I’m sure most of kdrama lovers are somehow familiar with the period dramas, or sageuk. In the sageuk, there will be characters based on the people who were part of the royal family of Joseon Dynasty. Various terms, such as jusang jeonha (주상 전하), are used to address these characters according to their ranks. Some of […]
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I’m sure some of you who watch kdramas are already familiar with the titles used in the family, as in how a person address his or her family members. I got used to hear a servant or maid calling the young master and miss as doryeonnim (도련님) and agasshi (아가씨) in dramas but when I […]
Another reason to blame Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love is that it makes me study South Korea’s history, particularly Joseon Dynasty. Since I am currently enjoying my holiday, it can be said that I read about the Joseon kings almost all the time when I’m not watching dramas. It has now gotten to the […]
I found a really good blog post about the hats and headgears for Joseon Dynasty. Thanks to the post, I realized that there were some errors in the post I made before (Traditional Korean Clothing: Kdrama Style). To make up for the mistakes, here’s a post to list down mostly, if not all, the hats, […]
This is actually a random post made after browsing the post that featured Boong-Do. I was searching for a female drama character that has worn every type of hanbok and suddenly, it hit me: why didn’t I think about Se-ryung? She experienced almost everything in her life; from a noble woman to a princess, before […]
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Some kdrama fans, especially those who love to watch Korean period dramas or sageuk might be familiar with the terms hanok (한옥). It means traditional Korean architecture in Korean language. While the palace was reserved for the royal family of Joseon Dynasty, hanok represents all types of buildings with the Korean architecture regardless of their […]
In sageuk, especially those centered around Joseon Dynasty, we often see the female characters with hairpins and wigs but they rarely wear the usual accessories that we have today such as bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and rings. In fact, I’ve never seen any of the Joseon women wear earrings, something that perks up my interest. I […]
Well..I’ve been indulging myself into watching dramas and as always, sageuk has their own charms on me. I don’t know why, but watching them always poke my curiosity button, sending me into endless nights of reading and understanding the history of Korea. It’s not too much to say that I might know Korea’s history a […]
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It always takes forever when I decide to write something about hanbok. This time because it’s been a while since I last wrote about this topic. I decide to do another short post, centered about the clothing for the men during Joseon Dynasty. Although the men of Joseon Dynasty wore more subdued colors than the […]
I think as a sageuk lover, I’m really being way too pampered by kdrama gods these recent years. So many good sageuk and so many pretty served in front of me. Who wouldn’t love that? Actually, I’ve been meaning to do this post since Tree with Deep Roots days, but I couldn’t find decent sources. […]
Gosh, I’m such a fail when it comes to giving a title. Maybe some can guess that this post is about one of the dramas that premiered yesterday, and yeah, it is about the drama The Moon that Embraces the Sun. But I’m not going to recap it again, not when three great bloggers already […]
I’m not being that productive nowadays, partly because I’m only watching a drama right now and my internet connection is still merciless to give me opportunity to watch even that single drama. With that reason, I am currently watching the dramas that I’ve watched before (only bits, I skipped some parts that annoyed me). I […]
Awww so adorable. With his upcoming drama I Can Hear Your Voice counting days until its premiere, Lee Jong-suk is going to be featured in next month’s Singles magazine. He’s not the cover boy (unfortunately) but I’m surprised to see quite a lot of his shots released to the press. Not that I’m complaining because […]
Not sure if any of you remember her as the spoiled Ha Hyo-eun in Sungkyungkwan Scandal but if any of you watched That Winter, the Wind Blows, you might recognize her as the possessive Oh Soo’s girlfriend Jin So-ra. Seo Hyo-rim has been playing bitchy second lead characters for quite some time and I hope […]
Park Ki-woong can be anyone and this latest pictorial of him proves that he can be an idol. Wait, he was the one and only Won Kang-hwi in Full House Take 2, so this might have been one easy thing for him to do. Harper’s Bazaar Korea released two of Park Ki-woong’s pictures to be […]
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