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
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
The Da Vinci Code can reverse a person's belief. Even though his book is just fiction, author Dan Brown shook many people. Why are people interested in this book if it is just fiction? The first time I looked over The Da Vinci Code, I wasn't interested in it because I thought it was about Leonardo da Vinci. I didn't know about Leonardo da Vinci and I was too young to care about his art. It was my mistake to think that. My opinion changed while reading that book. I couldn't put it down because of Robert Langdon's heroics and wide knowledge, and Dan Brown's imaginative power. Although it is just