김없는 영혼을 내놓는다. 비교적 최근의 노래인 '브라보 마이 라이프'는 음악적으로는 앞선 노래들과 약간 다른 모습을 보여주지만 여전히 우리의 삶을 예찬하는 의미와 곡을 만드는 데 들..

Newly number one on chart, Permission to Dance by BTS literally cries out 'dance music' from its very beginning. Its rhythmic and fruitful uses of instruments remind one of old-time rock and roll. How time flows by quickly, with faster beat throughout the piece! These boys, their composers Ed Sheeran (who is familiar), Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid, Jenna Andrews and their arranger(s) are not afraid ..

1. E-mart re-fills and re-cycles Korea’s answer to Walmart, E-mart turns out recycled plastic container pack for its fruit products and water-resistant easy-peel label stickers. It also started using PLA, biodegradable material for packaging, as well as showcasing re-fill service for laundry detergent and shampoo. The company is expecting to reduce more than 1-ton recycled containers per year. 2..

Entry to the closest library in my neighborhood is simple. A cylindrical hall, there are just double glazed doors in the doorway. I ask the librarian sitting in our small library for an interview. She doesn’t want me to reveal her name, but she agrees to go through with a description of her work here. She goes to the nearest reading desk and gets ready to interview in a flash. Everyday, our libr..

This great-value guesthouse is 200m from the crossroad and 1km from Sanghyeon Subway Station. It is surrounded by a buzzing village life. Various attractions like Everland, the Folk Village, Gwanggyo Lake Park, and Suwon Hwaseong temporary palace are all fairly close by. There is no active security force roaming the streets, however, crime prevention CCTV watches over the area to ensure maximum ..

Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy It’s astounding to see three novels by Frances Hodgson Burnett, written years apart, working positively for children and adults alike. The backgrounds of these novels feature heartfelt actions of people as deus ex machina. That’s also the biggest hurdle with these books, and it, along with other first-time met difficulties, decreases a..

The above headline, referring to BTS's newest song Butter, is partly coincident with "Bread and butter with jam", the name of the delicious old-time gayo instrumental ending track by a successful Korean band, 015B, produced in the early 1990s. There is more complimentary space for Butter than in closely knitted Dynamite. In summary, the short but stout Butter is better. The instruments spread ou..

The title of the Korean novel "Dang-in Ri: Two hours running out after Blackout" showcases multiple imagined large-scale failure in South Korea's electricity generator system. The Dang-in Ri plant is an extra, emergency plant in which shows up a team of people doing everything they can to mend the situation, cranking their brains. One of the team members is a young fun-seeking ex-game-developer...