1958년 11월 18일자 동아일보에는 짧은 기사가 실렸다. 서울시가 이틀 전부터 미아리 공동묘지 안 무연고 묘를 파내기 시작했고, 이로써 "근 30년의 역사를 가진 서울의 미아리 제2공동묘지는 영영 없어지게 된 것"이라는 내용이다(성북마을아카이브 재수록). 기사에 적힌 숫자는 두 개다. 그동안 묻힌 사람 19,700여 주, 그리고 아직 주인이 나타나지 않아 시가 직접 파내야 할 무덤 13,215기. 이 블로그의 길음동…
11,172. That is the number of distinct syllable blocks modern Korean writing can produce: 19 possible initial consonants, times 21 vowels, times 28 final options (including "no final consonant"). If you have ever wondered why the Unicode …
"Is our company really short of talent, or have we simply not looked at half of it?" That question sits near the end of the publisher's notes for The Hour to Wake the Other Half (절반을 깨우는 시간), and it is the cleanest summary of the book…
Here is the whole argument of this book compressed into one table. Kim Dae-soo (김대수), a KAIST neuroscientist who says openly that he has ADHD, thinks the question "How good is your concentration?" is the wrong one. He wants you to ask four…
Say "four-two-nine" to most Koreans under forty and there is a decent chance they will hear "four-one-nine," the April 19 Revolution of 1960. The author of this book noticed exactly that confusion, and it is one of the reasons he…
Cover of Who Owns K-Pop? (누가 K-POP을 소유하는가) by Chris Kwon (크리스 권). Image source: YES24. In one paragraph: Who Owns K-Pop? (누가 K-POP을 소유하는가) by Chris Kwon (크리스 권), published by Hyejiwon (혜지원), is a Korean business book about the part of K-pop fan…
Near the end of this book there is a set of funeral instructions. No funeral, no announcement, no condolence money. Cremation, then ashes scattered at sea. After that, the family should stand in the sea wind for a while and go and eat something hot …