★ Book Review Lee Na-yeon, Senior, Dept. of Home Economics Education River Boy (Tim Bowler, 2002) The two main characters of this book are Jess, a 15 year-old girl and her grandfather. She is a competitive swimmer and loves her grandfather, even though he is stubborn. He is a professi
Precious Experience in Indonesia By Hwang Ji-yeon, Junior, Department of Family Environment & Welfare Don’t Let Your Chance Go Before telling my story of adventures in Indonesia, I should begin to talk about the reason I applied for an overseas internship program of the May 18 Memorial Foundation. T
A Foreigner's Trip to Yeosu - Looking for Cultural Porperties - By Tauhid Ahmed, Korean Government Scholarship Student, Bangladesh Photo by Kwon Jeong-ha, Tribune ReporterYeosu citizens gave a shout of joy early in the morning on November 27, 2007 when the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)
CNU Preview 2008 Waiting for the Day with a Feeling of Expectancy By Rhy Seung-hyi, Tribune ReporterKim Na-ri, Tribune Reporter Kim Ji-eun, Tribune Reporter -----------Inside-----------◎ New Student C
Harmony with Human and Nature, Hanok By Lee Han-na, Student Editor Have you heard how a “Hanok”, a traditional Korean style house, is ergonomic? When you watch historical dramas set in the Joseon Dynasty, you many think Hanok is nature/human-friendly. Chonnam Tribune visited Ganggol village in Deukl
Ways to Happiness, Easy and Hard - About the film Happiness By Jo Charm-hun, Special Reporter “And remember this: that if you have been hated, you have also been loved.”-Excerpt from Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady Why is life painful like that? Why are we so stupid like that? These are question
My New Family in Australia By Ko Hyun-sook, Senior, Dept. of Business Administration Tara, Are You Ready? I arrived staying in Adelaide, a typical city in Australia. My initial thoughts were that I had never seen such a peaceful city. I lived here for six weeks during an English language program. If
Looking to the Inside, Jindo SsanggyesaBy Gim Ye-seul, Student Editor If traveling around Namdo, you will recognize that Buddhist temples are one of the finest representatives of cultural heritage in this region. You will probably have difficulty finding only one proper Buddhist temple that is worth
Last Chuseok, about twenty foreigners participating in the Residence Program, which was hosted by the Asia Culture Academy & Institute for Communication Research, Chonnam National University and sponsored by the Executive Agency for Culture Cities, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, explored several c
Put the hemp in the sky. Grab the clouds and hang it up on the heddle shaft.With a spindle made of nutmeg wood.With a reed made of jujube wood.Whirring, purring I weave.Mama, mama, my mama.What will you do with that fabric.When my brother gets married?We will make blue and green cloth.Clunk, plunk.P
One hot afternoon, a one and a half bus journey took this reporter out beyond the overcrowded urban area, past peaceful and tranquil scenery, further on than Dolsan Bridge in Yeosu, to my destination, the art studio of craftswoman, Kim Young-ja. The easily accessible yellow earth and mustard leaves,
“Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.”- Excerpt from Samuel Ullmann’s poem ‘Youth’ The abov
Have you seen a full gold sap in Mt. Goong-bok? The hue is clear, beautiful, and shining.Extracting peeled varnish tree Measuring more than an arm’s span around,Only a bowl of lacquer or soSap from the tree.Lacquered on the black boxThe dark-red color faded out.The mysterious color excels mellow a r
More often than not, we come across some inspiring examples which show the affection of family members: The story of the sister who saved her brother left behind in a burning gym, the story of the son who gave his father his liver to save him from liver cancer and so on. We often see or read about s
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Only a Traditional Music-Lover Can Master a Musical Instrument By Kim Yun hee, Tribune Reporter As the storm hits the streets, the trees along the roadside drop their fruit to the ground. Riding bus 38 to my destination, I get off at the Dong-gu District Office. There lies the Indang Traditional Mus