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Korean tiger, dragon, haetae, dancheong monster

Smiling Faces in Lots of Places

May 21, 2015Debbi KentKorean symbols3 comments

Each time we visit Seoul, we are struck by the number of grinning faces we are met with.  Plenty of those are of the human variety, because Koreans are, after all, a very friendly people.  But take the people out of the equation, and there’s still lots of grinning going on — on sculptures, paintings, signs, door…

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

June 27, 2014Joan Suwalsky100 Thimbles in a Box, Korean handicrafts

The very first time I went to Korea in 1985, in connection with my son’s adoption, I spent a week there and had a chance to explore.  Never having been there before, it was all absolutely new and fascinating to me.  My most vivid memory of that trip, other than the time spent at Eastern…

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Featured Events

May 17, 2017 — 9:30 – 11:30 am
Seoul International Women’s Association
Conrad Hotel Seoul
10 Gukjegeumyung-ro
Yeoeuido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu
Seoul, South Korea
http://siwapage.com/activities/events/siwa-coffee-morning-201705/

October 27, 2016 — 7:00 pm
Making It Happen Outside the Box
American Chamber of Commerce in Korea Professional Women’s Committee
The Ritz-Carlton Seoul
120 Bongeunsa-ro
Yeoksam 1(il)-dong, Gangnam-gu
Seoul, South Korea
http://www.amchamkorea.org

October 27, 2016 — 10:30 am
Sharing East With West
American Women’s Club Korea
Asterium Centreville Building
Hangang-daero-30-gil, Yongsan-gu
Seoul, South Korea
http://www.awckorea.com

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October 16, 2018Debbi Kent

We’re very excited to introduce our next book! What we learned about Korea’s symbolic animals while researching 100 Thimbles in a Box inspired us to feature them in a series of children’s stories we are calling the Ginkgo Tree Tales. Illustrated by the gifted Korean artist, Lee, Woong Ki, these are not retellings of traditional folktales,…

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