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My dress...  
   

My dress...

is actually my mother's dress that has hung in her closest for over 30 years since we left Korea. I'm glad she hung on to it. (Thanks, Mom.) They sent it to me for this occasion. These dresses can run anywhere from $250 to over $1000.
Hanbok Day

September 27th 2007
Korea’s biggest holiday, Chusok, has just passed a few days ago. It’s like our American Thanksgiving in that it’s a harvest festival. Everyone takes three days and goes home to visit their family and remember the traditions of their culture. I think the similarity ends there. On Chusok, everyone goes to honor their ancestors, wears Hanbok (traditional clothes), eats traditional foods and ... read more
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Korean Flag Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more
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