Have you ever heard the song “Billie Jean” or seen the Moonwalk performance by Michael Jackson? I think that everyone knows his song and dance. On June 25, the King of Pop Michael Jackson died.Michael Jackson was born in 1958. When he was young, he played a guitar. Michaels’ father taught Jackson how to play it and how to sing. His father, Michael Joseph Jackson, was the guitarist in the band The Falcons. Through his father’s music training, Michael made his debut through the group The Jackson 5. This group was made of Jackson’s brothers. Even though they were young, their musical abilities we
All countries have scary ghosts like Romanian vampires, Egyptian mummies, and Chinese gangsi, which are moving dead like zombies. Korean ghosts also have unique features and characteristics. The maiden ghost is a female ghost. She was a victim of a false accusation before she died. Therefore, she has a grudge. She wanders over the world taking revenge on people related to her death. She always wears white clothes and has a pale complexion and red lips which spill blood. The maiden ghost is the most common and fearful in Korea. Like her, there is a bachelor ghost which is male. This ghost also
Yuhan Corporation is the most famous pharmaceutical company in Korea. If you go to a pharmacy, you can easily find medicines made by Yuhan. The corporation’s trademark willow tree is familiar to many Koreans. Yuhan’s image was made by Dr. New Il-han. His life was dedicated to his country, ill people, and students. He was the most famous CEO in Korea. Many people respect his honest spirit.New Il-han was born in 1895 in Pyongyang. However, when he was nine years old, he went abroad to study in America. Later, he graduated from the University of Michigan. He established the La Choy Food Product I
Do you know Kang Do-ha (Kang Full), Yang Young-soon, or Jo Seok? These people are fascinating netizens with cartoons on the Internet. Many people read comics in the past. Comics were one of the entertainments that people felt interest in and got rid of tedious hours with. Nowadays, cartoons are more popular than comics with people from teenagers to people in their thirties. A cartoon is a short caricature that criticizes or satirizes people or society. We can read these cartoons on Internet portal sites. We call these webtoons.People are interested in webtoons because they are free and they ha
“Yut come out! Mo come out!” Many people who sit in a circle are shouting this while throwing four sticks. This game they are enjoying is yut. Yut is usually played on New Year’s Day and the 15th of January by the lunar calendar. Yut has been played since the period of the Three Kingdoms. At first, this was used as a tool which told whether the year would be a fruitful year or a bad year. Afterwards, this gradually developed into amusement. To play yut, we need 4 sticks, a game board, markers, and a mat. Yut is made by splitting a small log into two. One side is flat and the other side is roun
Act 1. B-boy's Practice Room Seok-yeon, who is the leader of a b-boy crew, is practicing break dancing with his team to show their break dancing in a hip hop square. Their dancing looks fun and free as usual. They leave the room in a hurry because it is near the appointed time.Act 2. Ballerina's Practice RoomSo-yeon is practicing ballet in the practice room with her ballet company. Their practice is disturbed by the nose from the hip hop square. So-yeon and her co-dancers follow the street dancers to the hip hop square.Act 3. The Hip Hop SquareVarious street dancers are enjoying dancing in the
Hwang Hae-sung was born in July 1920 in Cheonan. When she was sixteen years old, she went to Japan to study home management and food. Later, she came back to Korea and taught students at Sookmyung Women’s University. There was one problem. She was asked to teach Korean food. However, she had not taken any courses. Hwang Hae-sung only studied about Japanese and Western food. Thus, she went to Nakseonjae where the queen and court ladies lived.Nakseonjae was a very meaningful place in Hwang Hae-sung’s life because she met Han Hui-soon, the last cook of the Chosun Dynasty kitchen. Court ladies wer
“I watched animation when I was young. Today, Korean children play computer games with American children on the Internet. That was surprising because I didn’t think that Korean and American children could play computer games together.” Mr. Kim has gone to Chicago to work for six months. He needs to return to Seoul by tomorrow for a conference with his boss about a new business program, but the departure time of his flight has been delayed for a day due to bad weather in the Chicago area. He needs an alternative plan. He takes his cell phone out of his pocket and calls his boss. After a short d
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