People light signal fires at Bongsudae Pavilion on central Seoul's Mount Nam, Aug. 1, 1995, during a ceremony for the reconstruction of the site.
Korea Times file Editor’s note “Laughing through History” is a column that explores the roots of Korean humor through the joke book “Kkalkkal Useum,” originally published in 1916.
Today I’m translating a joke about a conflict between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
This is a relationship that has been depicted as contentious in Korean media from premodern writing to TV dramas today.
The mother-in-law here demands obedience and silence from her daughter-in-law, but isn’t very clear in her instructions.
