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Korean Dramas. They're here. Get used to them. These television shows are comparable to primetime television programming in America (think Grey's Anatomy or Heroes). These Korean series bear little resemblance to what we refer to as "daytime" television. The production format is closer to a "miniseries" (think Band of Brothers or Lonesome Dove). However, when westerners hear the term "K-drama" or "soap opera" we instantly think of cheesy dialogue, unnecessarily long pauses, overacting, unrealistically overdone characters, and untimely bizarre deaths (think General Hospital or The Young and the Restless or your dramatic cousin on your dad's side). While the Korean equivalents certainly share some of the surface level similarities,... Show more

안녕하세요. 현우예요. How was your week? I hope you had another exciting week!! ^^ Today I'd like to share a video that I took in the Summer when I was in Jejudo - Jeju Island/Province (제주도), the biggest island and the southern most province in Korea - a beautiful place! 정말 예쁜 곳이에요. It's a very short video, but I hope it will help you feel refreshed a bit ^^!! It might be better if you clicked on the video and watched it in high quality. :) 감사합니다.

I sat my linguistics exam yesterday. THANK GOD THAT IT'S OVER. I don't know a single person on that course who enjoyed it in the end, no matter how enthuisastic they started out. I just hope that I've passed, fingers crossed! Now I have 2 weeks worth of Romanticism history to catch up on ... *dies* I just have to keep on reminding myself that all of this is so that I can go study Korean in my dream university. Today, instead of talking about the music that I like, I wanted to ask, what music do you like? How did you start listening to Korean music? What are some of your favourite artists, or favourite songs? Do you listen to Korean music more than the music of your own country or another country? I'm always very interested to see what... Show more

Swimming Safety. Koreans have had a long affair with swimming. Korea is a peninsular country surrounded by water so naturally, Koreans have been swimming for recreation for some time. However, danger lurks in those calming waters...but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's set the stage. In America, typically we teach our children to do three things as soon as possible: feed themselves, ride a bike, and swim. Don't get me wrong - we don't throw kids in the pool and hope they resurface eventually. Traditionally though, whenever a family goes swimming the toddler goes in the pool while the adult teaches the child how to swim. Little by little, once the child gains confidence, we typically encourage him or her to swim relatively unassisted... Show more

Hi. 현우예요. How was your week, everyone? 일주일 동안 잘 지냈어요? I want to talk a little bit about the word '마음' in this blog post today. If you like listening to Korean pop songs, 마음 is like one of the top ten frequently appearing words in the lyrics - which is more than natural because most of the songs are basically talking about 마음. 마음 is a very interesting word - it can not only be translated in many ways into English, but it also has a lot of meanings even in Korean. So for all the phrasal verb lovers out there, I'll go through some of the most common expressions that contain the word "마음" in them that cannot easily be translated into English word by word. 마음 can be mind, heart, feeling, emotion, or even interest. If you eat your 마음... Show more