Scares away evil spirits, meanwhile brings bad dreams.

No evil spirits shall enter this ancient village of Andong, because they HAVE to enter this gate to get there (the only entrance of course), and they will be terrified of large, wooden king-monsters. There was a lot of nervous stares, mimicing, fake-scared screams. Good bi-lingual times. (on their part, not mine...I'm not pretending I can make complex sentences in Korean).

Andong Family Time

December 10th 2006
Realizing exactly what I was in for, minute by minute awkward translation, a pair of adorably giddy parents, screaming, crying, giggling boys, and freezing temperatures, I took my privates (korean kids I teach privately in their own house, secretly, "beyond" the law...2% chance of being deported for taking away hagwon/korean jobs)...up on their invitation for a weekend to Andong - farther north ... read more

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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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