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🌙 Slow Night Ancient Tales
"Tonight, why not fall into a deep sleep surrounded by the tranquility of classic literature?"
Slow Night Ancient Tales provides a soothing, low-voice reading of Korean folklore and classic literature, crafted to help you clear your mind and enjoy a peaceful rest after a busy day.
🎧 Listen on Channels
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📖 Lee Hyo-seok's "Pomegranate" | A Woman's Memories of First Love — A Korean Sleep Story
Welcome to Slow Night, Ancient Tales. Tonight's story is Lee Hyo-seok's 1936 short story "Pomegranate," adapted for easy listening. A woman lying ill in bed quietly retraces the memory of her childhood first love and a marriage that didn't go as she'd hoped. Written in a wistful, lyrical style typical of 1930s Korean literature, it makes for a gentle, reflective listen before sleep. ※ This narration is an adaptation of the original short story, reworked for a sleep-audio format. 🌙 Perfect fo
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📖 Sleep Stories from Korean History | The Gichuk Purge, Part One | Joseon's Greatest Political Scandal
Hello, and welcome to Slow Night, Ancient Tales. Tonight we bring you a story from Korean history — how a small scholarly dispute in the Joseon court spiraled into a purge that would echo for three hundred years. Settle in, and let's begin with how it all started, and the man who found himself at the center of it.
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📖 Gyeon Hwon
Hello, and welcome to Slow Night, Ancient Tales. Tonight we step back over a thousand years, into the old chronicles of Korea, to tell the story of Gyeon Hwon — the man who founded the kingdom of Hubaekje, or Later Baekje. From a strange legend about his birth, to a life of war and betrayal, to his final undoing at the hands of his own sons. Close your eyes, and let this ancient story carry you gently through the centuries.
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📖 This Kind of Concert
"Tonight, we travel back in time to a bustling spring evening in 1936, on the streets of Jongno, Seoul. A story of a heart fluttering at the promise of a single pork dumpling, and a grand concert hall entered at the stubborn urging of a friend. Let the lively yet whimsical scenes of that night drift into your dreams. 'This Kind of Concert' by Kim Yu-jeong—close your eyes, relax, and let the story unfold."
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📖 Kim Si-seup Outwits a Foreign Envoy
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