KOREAN CULTURE & ARTS Summer 2017
SPECIAL FEATURE
Baekje: In Search of Traces of the Lost Kingdom
SPECIAL FEATURE 1
Baekje Under the Moonlight
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Lee Chang-guy
SPECIAL FEATURE 2
Piecing Together the Remnants of an Ancient Kingdom
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Hangeul, its Creation and Future as a Design Theme Chung Jae-suk
INTERVIEW
Baekje Settlers in Japan
Kim Tae-shik
Ha Jong-moon
SPECIAL FEATURE 4
Incense Burner Embodies Ideal World of the Baekje People
IN LOVE WITH KOREA
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‘Thinking Hands’ of Lee Hyun-bae, Master Onggi Artisan
ON THE ROAD
The Road to Utopia
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Sung Ki-sook
TALES OF TWO KOREAS
N. Korean Dissident Literature Sparks Global Interest Kim Hak-soon
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Gwak Jae-gu
AN ORDINARY DAY
Lee Chun-suk’s Deft and Joyful Scissor Work
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BOOKS & MORE
“A Greater Music”
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS
The Splendid Octopus: Forbidding Looks, Toothsome Texture
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An Existential, Lyrical, and Unconventional Soliloquy on Isolation
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Soul Ho-joung
LIFESTYLE
Girls’ High School Reunions: Friendships Lasting through the Golden Years
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Kim Yoo-kyung
JOURNEYS IN KOREAN LITERATURE
Kim Seo-ryung
Kang Shin-jae
A Modern Take on Tradition
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Wolf Schröder: ‘In eSports, the Best in Korea is the Best in the World’
Won Jong-won
ART REVIEW
SPECIAL FEATURE 5
Baekje Emerges from a Royal Tomb
Kim Hyun-sook
Kim Moon-jung, Charismatic Music Director Attuned to Musicals
GUARDIAN OF HERITAGE
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Kim Jeong-wan
Choi Yeon
FOCUS
SPECIAL FEATURE 3
We are All Haruo
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Choi Jae-bong
At Least Half a Haruo Lee Jang-wook
“K-Style: Living the Korean Way of Life” Timely Book on the ‘Whys’ of Korean Ways
http://www.onemoretrip.net Online Marketplace of Korea Travel Products Charles La Shure, Kim Hoo-ran
COVER “Five-story Stone Pagoda on Jeongnim Temple Site” Yoo Youn-bin 2011. Ink and color on mulberry paper, 30cm x 30cm.