Warm Winter Eats:
Korean Street Foods
Korean Street Foods
Traditionally filled with red bean paste, this fish-shaped pastry is often found in warm street food stalls around Korea.
What is Bungeoppang (붕어빵)?
Starring Seo Yea-ji (서예지) as Ko Moon-young (고문영) and Kim Soo-hyun (김수현) as Moon Gang-tae (문강태), this romantic K-drama depicts the emotional healing of an antisocial writer and a psych ward caretaker when their lives intertwine.
What is 사이코지만 괜찮아 (It's Okay to Not Be Okay)?
Hailed as the "breakout song" for its artist, this song was released in December 2010 as the lead single of the EP Real. It held the record for the most weeks at number one on the South Korean Singles Charts until 2018 when it was beaten by iKon's "Love Scenario". In the song, the artist describes a particular day of being too shy to confess her feelings to a guy she likes.
What is 좋은 날 (Good Day) by IU?
This event at the Winter Olympic Games has a two- or four-person team drive a specially designed sled down an ice track, with the winning team completing the route with the fastest time.
What is bobsleigh?
Analogous to "Happy New Year!", this phrase is often said for Seollal (Lunar New Year) in Korea.
(English translation answers acceptable)
새해 복 많이 받으세요. (Saehae bok mani badeuseyo.) “Receive a lot of luck in the new year!”
A Korean staple for a long time, these little bite-sized baked balls of walnutty goodness are certainly one of the best Korean winter snacks to share. Grab a dozen and munch them as you go, or share them with friends or family.
What is Hodu-Gwaja (호두과자)?
Released in February 2022 and starring Nam Joo-hyuk (남주혁) as Baek Yi-jin (백이진) with Kim Ji-yeon (김지연) as Ko Yu-rim (고유림), this series follows two individuals who gradually fall in love as they find new ways to live during the Korean Financial Crisis of 1998.
What is 스물다섯 스물하나 (Twenty-Five Twenty-One)?
Released in February 2014, this medium-tempo R&B-inspired duet between a member of SISTAR and B1A4 is accompanied by visuals of a couple that misses each other, imagining cute things on the way to their planned date.
What is 썸(Some) by 소유(SoYou) and 정기고(JunggiGo)?
Although both Korean teams are historically not great at it, they unified to create a single team for this sport at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
What is ice hockey?
This type of traditional fried cake-cookie is made of wheat flour, sometimes has pumpkin flavoring, and is eaten on holidays such as Seollal (Lunar New Year).
What is yakgwa?
This healthy and delicious snack-on-a-cob is steamed to perfection and guaranteed to help warm you up on those snowy days.
What is Chaloksusu (찰옥수수)?
This series explores the relationship of two people as they go from being "just acquaintances" to "a genuine couple". Jin-ah (진아) (Son Ye-jin (손예진)) is a district supervisor in her mid-30s at the coffeehouse franchise Coffee Bay and Joon-hee (준히) (Jung Hae-in (정해인)) is an animator at a videogame company in his early 30s. The driving narrative of the story centers around South Korean taboos concerning relationships.
What is Something in the Rain (밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나)?
Released in 2011 as a part of the album "Last Fantasy", this song possesses a mystic and peculiar concept. With the singer playing the role of a teenage girl traveling through time in order to reach the future to meet her boyfriend, this song switches to and from the minor and major keys, the arrangement is noteworthy for its diverse and fantasy-like atmosphere, incorporating instrumentals that are rarely used in K-pop, such as the harp and horn.
What is 너랑나 (YOU&I) by IU?
This winter sliding sport, in which a person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first, is the only non-iceskating sport that South Korea won gold in at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
What is Skeleton?
This demonic support champion in League of Legends travels the waterways of Runeterra, feeding his insatiable appetite with the misery of others. His lashing tongue can stun even a heavily armored warrior from a dozen paces, and to fall into his rumbling belly is to tumble into an abyss from which there is little hope of return.
Who is Tahm Kench?
It looks puffy, fluffy, and full of white delight, but when you actually bite into it, you’ll discover that it’s hollow. The name of this snack contains a Korean word that means "lie".
What is Gonggal bbang (공갈빵) (Empty/Lie bread)?
In this series, a mermaid from the Joseon period ends up in present-day Seoul, where she crosses paths with a swindler who may have ties to someone from her past.
What is The Legend of the Blue Sea (푸른 바다의 전설)?
Released in July 2009, this song has been characterized as a medium-tempo pop track, containing a somewhat softer melody as compared to the performing group's debut single, incorporating influences of R&B and reggae. Lyrically, the songwriting revolves around the themes of independence and confidence. It depicts the emotions of someone feeling a sense of renewal after initializing a breakup with their troubled lover.
What is I Don't Care by 2NE1?
This type of speed skating is generally Korea's strongest showing, with both Men and Women's teams winning gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
What is short track speed skating?
This Kakao Friend is a mole character who was sent to find a rabbit's liver as an agent from an underground country. He wears a suit and sunglasses. He also has a blonde afro.
Who is Jay-G?
A close cousin of carp bread, this bread comes in smaller shapes with a flower stamped on the top and bottom.
What is Gukhwappang (국화빵) | Chrysanthemum Bread?
In this series, detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.
What is Signal?
Released in January 2010, this song is a lead single from the performing group's second studio album of the same name. The group used a cheerleader concept for the song's promotional activities.
What is Oh! by 소녀시대 (SNSD, Girls' Generation)?
This sport is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
What is giant slalom?
This loyal gen-board member has the most meeting and event attendance from the Fall semester, and has been a consistently present supporter of KSA since his freshman year.
Who is Kevin Zeng?