“A Centennial Life” (“백세인생”)
“A Centennial Life” (“백세인생”) 작곡, 작사:김종완. 노래: 이애란 1 절 (Verse 1) 육십 세에 저 세상에서 날 데리러 오거든 (If, at age 60, the death angel comes to take me away), 아직은 젊어서 못 간다고 전해라 (Please tell him I am too young to go right now). 칠십 […]
Vancouver - kpop’s new favourite city
If you live long enough, you will see your dream come true…or at least up close and personally. Having lived in Vancouver more than half my life, and half of that being a kpop fan, I was resigned to the fact that the majority of kpop acts simply […]
New Korean film The Priests will screen in Toronto and Vancouver but not in Montreal
I’m feeling a bit sorry for myself and for my fellow Korean film fans, here in Montreal (and in other cities, too). A new Korean film called The Priests (검은 사제들 Geomeun Sajedeul) was released in Los Angeles and Dallas on Thursday, Nov. 26 (U.S. Thanksgiving). It will […]
Top 13 Dramas of 2015 - with GIFs
2015 is almost coming to an end. Here is a compilation of top Korean dramas for 2015 based on CPI. What is CPI (Content Power Index)? A content power index for a show is a figure calculated by the combined news subscriptions, searches, and social media buzz for shows […]
The Attic Playlist – 17 November 2015, Issue 22: 길 (Road)
★ Click to view previous issues: Issue 01: 시작 (The Beginning), Issue 02: 별이 빛나는 밤 (Starry Night), Issue 03: 연인 (Lovers) ,Issue 04: 건배 (Cheers!), Issue 05: 시간 여행 (Time Travel), Issue 06: 위로 (Consolation), Issue 07: 주말 휴가 (Weekend Getaway), Issue 08: 저녁 공기 (Evening Air), Issue 09: 모닝콜 (Wake-Up […]
KakaoTalk: A Revolutionary Messaging App
“Do you have KakaoTalk?” Have you ever been asked this by a Korean friend or acquaintance, but had no idea what “KakaoTalk” is? KakaoTalk, often abbreviated to “KaTalk/카톡,” is a Korean cross-platform messaging application like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger. It is available in most smartphone platforms including […]
5 Korean Dating Rules that May Surprise You
There are unspoken rules to dating, and it differs from culture to culture. Here are five unspoken dating rules in Korea that may surprise you. 1. What’s going dutch? Guys pay for most dates. A recent episode for Withhunt talked about the debate of the past 3 decades […]
Former K-pop star Luhan skates, fights, solves crimes and sings in The Witness
Luhan is the main male star of the new film The Witness (Wo Shi Zheng Ren), a China-Korea co-production. It’s his third film, after 12 Golden Ducks, and 20 Once Again. K-pop fans will already know who Luhan is. For the rest of you – he was one […]
(1) Love and Life: 1.75 Gen Raising Hapas
I was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to Canada before I turned 3. According to Rubén G. Rumbaut, that makes me a 1.75-generation immigrant. I have six children, all who are born in Canada to me, a ‘pure-breed’ Korean, and to their dad who is of Indian […]
The Attic Playlist – 4 November 2015, Issue 21: 자장가 (Lullaby)
★ Click to view previous issues: Issue 01: 시작 (The Beginning), Issue 02: 별이 빛나는 밤 (Starry Night), Issue 03: 연인 (Lovers) ,Issue 04: 건배 (Cheers!), Issue 05: 시간 여행 (Time Travel), Issue 06: 위로 (Consolation), Issue 07: 주말 휴가 (Weekend Getaway), Issue 08: 저녁 공기 (Evening Air), Issue 09: 모닝콜 (Wake-Up […]
“L.A. Son” by Roy Choi
Sohn-maash (“hand-taste”) is the only way to cook, eat and feel Korean food. This autobiography of Roy’s journey and connection to food is as juicy, spicy and warming as the recipes he shares in each chapter. It tells a heroic story of the food as a character which saves […]
Seong-Jin Cho Wins the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition
A young pianist from South Korea won the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, which made history as he became the first Korean to ever win the competition. He is also the third pianist representing an Asian country to ever win a gold medal in the competition’s […]
The Attic Playlist – 20 October 2015, Special Issue 20: 오미 (The Five Tastes)
★ Click to view previous issues: Issue 01: 시작 (The Beginning), Issue 02: 별이 빛나는 밤 (Starry Night), Issue 03: 연인 (Lovers) ,Issue 04: 건배 (Cheers!), Issue 05: 시간 여행 (Time Travel), Issue 06: 위로 (Consolation), Issue 07: 주말 휴가 (Weekend Getaway), Issue 08: 저녁 공기 (Evening Air), Issue 09: 모닝콜 (Wake-Up […]
How My Uphill Battle with the Korean Language Helped Me Come to Terms with My Learning Disabilities (Part 2)
This is part 2 of a two-part article, the first of which I wrote some months ago, so I shall provide a link to the first part here. I meant to complete this a lot earlier but all sorts of things happened and it just didn’t get done. […]
The Attic Playlist – 6 October 2015, Issue 19: 그리움 (Longing)
★ Click to view previous issues: Issue 01: 시작 (The Beginning),Issue 02: 별이 빛나는 밤 (Starry Night),Issue 03: 연인 (Lovers),Issue 04: 건배 (Cheers!), Issue 05: 시간 여행 (Time Travel), Issue 06: 위로 (Consolation), Issue 07: 주말 휴가 (Weekend Getaway),Issue 08: 저녁 공기 (Evening Air),Issue 09: 모닝콜 (Wake-Up Call), Issue […]
October 5th, the Korean Day 🇰🇷
October 5th, also known as the Korean Day was first introduced in 2007 by The Overseas Korean Foundation and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs to correctly define our national identity and also to heighten the pride of 7.2 million overseas Korean. The Korean Day is celebrated all around the world annually on October 5th. This year’s celebration will […]
Don’t Forget to Catch “Chuseok Specials” During the Long Weekend!
Chuseok, also known as the Korean Thanksgiving Day, is one of the most important holidays of the year! Chuseok is a traditional festive holiday to celebrate the good harvest, which is also called Hangawi (한가위). On this traditional day, Koreans visit their hometowns to celebrate with their families […]
JKorean Restaurant, St. John’s NL
Our family took a work-ation to Newfoundland this past week, and I felt an obligation (a slightly selfish one), to seek out a Korean restaurant, and write a review for this blog. On our first night out, we came across a Korean restaurant, called “JKorean” near our hotel, […]
The Attic Playlist – 22 September 2015, Issue 18: 말 없이 (Without Words)
★ Click to view previous issues: Issue 01: 시작 (The Beginning),Issue 02: 별이 빛나는 밤 (Starry Night),Issue 03: 연인 (Lovers),Issue 04: 건배 (Cheers!), Issue 05: 시간 여행 (Time Travel), Issue 06: 위로 (Consolation), Issue 07: 주말 휴가 (Weekend Getaway),Issue 08: 저녁 공기 (Evening Air), Issue 09: 모닝콜 (Wake-Up […]
Camping: Korean Style
My husband has been hounding me for years to go camping. I am so not a camping person, so I’ve been resisting… I mean, I just could not see myself in a tent, freezing all night, cleaning dishes in cold water, not having a shower. Exactly my opposite […]
