Tragic and extraordinary stories of Korean prodigiesWhen Heo Nanseolheon (1563-1589) was just 8 years old, she wrote her iconic piece “Inscriptions on the Ridge Pole of the White Jade Pavilion in Kwanghan Palace,” a poem filled with a unique imagination about the world of spiritual beings. Today, the piece is still considered as the work of a poetic genius -- who later died at age of 27, after suffering an unhappy marriage and the deaths of her two children.Heo is one of very few women writers f

He found out the hard way!힘들게 알아냈죠!Andi : Jieun, have you ever made a pronunciation mistake while speaking English?Andi : 지은씨는 영어로 말하면서 발음 실수한 적 있어요?Jieun: Sure! All the time, actually. Why do you ask?Jieun: 그럼요! 사실 항상 그래요. 왜요?Andi : Well, I have a friend who found out that pronunciation is very important while speaking Korean.Andi: 음, 한국말을 할 때 발음이 얼마나 중요한지를 깨달은 친구가 한 명 있거든요. Jieun: What happened?Jieun: 무슨 일이 있었는데요?Andi : My friend has been here for 3 weeks and he doesn’t speak Korean. Last Frid

Northeast Asia bank동북아 개발 은행<11월19일자 사설>President Park Geun-hye is pushing hard for her plan to set up a multilateral development bank to finance infrastructure construction in North Korea and other parts of Northeast Asia. Park first proposed the idea for the Northeast Asia Development Bank during her visit to Germany in March last year， pledging to help North Korea develop its economy if it gave up its nuclear ambitions. 박근혜 대통령이 북한 및 그 외 동북아 지역 인프라 건설에 자금을 조달할 다국적 개발은행을 설립하는 계획을 강력히 추진하고 있다.

Closed-legged punishmentDear Annie: I’m 48 and have been married to my beautiful wife for 21 years. Lately, whenever we argue, she will withhold sex. This could be anywhere from a week to three months. And she won’t talk about it. This is putting a huge strain on our relationship. We’ve been to counseling for a year, but it hasn’t helped. She tells me that men my age don’t really need sex and that my libido is too high. Every fight we have brings back arguments from 10 or 15 years ago. It’s like

If you go tomorrow, can you give me a ride home?만약 내일 갈 거면, 나 좀 집에 좀 태워다 줄 수 있어요?Andi: If you go tomorrow, can you give me a ride home?Andi: 만약에 내일 갈 거면, 나 좀 집에 태워다 줄 수 있어요?Clara: Sure. What happened to your car?Clara: 그럼요. 차에 무슨 문제 생겼어요?Andi: I was in an accident.Andi: 사고가 났었어요.Clara: You seem okay now.Clara: 그래도 지금은 괜찮아 보이네요.Andi: I am. Thanks.Andi: 네 괜찮아요. 고마워요.Clara: If I give you a ride, we have to make a few stops along the way. Clara: 근데 제가 태워다 주는 길에 몇 군데를 들려야 할 거에요.Andi: That will be Ok.

[예제 233] Early on, I was identified as an artist but had a talent for biology as well. I had a science teacher in junior high school who wanted me to go to the Bronx Science School, which was the premier high school in the United States. At the end of the year, I told him I wanted to become an artist and attend the High School of Music and Art, which was another extraordinary school in New York. Two weeks later, he stopped me in the hall and said, “I want to see you in my office.” I thought he w

What is Japan up to?일본의 의도<11월16일자 사설>Japan’s ruling party is reportedly planning to reexamine the history of Imperial Japan from the Sino-Japanese War in the late 19th century to World War II. Japanese media reports that the Liberal Democratic Party plans to set up this month a history review panel to mark the 60th anniversary of the party’s founding. 일본 여당이 19세기 후반 청일전쟁부터 2차 세계대전까지 제국주의 일본의 역사를 검증할 계획인 것으로 알려졌다. 일본 언론은 자민당이 창당 60주년을 맞아 이달 역사검증 위원회를 설치할 계획이라고 보도했다. We suspect that the move is r

Golf ball ballyhooDear Annie: I can’t believe your response to the letter from “Between a Golf Ball and a Hard Place,” saying that golf balls shouldn’t be cleaned in the kitchen sink. We routinely wash fruits and vegetables in the kitchen sink, and they have dirt and chemicals on them. Fighting over which sink to wash them in is like fighting over which way to hang the toilet paper. Get over it! -- EMT Dear EMT: We were surprised at the volume of mail this letter elicited. A lot of golfers must

Workplace bullying gets smarter, cruelerIt wasn’t too hard for Yoon Eun-ji -- not her real name -- to find out that her senior colleague had been bullied by one of the executives of her company earlier this year. It wasn’t difficult because the board member made it very clear that she was not happy with her pregnant colleague.“The executive humiliated her in front of everyone,” said the 29-year-old, who works for a local conglomerate. “She yelled at the pregnant woman. One of the things the exec

Safety abroad해외에서의 안전<11월11일자 사설>The growing tide of violent crimes against Koreans in the Philippines has prompted the Korean authorities to increase support for the Philippine police. 필리핀에서 한국인 대상 강력범죄가 급증하자 한국 당국이 필리핀 경찰에 대한 지원을 강화하고 있다. Kang Sin-myeong， commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency， said that the KNPA was looking for ways to help the Philippine police investigate crimes involving Korean nationals in the Philippines. Attesting to the gravity of the situation， Kang

Gifting dilemmaDear Annie: Please help us with an upcoming dilemma. Our son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren all live in another state. We spend Christmas with them every other year. In October, our daughter-in-law told our son she was leaving him, but would wait until after Christmas to tell the children so as not to upset them during the holidays. She has decided that she would rather run around with her single girlfriends from work, but right now, she still remains in the home they own. She

Former teacher dedicates 30 years to charity workAs volunteers of all ages, occupations and causes lined up wearing Korean Red Cross uniforms and chef hats at the headquarters in Jongno, central Seoul, one instructor taught them the steps of splitting the dough to make cream cakes.Hours later, sponge cakes and sweet bread came out from the oven. Looking at their warm, puffy creations, the cooks beamed as they imagined them being doled out to those in need, a daily routine for the volunteer worke