Snow Flower TreeMt. Balwang Summit Yongpyeong in the year of rare snowWhite flower flakes on the old pine branchesA scenery of this clear and pure white range Kim Jong-HoiTranslated by Sunghee Lee * 《Cultura》 2021 December (Vol. 90) *

Poor man’s walletEven if you go to the end of longing in search oflonging, stop now!The longing to ask for a handshake is not there. Onlythe longing that’s not there flutters there. Hyun-Guk KangTranslated by Hyun-Guk Kang * 《Cultura》 2021 December (Vol. 90) *

While soaking myself in the bathtub, the lights go outIt is raining outsideA rusty sadness emergesA terrified child runs down the dark corridorAnybody out there?My voice, echoing in the empty bathroom, floats long in the air and stopsThe heart runs ceaselessly to carry blood higher than itselfGravit

So here, in this room where anyone can turn the light off and on, in this room where one can lock the door and go out, why have I crouched down so long Refurnishing the thinning blood with ink Moving from one book to another, from this chair to that Among the walls crowded with books And the piles o

When he, whose expression has said more,Began to speak in a talk showA young singer, sitting in front of himWas moved to tearsIs it because she felt overwhelmedBy his scent which was so sweetUnlike those mostly smelling nastyFrom long years of worldliness?Not allCan have such an old age as hisLeavin

Weight of a Volleyball A volleyball should weigh 260-280 grams according to the regulations of the International Federation of Volleyball. Korea’s women’s volleyball stars Yeon Koung Kim and Su-ji Kim are friends; they were born in 1988 and 1987 respectively, the eldest players in Korea’s women’s vo

His start was Singer #63. It did not take a long time for him to be stamped as a new singer-songwriter born in 2000. He made his presence to the world in a JTBC audition program Sing Again : for the Unknown ending last February. Lee Mu-jin selecting Han Young-ae’s Anyone There? as the first match so

“Korean girls are darn good at dancing!” I couldn’t agree more to what Jessi said in the 6th episode of Street Woman Fighter aired on Mnet. Koreans are often said to be the people of drinking, singing and dancing. Even Chinese old books describe Koreans as music-loving good singers and dancers. But

1. Korean Novelist If there is a writer like Steven King in Korea, who could it be? The border of pure literature between genre literature is a longstanding glass floor in Korean literature. While pure literature is preserved by a traditional cultivating system in the literary world and the press, g

It was the end of March when the pandemic was still going viral. Most Korean films as well as international ones were uncertain about their release when Director Lee Junik’s new feature film The Book of Fish premiered quietly. It must have waited for long before the release since it was produced in

Squid Game made a new record ranking #1 all in the 83 countries where Netflix is accessible in fifteen days after released in September 17, 2021. According to Flixpatrol, a global OTT contents analytics site, Squid Game is making a new record as a global syndrome ranking #1 Netflix top 10 TV program

BTS is already a worldwide known group. There are only people that know more or less about BTS, but there is no one that does not know anything about them. Their cultural influence goes beyond the power of business, education, and politics, so you cannot help but call them legendary. Alongside BTS,

Ich höre BTS bereits seit 2015. Der Song, der mich zu ihrem Fan gemacht hat war “Spring Day”. Als ich das Lied das erste Mal hörte, war ich emotional ergriffen. Als ich dann später den Liedtext nachschlug, erkannte ich, wie sehr dieser Song meine Situation widerspiegelte, in der ich mich zu diesem Z

Who do you think is the center among the BTS members? To be sure, each of you would give a different answer: a great many ARMYs would arise with different answers! No, it must be non-sense to throw such a question, because the members are all full of their own uniqueness and attractions. But as for

This is the time to taboo talking about others’ looks. Never point out one’s weakness in looks! You should be careful even when you compliment! Unlike what you mean, it might be judging by looks, that is, judging by faces. Even though social atmosphere has changed like this, the importance of ‘visua

Heroes of Greek and Roman Mythology or other origin myths are found to overcome the difficulties they faced with their special power and indomitable spirit to save the nation or make great achievement. Only those who conquer challenges with their abilities and continuous efforts can be the heroes of

Jeong Ho-seok, a well-known street dancer in Kwang-ju who found himself in dancing and through dancing found a contact point to music, joined 7-member group BTS as the third member. Leader RM judged right talking J-Hope into staying even by persuading their boss when J-Hope could not stand being a t

It would be a tough job to name every achievement that BTS has made. That is, it would be hard to pick more valuable ones out of its countless accomplishments. Same goes true with choosing more outstanding members of BTS. Its seven members are contributing to the band with each one’s different abili

I shot a film for selecting the best 5 BTS songs with a Youtube channel DKDKTV communicating with the foreign K-pop fans in July, 2020. It was not easy to select only five songs out of their 7-year career which has been faithfully piled up since 2014. It took a lot of time and effort to select only