Guest Post by Pat Penny: During our temple stay at the beautiful Daeheongsa  (Temple) we had the chance to visit two hermitages. The monks at these hermitages harvested and processed there own tea from the wild tea trees growing in the temples land. The first hermitage we visited was ilchiam

We spent two days with Professor Park, Director of the Paik-Inje Memorial Library, and Mr. Jang, Manager of the Paik-Inje Memorial Library traveling from Gimje to Gurye. First we stopped for lunch in Muan for a traditional Korean meal, with lots of banchan (Korean Side Dishes). Like all

I’m what people like to call “an adventurous eater”. Their isn’t much I shy away from, so when the chance to try a local delicacy came up, stewed silk worm, I grabbed the bug by the belly and wondered just how good it would be! Now this wasn’

Guest Post by Liz White: Bagel, salad, wrap. Hello! My name is Elizabeth White and those three foods were what my diet has consisted of from last year, until now. This trip is my first time ever out of the country, and the food here is wildly different from what

Dear All, Through a generous grant by Inje University, the Institute has been able to offer its first Experiential Learning opportunity this summer. Brother Anthony of Sogam University, Professor Pak of Inje University, Tea Master Hong (Hyo-am) and I are leading a group  of 4 Penn State Students through