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Korean History Chapter 1
The Origins of the Korean People The history of the Korean people begins long before written records, reaching back to the Paleolithic age. Archaeological research...
Korean Book Recommendation: Han Kang’s We Do Not Part
한국어 The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to writers for the breadth and depth of their lifetime achievements rather than for a single book,...
Learning Korean: Korean words and phrases through RM’s latest message on Weverse
안녕하세요! Two weeks ago, RM wrote a short message for ARMY on Weverse about how the new album preparations are coming along. He said:무엇보다음악 진짜...
미국사 1장 (U.S. History Chapter 1)
(*English version at the botoom) 아시아에서 얼음의 다리를 건너온 첫 이주민들: 신대륙의 시작 나는 미국 조지아 주, 애틀랜타 근교의 작은 도시에서 고등학교를 다녔다. 그곳에서는 11학년,...
영어 공부: 내 게시글로 배우는 유용한 단어와 표현들
피아니스트 임윤찬에 대해, 여기 ALL ABOUT KOREA 카테고리의 Culture 방에 올린 내 글(Lazy Sunday Afternoon and Pianist Yunchan Lim)을 통해 토플 같은 시험에 도움이 되는 필수...
Piece of Peace
Today marks the official opening of the “Min Yoon-gi Therapy Center” at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital. Over the years, BTS have given not only their...
My Favorite Korean Movies
I was talking about Korean films with an American friend the other day and ended up recommending many of my favorites. These are the titles...
교육자의 시선으로 보는 AI 시대
뉴턴이 중력의 원리를 구상하던 시절, 그는 이렇게 말했다. “모든 작용에는 반드시 반작용이 존재한다.” 이 명제는 거대한 천체의 운동에만 적용되는 물리 법칙이 아니다. 2022년, OpenAI의 ChatGPT가...
Omar Yaghi: The Palestinian Refugee Who Built Worlds Out of Atoms
There are lives that begin in silence, far from privilege or promise, and yet rise to shape the world’s imagination. Omar Mwannes Yaghi’s life is...
Lee Jae-myung and Lula da Silva
한국어 Lee Jae-myung’s election as president earlier this year left me absolutely giddy, like I was floating on cloud nine. And that feeling hasn’t faded...
New Revolution in Sprinting: Superfast Teenage Runners
A new generation of teenage sprinters around the world is redefining the limits of the 100-meter dash. In the U.K., then 14-year-old Bronson Hearn-Smith went...
In the Language of Black and White: Artist Anna Park
Born in Korea and raised in Utah, artist Anna Park has been captivated by drawing since childhood, and that passion soon became her identity. Her...
RM’s Letter from the City of Angels
School started up again last Thursday. From Friday through Sunday we were off on an orientation retreat just outside Seoul. Coming home this afternoon, cotton...
청산도
1990년대 영화 <서편제>를 본 뒤, 나는 영화의 주 무대가 된 남쪽 외딴 섬, 청산도(靑山島)를 찾아갔다. 이 작품은 전통 판소리 예술을 근대화와 문화 상실의 물결 속에서도...
Serendipity
Serendipity I especially love how RM playfully links 그냥 (geu-nyang) (simply) with 고양이 (goh-yahng-yi) (cat), since Koreans also affectionately call cats 냥냥이 (nyang-nyang-yi). In that...
Moonchild
Moonchild The term moonchild, loosely defined as someone idiosyncratic or out of step with the world, becomes in RM’s hands the embodiment of a person...