Archive for the ‘South Korea’ Category

Insooni Concert in Los Angeles

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Photo taken inside Koreatown Plaza on Western Avenue


Insooni Concert Poster in Koreatown

Insooni Concert Poster in Koreatown

Insooni (Hangul: 인순이; born Kim In-Soon (김인순) in 1957) is a famous South Korean singer who made her debut in 1978. She is an acclaimed R&B diva who has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York.  Born to a Korean mother and an African American father, who served in the US military, she was brought up by her mother alone.

The concert will be on February 12, Friday, 8 pm, at Nokia Theater.  To check for tickets, call Powerhouse at 323-692-0303 or visit Ticketmaster.

Happy Korean Language Day!

Friday, October 9th, 2009

October 9 is Hangul Day (한글날), the celebration of the promulgation of the Korean alphabet Hangul (한글) by King Sejong the Great in 1446. Not a legal holiday in South Korea — not since 1991 — but everyone marks the day as special.

Hangul Day on Google Korea

As you can see, Google Korea featured Hangul letters forming its logo on its home page. Ain’t that cool?

The alphabetic system used for writing the Korean language consists of 24 letters, including 14 consonant and 10 vowel symbols.  Its “inventor” King Sejong is supposed to have said that even a fool can learn the hangeul alphabet in ten minutes. It’s that simple!

Trivia: North Korea celebrates its  Chosŏn’gŭl Day (조선글날) on January 15, in line with the lunar calendar that was in use in the 15th century.