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“A Chunk of Charcoal” by Ahn Do-hyun

David Bowles August 5, 2022 August 5, 2022Korean, Translations 4

Episode 12 of the K-drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo features a powerful poem about putting others first, from author Ahn Do-hyun’s 2004 collection Lonely High Solitary (외롭고 높고 쓸쓸한). I couldn’t get the powerful imagery off my mind: in Korea even today, people fight off the winter cold with charcoal briquettes.…

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“Rainy Day” by Mah Chonggi

David Bowles August 2, 2022 August 2, 2022Korean, Translations 0

I’ve been watching the Korean drama 기상청 사람들: 사내연애 잔혹사 편, known in English as Forecasting Love and Weather. In episode six, there’s a lovely scene in which the two leads (who work for the Korea Meteorological Administration and therefore know a lot about the weather) are reading a lovely…

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“Calling to the Dead” by Kim Sowol

David Bowles October 20, 2021 October 20, 2021Korean, Poetry, Translations 1

Like many folks around the world, I was introduced to the poetry of Kim Sowol—who published a single book of poems, Azaleas, before dying at age thirty-two—through the show The King: Eternal Monarch. In episode three, the eponymous ruler of alternate Earth Kingdom of Corea pulls Azaleas from a shelf…

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“The Gatekeeper” by Kim Haengsoon

David Bowles September 27, 2021 October 5, 2021Korean, Poetry, Translations 11

One of the many things I love about watching K-drama is all the wonderful poetry I’ve been introduced to. During episode 10 of Hometown Cha Cha Cha, male protagonist Hong Ban-jang reads the poem “The Gatekeeper” from the collection Portrait of Echoes by Kim Haengsook (so that female protagonist Yoon…

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“The Physics of Love” by Kim In-yook

David Bowles September 23, 2021 August 2, 2022Korean, Poetry, Translations 6

Ever since I first watched the Korean drama 쓸쓸하고 찬란하神 – 도깨비, known in English as Guardian: The Great and Lonely God or simply Goblin, I have been obsessed with the poem the male lead (Kim Shin, an immortal goblin) reads from an anthology the female lead (Ji Eun-tak, his…

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