주시드니한국문화원 소식 (2020년 4월 17일자)
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KOREAN CULTURE in APRIL 2020 #2
Keep Safe and Korea On – Director’s Pick ✅
You’ve whisked away at your instant coffee 400 times to try the viral dalgona coffee, have binged your fair share of Korean dramas and movies on Netflix and pumped K-pop beats to juice up your home workouts, but still want more Korean culture to step up your self-isolation game?
Then this special edition of our E-newsletter is for you! Jam-packed with content you may have yet to come across, our Director has sorted out and hand-picked some of the best gems you can relish at the comfort of your home.
From listening pleasures to reading delights, this e-newsletter is packed full of good things to help you Keep Safe and Korea On!
#HOME
by BTS
BTS hits all the right notes on this track and it certainly is one of our favorite songs off their 6th EP, Map of the Soul: Persona. The song aptly titled ‘Home’ seems like the perfect track to add to your quarantine playlist and a fun fact is that an Australian producer Tushar Apte worked with BTS to write this song! Tushar had visited the KCC exactly a year ago to share his experience and to talk about his SongHub project in Seoul where he would collaborate with various Korean artists! Although we’re looking forward to his next song, it will be a while before we get “sick” of listening to ‘Home’. Listen now
CLOUD BREAD (구름빵) FOR KIDS
by Baek Hee-na, author of children’s books and the winner of Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2020
Got little kids at home missing school? Join the Hongbi and Hongshi siblings on their creative adventure through the magic of ‘Cloud Bread’. The book became an instant best-seller upon its release in 2004, bringing the author Baek Hee-na a series of awards afterwards. Many other great stories from Baek, “Magic Candies” and “I Am a Dog” have also received much rave reviews. Watch ‘Cloud Bread’ (in English)
I’m LIVE
by Arirang TV
Contemporary Korean music is much more than just glamour of K-pop idols and their perfectly synchronized choreography. I’m LIVE introduces some of the hidden gems of Korea’s top musicians/indie bands in a cosy, intimate setting (Our Director’s fave is rising Korean indie band ADOY). This live performance program will certainly be something that you can enjoy at home on a whole new level. Join the LIVE
THE PLOTTERS
by Kim Un-su
Reading has never been more important now in this time of self-isolation. Korean novelist Kim Un-su’s The Plotters is a must-read if you are a crime novel enthusiast.
The story is set in an alternate Seoul where assassination guilds compete for market dominance. Plotters quietly dictate the moves of the city’s most dangerous criminals, but their existence is little more than legend.
The Plotter is also set to read for our Korean Book Club later this year (date and details TBC), so if you’ve missed our previous one, get a head start on our next edition and read now!
“Pleasingly deadpan, The Plotters manages to be both humorous and violent, and sometimes even wise.” – The Guardian
READ SEOUL
by The SEOULive & Monocle
Don’t let the travel ban stop you from adventuring in Korea, especially its capital city Seoul.
Launched in 2017, The SEOULive shows a new method of exploring Seoul covering topics not only incorporating travel and culture but also politics and economy which make it the most comprehensive one stop shop for you to keep up with Korea’s current issue and culture. Furthermore, the magazine’s sleek design and photography will make you fall in love and learn more about the city.
Likewise, Monocle magazine has featured Seoul numerous times ranging from places to eat and drink to interviews with the people putting their hearts into the city. The energetic 24-hour city that is home to some 10 million people with plenty of brightly lit billboards, skyscrapers and shops come to life through the magazine’s in-depth exploration.
You will have become a Seoulmate before you know it. Read SEOUL at THESEOULive and Monocle
Image credit: The SEOULive
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT …
Celebrity chef Heather Jeong teaches us how to make the infamous ‘Jjapaguri’ (Ram-don) dish from the film PARASITE! Watch the video, gather your friends and get cooking! You can buy the noddles (neoguri and jjapaghetti) from your local Korean supermarket or find stockists here.
http://www.nongshim.com.au/
A re-cap of our Lunar New Year celebration with Channel 7 Sunrise earlier this year as part of their ‘5 cultures in 5 days’! The segment was jam-packed with Korean culture which included hanbok, new year food, traditional music, games, K-pop, and more. You can catch up with what happened in the morning which was full of laughs and fun here.
Author Baek Heena wins world’s richest children’s literature prize Apr 01, 2020
Collaborative music album combines Korean, Danish sounds Mar 25, 2020
3 Superb K-dramas You Might Have Missed Last Year Mar 18, 2020
National Gugak Center posts traditional music videos daily Mar 18, 2020
K-food’s Next Hit? Mar 16, 2020
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