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Korean Language:  JoongAng Daily 3/12/06 (Chinese characters)
Korean Wave (Hallyu):  Chosun Ilbo 3/23/07 (drama cliches);  Korea Times 12/26/06
Koreanized-Chinese restaurants:  Korea Times 2/22/07 (Madam Ming's)
Learning English:  JoongAng Daily 12/16/06
License Plates:  JoongAng Daily 11/27/06 (new tags)
Lost & Found:  JoongAng Daily 10/2/06 (taxi)
Makeup:  JoongAng Daily 1/7/08 (The changing face of Korean makeup)
Medical Assistance:  JoongAng Daily 11/5/06 (aid not rendered)
Musical Instruments:  Korea Times 2/28/07 (Kayagum)
Names:  KBS World 3/10/08 (Changing Surnames); JoongAng Daily 3/19/06 (non-use of given names); JoongAng Daily 2/12/06 (surnames)
New Year's Day:  JoongAng Daily 2/5/07 (decorations); JoongAng Daily 1/15/07 (tteokguk)
Norigae (pendant attached to silk strings):  JoongAng Daily 3/12/07 (history)
North Korea:  Chosun Ilbo 3/7/07 (propaganda)
Onggi (traditional Korean pottery):  JoongAng Daily 10/1/07
Onomastics (selecting children's names):  Chosun Ilbo 9/21/06
Pansori (a type of traditional Korean musical theater):  JoongAng Daily 11/5/07
Personality:  JoongAng Daily 7/10/06 ("hot-blooded" personality)
Pharmacies:  JoongAng Daily 3/5/06 (drug selection)
Poongsoo:  Yonhap News 11/6/07 (Time-honored poongsoo theory influences presidential candidates)
Prejudice Against Mixed Race Children:  JoongAng Daily 3/8/07 (Kim Bu Won)
Rainy day foods:  JoongAng Daily 11/19//06
Recycling:  Joong Ang Daily 4/3/05 (large appliances)
Road blocks:  JoongAng Daily 7/2/06 (concrete walls)
Royal court cuisine:  Korea Times 11/30/06
Seollal (Lunar New Year) holiday:  Korea Times 2/5/08 (Seollal:  One of the Biggest Traditional Fests)
Shopping:   JoongAng Daily 7/17/05 (GS stores)
Slogans:  JoongAng Daily 10/30/06 (Dae Han Min Guk); JoongAng Daily 6/18/06 (Fighting)
Smells:  JoongAng Daily 2/26/06 (BBQ smell)
Smoking:  JoongAng Daily 10/24/04 (wet ashtrays)
Snack foods:  Korea Times 11/16/06; JoongAng Daily 12/25/05 (memilmuk & chapssaltteok)
Spas:  JoongAng Daily 4/13/07 (concept of a spa)
Superstitions:  JoongAng Daily 3/12/07 (strolling along Gyeongbok Palace); JoongAng Daily 1/30/05 (chicken wings)
Swimming pools:  JoongAng Daily 8/27/06 (rules)
Taekwondo:  JoongAng Daily 2/27/07 (Korea Grandma Taekwondo Federation)
Tattoos:  JoongAng Daily 11/6/05 (negative connotations)
Teddy bears:  Korea Times 12/12/06
Tall buildings:  Chosun Ilbo 2/2/07 (tallest in world)
Toilets:  JoongAng Daily 1/1/06 (bidet); JoongAng Daily 10/3/04 (squat toilets)
"Tooth fairy":  JoongAng Daily 8/22/05 (Korean folklore)
Universities:  Dong-A Ilbo 2/14/07 (cram schools); Chosun Ilbo 2/9/07 (Ewha Womans University); JoongAng Daily 2/7/07 (Korean president of UC at Merced)
Weddings:  JoongAng Daily 4/16/07 (traditional ceremony); JoongAng Daily 10/9/05 (Korean style)
Won (Korean money):  JoongAng Daily 10/8/06 (10-won coin)
Work Ethic:  JoongAng Daily 2/13/05 (workaholics)