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용인 와우정사 티벳 기증 부처님: Lunar April 8, which falls on the solar month and day of May 18 this year, is Gautama Buddha’s 2,519th birthday. Many colorful ceremonies such as lightning a temporarily-made celebration tower, releasing living fish into rivers and night lantern procession are to be held across the country in celebration of the day. These ceremonies are indeed a sight to see in Korea, especial..

The traditional Oriental cosmology defines nature as consisting of two opposite principles: the masculine and positive one as of activity, height, light, heat or dryness and the feminine and negative one as of passivity, depth, darkness, cold or wetness. The one called yang is said to combine in harmony with the other called yin to produce all that comes to be in the whole universe. According to..

Soccer is generally regarded as most suited to the Korean people because it symbolizes our national spirit: courage, toughness and tolerance. From the economic point of view also, it is good for Korean since it is inexpensive to support, unlike other ball games which need special equipment. All it needs is a ball and small playground although the size required by rule for a normal game is 360 ft..

A Korean Boy in America Recently I received a letter from a Korean boy, Kim Jung-ho, living in America. The eldest son of my late friend Kim Il-yup, he is now a junior at the University of IIT. I may perhaps have to make it clear before going farther that my friend Kim Il-yup is not the famous Buddhist nun whose name is also Kim Il-yup (1896~1971). Their names sound the same, but the characters ..

The subject of English begins in the middle-school curriculum in Korea. Korean children, therefore, formally study English from the first year of secondary school. It has been that way since the day when the modern educational system was established. When the names of successful candidates for entrance to a middle-school in Seoul was announced, when I saw my name in the list, I said to myself, “..