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Traditional Korean Dance for Chuseok
In: Korean Culture| Korean History| Korean Traditions| Uncategorized
30 Sep 2009Traditional Korean dance. Women dancing in circular arrangements.
Really interesting:
This dance originated as a military tactic in the Joseon Dynasty when women and their daughters dressed in hamboks and danced in circles on mountain tops to intimidate Japanese invaders. I suppose when the Japanese were looking up at a mountain-top with a constant stream of women [...]
Eating a Grasshopper in Bangkok, Thailand
In: Uncategorized
4 Aug 2009Thats what it looks like when someone eats a grasshopper for the first time. It was really crunchy, and the little parts of the creature’s exoskeleton were hard to get out of my teeth. I was sober doing this, and tried to wash out the remains of the bug quickly with the last of [...]
Health Benefits of Kimchi
In: Daily Life in Seoul, South Korea| Food in Seoul, South Korea| Kimchi| Korean Culture| Korean History| Uncategorized
19 May 2009Did you know that kimchi is a low-calorie cancer fighter, with 4x the valuable lactic acid bacteria of yogurt?
I recently visited the Kimchi Museum located at the COEX Mall in Seoul, South Korea. I didn’t realize there was so much information about kimchi available. Most of the information I have gathered below is from the [...]
About Kimchi Soup
Kimchi Soup is a blog journal managed by a Korean-American-Jewish adoptee (this is not a joke). Its sole purpose is to document the adventures of the author's return to Korea and to update his family and friends.
The author of this blog journal was adopted form Korea at the age of 6. He was adopted and raised by a Jewish-American family (not a joke). The purpose of his extended return trip to Korea is to learn more about his birth-family history, learn the Korean language, and immerse himself in daily Korean life to fully experience true Korean culture.
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