Life in Korea

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Korean Traditional Dress: Hanbok

There are many beautiful Korean traditional dresses.
Every new year or Korean thanks giving, families dress up in their Hanbok. Sometimes it is wore for weddings also. The following pictures are Hanbok just for females. 

                                                                Regular Hanbok:

 



Hanbok for Royal family in old days:

 
Modern Hanbok:
    

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Water

If I ask you a question, "what is water?", how would you answer?
If that same question was asked towards me, I'd say it can do many things, and it's required for every living things to survive. In place where we are living in, water is very easily found. However, in some countries, such as Africa, finds it very difficult to get a sip of water.
Currently Africa is facing a water crisis affecting 300 million people and this has been continuing for years.   The problem is, it isn't just about Africa. According to the recent WHO/UNICEF report, more than 2.6 billion people in the world do not have basic sanitation and more than one billion people still use unsafe drinking water.
Now... it's time to ACT
If you are interested, click http://thewaterproject.org/how-a-water-project-works.php

Monday, October 4, 2010

How is John Park doing currently?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08e_F9lm3nM&feature=related
John Park is currently in Korea, participating in a program called Super Star K2, which is like American Idol. He made it to finals and if you click on the link above, you will be able to watch the clip of him singing. Also, he is very famous in Korea (mostly among 10~20 year old female fans). Keep it up John Park! :)

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