Tag Archives: seoul

“Gwangjang Market”

This morning we hurried beneath Seoul, riding the subway toward Gwangjang Market, and before the market itself revealed its thousand faces, a nine-month-old girl riding in her stroller offered us the first greeting of the day. Her mother beside her, … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

My Parents’ Ancestral Clan

Paternal lineage: Musong Yoon clan Founder: Yun Yang-bi, Nangjang Origin and history of the clan:Musong was the administrative district under the Unified Silla Dynasty, located in present-day Mujang-myeon, Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do. Originally, this area was called Songmijihyeon during Baekje. During the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment