Annyong's blog
Happy Lunar New Year!
Submitted by Annyong on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 00:51
Happy New Year! Happy Valentine's Day!
(Written in Hangul - Korean Language Characters - will be added once it is supported here on the website.)
The lunar new year started today, and there were celebrations world-wide. It also happens to be Valentine's Day, but this is a rare "once-in-a-lifetime" type of occurance.
Korean Music: Ewha Womans University Orchestra in USA
Submitted by Annyong on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 11:34
The Ehwa Women's Orchestra is performing in the United States this month (May 2009). The video below has excerpts of their concert at the Kennedy Center on May 1.
Learn Korean: The Happy Cow Commercial
Submitted by Annyong on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 02:50
In case you don't get to see these Real California milk commercials on TV, the clip below is a funny commercial of a talking cow... speaking in Korean. It is subtitled in English:
There are more of these "auditions" on the audition page.
Or, if you want to start learning Korean, try the video below:
How to Make Kim Bap (video)
Submitted by Annyong on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 05:33
Until the food pages get updated, this blog post presents Cathlyn's Korean Kitchen lesson on how to make Kim Bap. Kim bap looks like a sushi roll, but usually has cooked meat and/or vegetables.
Robots dancing to K-pop at the Toy Fair
Submitted by Annyong on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 04:20
Some robots on display at the 2009 Toy Fair were caught dancing to K-pop music.
Traveling in Seoul South Korea
Submitted by Annyong on Sun, 12/28/2008 - 12:34
On this Korea page you will find some recent videos taken in Seoul.
And a winter sunrise over Seoul - short video clip:
Social Networking & South Korea
Submitted by Annyong on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 01:38
When people talk about social networking sites that South Koreans use, it usually includes Cyworld (Wikipedia page about Cyworld).
The South Korean market is desired by the major sites, such as Facebook and MySpace. And there are many ways to look at the picture (scroll down for a slide show about asian social networking markets).
And the reverse is happening, as Cyworld moves to other markets, including the USA.
Perhaps the story is a mixed signal. The Korea Times recently wrote this article - Social Networking Is The Online Order Of The Day - after having written only months ago about Social Networking Sites Losing Energy. The second story was in May, during which a similar story appeared on SocialNetworkingWatch.com.
Video
Below is an interview of CyWorld.com's CEO (from 2006).
Full House - 3 Bears Song
Submitted by Annyong on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 03:01
The Korean Drama "Full House" had a plot with a sort of double love triangle (The leading lady loves Mr. Right, but she also falls for Mr. Also Right, who was dating another woman... a woman who loves the Mr. Right. And so on).
In this scene, the leading lady (Han Ji-Eun played by Song Hye Kyo) sings the Korean children's song "3 Bears" for the parents of her "Mr. Right" (Lee Young-Jae (비/Bi (Rain)).
The video is 1:59 long.
Below is another clip from Full House:
