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Things to know before your Temple stay in South Korea
With over 900 traditional Buddhist temples in South Korea, more than 50 temples offer temple stay programmes to visitors. Thus, we created a guide to help you get the best of your experience!
Top 10 Weirdest Things About South Korea
While the world mainly knows South Korea for its entertainment industry (incl. K-dramas and K-pop), massive technology industry (such as Samsung, LG or Hyundai), or for its infamous neighbour North Korea, there is a lot more fun facts to discover! South Korea is a unique country in itself, with its stunning nature, delicious food, trendy fashion, and some of the most unique cultural aspects which will definitely leave you surprised.
Journey from a cow to Hyundai Motors
Let's recount the extraordinary life of a man that created one of the most successful and largest motor companies in South Korea and the cow that was sacrificed in the process.
8 Reasons to Learn Korean
With all the beautiful languages in this world, choosing an extra language to learn can be a challenge. If you’ve ever considered learning Korean, or were losing motivation, you only need to remember a few points from the list to keep up all the hard work!
A list of Korean Authors and books for your Quarantine Routine
So it’s been weeks since we have left our houses, and yes it feels like a century already. Hair remains unwashed, sweatpants glued, nails unkept and days of going out long forgotten. Since we are all trying to forge new routines and discover new hobbies during this difficult time, we have created a list of amazing books by Korean Authors to help you diversify your reading lists.
Let’s talk about that Korean hat!
Korea has established its reputation in various mediums, but none other is as etched into the history as their hats in Joseon period (1392-1910). Historically speaking, Koreans loved their Gats (Hats), Westerners that have ventured as far as Korea at that time, admired the variety of Korean hat selection and often dubbed it as a hat country. In Joseon period no young fellow Korean man could be taken seriously without its Gat. It was a marker for: style, social-ranking, marital status, education. In short, it was a wearable Insta/tinder bio.
The history of Korean Shamanism
Korea has adopted number of religious beliefs over-time that have been imported through cultural exchange and colonization. Korea has now firmly established Buddhist, Catholic and Confucian beliefs and customs. However, none of the religions have been present longer than the Korean Shamanism which dates back to pre-history of Korea.