<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Modules</title><link>https://modules.kr</link><description>Korea, piece by piece</description><item><title>The meat cooks on the grill. Where does the meal become complete?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/bbq/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/bbq/</guid><description>Korean barbecue moves from heat to a leaf, a spoonful of rice and a little paste. Following that journey reveals more than a plate of meat.</description></item><item><title>Why prepare everything separately for a meal you will mix?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/bibimbap/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/bibimbap/</guid><description>Bibimbap begins long before a spoon rearranges its colours. Vegetables, rice, sauce and the heat of a stone bowl each need their own preparation.</description></item><item><title>How the lines of Korean jogakbo are made</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/bojagi/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/bojagi/</guid><description>From choosing remnants and enclosing seam allowances to contemporary work with walls and light, follow the construction and changing uses of Korean patchwork cloths.</description></item><item><title>How bark becomes a sheet of Korean hanji</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/hanji/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/hanji/</guid><description>Follow steaming, alkaline cooking, beating, sheet formation and finishing to see how Korean paper becomes a window surface, a conservation material and a sculptural medium.</description></item><item><title>How a jjimjilbang builds the time after bathing</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/jjimjilbang/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/jjimjilbang/</guid><description>Keys, clothes, wet areas, roasted eggs and sikhye: a visitor’s account and actual charcoal-kiln, women-only and leisure-complex examples explain the layout.</description></item><item><title>How K-pop light sticks made the audience part of the show</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/lightsticks/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/lightsticks/</guid><description>BTS and SEVENTEEN notices reveal how design, seat pairing, support booths and fan chants connect a handheld object with a live performance.</description></item><item><title>How Korean literature becomes a book in another language</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/literature/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/literature/</guid><description>Follow Han Kang, Bora Chung and Hwang Sok-yong through their translators, shared revisions, publishing samples and the work between manuscript and book.</description></item><item><title>How does white rice become a cloudy drink?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/makgeolli/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/makgeolli/</guid><description>Makgeolli begins with more than rice and water. Starter enzymes, yeast, the preparation of grain and the handling of a finished bottle all shape the drink.</description></item><item><title>Why does the same dumpling change between steamer and frying pan?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/mandu/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/mandu/</guid><description>Wrapper thickness, filling moisture, a sealed edge and the final heat connect the making of one mandu to steaming, frying and soup.</description></item><item><title>How Korean lacquerware turns shell into light</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/najeonchilgi/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/najeonchilgi/</guid><description>From cloth-covered wood and two ways of cutting shell to layered lacquer: actual Goryeo, Joseon and contemporary boxes reveal the work behind the shine.</description></item><item><title>How a noraebang turns a recorded song into your voice</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/noraebang/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/noraebang/</guid><description>Inside a Korean singing room, song selection, queues and key controls meet the less visible work of making accompaniments and maintaining a repertoire.</description></item><item><title>How a game in a Korean PC bang became an arena event</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/pcbang/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/pcbang/</guid><description>From broadband and StarCraft to television leagues, professional teams and LoL Park, trace the work that turned repeated play into a spectator culture.</description></item><item><title>Why does one Korean meal arrive with so many plates?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/banchan-many-plates-one-meal/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/banchan-many-plates-one-meal/</guid><description>Washing and pressing greens, browning and braising tofu, building an egg roll: follow the distinct work behind small dishes and a shared dinner.</description></item><item><title>Jeju’s haenyeo bring more than seafood back from the sea</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/haenyeo-knowledge-beyond-the-catch/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/haenyeo-knowledge-beyond-the-catch/</guid><description>Floats, nets, iron tools, shore routes and boat journeys: follow the equipment, shared work and changing songs of Jeju’s women divers.</description></item><item><title>How Hangul travelled from letters to the world’s screens</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/hangul-from-letters-to-screens/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/hangul-from-letters-to-screens/</guid><description>An explanatory volume, newspaper machinery, spelling meetings and character data: the practical work that delivers writing to another reader.</description></item><item><title>How Korean cosmetics found a place in everyday life abroad</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korean-beauty-from-vanity-to-everyday/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korean-beauty-from-vanity-to-everyday/</guid><description>Cushion sponges and refills, folded mask packets and overseas stock: the material journey behind K-beauty.</description></item><item><title>How did Korean cafés become places to spend time?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korean-cafes-a-place-to-stay/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korean-cafes-a-place-to-stay/</guid><description>Dabang order markers, coffee mix, roasteries and a converted Seongsu factory: follow the work preparing a cup and changing a place.</description></item><item><title>Why South Korean democracy keeps returning to the streets</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korean-democracy-from-streets-to-institutions/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korean-democracy-from-streets-to-institutions/</guid><description>From election fraud and police torture to the 2024 martial-law declaration, the Kisses protesters and a court attack: follow what happened, how people responded, and the judicial decisions that followed.</description></item><item><title>Why is a Korean moon jar not perfectly round?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/moon-jar-not-perfectly-round/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/moon-jar-not-perfectly-round/</guid><description>Two clay halves, a kiln that changes their shape, and a name adopted much later: the moon jar brings together the work of making a vessel and the changing ways of looking at it.</description></item><item><title>A Korean day inside one convenience store</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/convenience-store-a-day-in-one-room/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/convenience-store-a-day-in-one-room/</guid><description>Morning delivery, dates, triangular gimbap, a parcel scale and evening noodles: follow a small shop through the movements of its goods.</description></item><item><title>How a sheet of gim moved from the rice table to a snack packet</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/gim-from-sea-to-snack/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/gim-from-sea-to-snack/</guid><description>From cultivation nets to sheet forming and a second roast: the work behind Korean seaweed changes its shape, packaging and the way a hand reaches for it.</description></item><item><title>How a roll of gimbap became a meal</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/gimbap-one-roll-one-meal/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/gimbap-one-roll-one-meal/</guid><description>Cookbooks from 1966 and 1976, specialist-shop preparation, frozen manufacturing and overseas customer votes trace the work inside a portable meal.</description></item><item><title>Hanwoo names the cattle. Why do we think of the taste?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/hanwoo-from-cattle-to-table/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/hanwoo-from-cattle-to-table/</guid><description>From working cattle to the meat counter: breeding records, grades and the different decisions behind grilling, soup and bulgogi.</description></item><item><title>Korean flavour begins before the meal, in a jar</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/jang-flavour-before-the-table/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/jang-flavour-before-the-table/</guid><description>From cooked beans and meju to separating brine, choosing a soup texture and the grain route of gochujang: the earlier work behind tonight’s seasoning.</description></item><item><title>How a box of Korean chicken becomes a shared evening</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korean-chicken-from-whole-bird-to-shared-box/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korean-chicken-from-whole-bird-to-shared-box/</guid><description>Whole roasting, orders by part, coatings, sauce and half-and-half packaging follow the work of dividing, cooking and moving a bird.</description></item><item><title>Why did the Korean home become warm from the floor up?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/ondol-a-home-warmed-from-below/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/ondol-a-home-warmed-from-below/</guid><description>Channels, supported stones and drying earth came before circulating water. Follow the work that made and maintained ondol, and the changes to rooms, windows and furniture.</description></item><item><title>Soju is older than the green bottle</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/soju-beyond-the-green-bottle/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/soju-beyond-the-green-bottle/</guid><description>Follow the still, Andong’s factory and inherited skills, grain restrictions, modern distillation and overseas product lists.</description></item><item><title>Tteokbokki lives through different times under one name</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/tteokbokki-through-changing-times/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/tteokbokki-through-changing-times/</guid><description>From soy-seasoned beef and rice cakes to Sindang-dong pots, a vendor’s tray, rosé sauce and microwave cups: the work behind changing meals.</description></item><item><title>The story stopped turning pages and began flowing down</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/webtoon-stories-flow-down-the-screen/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/webtoon-stories-flow-down-the-screen/</guid><description>From early online comics and episode production to a new character in Sweet Home and the sound work of Moving: how one story is made again.</description></item><item><title>How a packet of ramyeon reached the world’s tables</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/ramyeon-from-first-packet-to-global-table/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/ramyeon-from-first-packet-to-global-table/</guid><description>From the 1958 invention and Korea’s first production in 1963 to broth, sauce, cups, overseas factories and 2025 exports.</description></item><item><title>Popularity does not mean everyone feels the same.</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/different-views-of-kculture/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/different-views-of-kculture/</guid><description>Readers in Catania, a Japanese Misaeng jury, Han Kang and a London exhibition reveal responses more particular than a single approval score.</description></item><item><title>K-culture has more than one doorway.</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/more-than-one-doorway/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/more-than-one-doorway/</guid><description>A TWICE recording, a translated book, vertical comics, NANTA, noodles and a compact: follow the work behind six entrances.</description></item><item><title>What does “a country of apartments” actually count?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/what-apartments-count/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/what-apartments-count/</guid><description>65.8% of dwellings, 54.5% of households: follow the different counts, Mapo’s six-storey stairs, Yeouido’s lifts and the shells and presales that shaped life inside Korean apartments.</description></item><item><title>What makes a cultural work feel Korean?</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/what-feels-korean/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/what-feels-korean/</guid><description>From Bukchon walls to a painted tiger and multilingual dialogue, KPop Demon Hunters and Pachinko show familiar materials beginning another life.</description></item><item><title>Korea is bigger than Seoul.</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korea-beyond-seoul/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/korea-beyond-seoul/</guid><description>Ports, factories and neighbouring homes in Ulsan; different roads connecting schools and markets in Jeju. Follow ordinary connections to see Korea’s several centres beyond Seoul.</description></item><item><title>Hanbok: a garment and a way of wearing it.</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/hanbok-and-wearing/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/hanbok-and-wearing/</guid><description>From ribbon tying and quilted layers to brooches, uniforms and alterations: actual garments show how hanbok making meets another occasion of wear.</description></item><item><title>Smaller households, a different picture of Korean life.</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/smaller-households/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/smaller-households/</guid><description>Taking a purchase through several meals, retrieving washing after dinner, and navigating a hospital visit: follow the 2025 household figures into domestic work and actual routes to help.</description></item><item><title>Kimchi is a food. Kimjang is a shared practice.</title><link>https://modules.kr/en/stories/kimchi-and-kimjang/</link><guid>https://modules.kr/en/stories/kimchi-and-kimjang/</guid><description>Follow salting, rinsing and filling into buried jars, smaller containers and shared meals: the concrete work behind a kimjang day.</description></item></channel></rss>