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
Yang-ju in Kyonggi province has an astronomy observatory that general people can use. It is Song-am Stars Valley, about thirty to forty minutes from Seoul. The sign at the gate says “Welcome to Jang-heung Amusement Park,” which Song-am Stars Valley belongs to.Song-am Stars Valley consists of four buildings: the Space Center, a cable car station, the observatory, and Star House. First, I entered the Space Center. The Space Center consists of the Digital Planetarium and the Challenger Learning Center. The Digital Planetarium offers an experience of simulated space in a room with a hemisphere scr
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
Hapcheon Cine Theme Park is located in Hapcheon, an hour from Daegu. Hapcheon Cine Theme Park is famous for sets from films and dramas like Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War, Wind Fighter, Seoul 1945, and 70's Fashion. Many people visit for sightseeing and taking pictures. You can see many shops and houses from the era of Japanese imperialism. Nowadays, MBC is preparing a set for a TV drama, East of Eden.By Seo Yeon-jooKMG Junior Reporterpinkeyes@kmu.ac.kr
Last October, the 11th Andong International Maskdance Festival was held.This festival featured not only Korea traditional mask dances, but also traditional Thai dances.By Ryu Ji-younKMG Junior Reporterwhitefox11@kmu.ac.kr
“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
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