Q: What are you doing during the holidays in your country?
A: I heard Korean people play yutnori, a Korean board game, together with their family during the holidays. In Singapore, people also enjoy board games together on holidays. Out of all the games, they usually play the traditional board game "Mahjong" and bet money.

Q: Are there any traditional Korean cultures that you want to experience?
A: Because I have no family in Korea, I can’t experience any Korean holiday culture. So, I want to experience traditional Korean holiday cultures. Mostly I want to do sebae, which is bowing to elder people on New Year’s Day, and get sebae money. Also, I want to try making songpyeon for the Chuseok holiday.

Q: Which Korean culture is difficult for you?
A: I think it’s the food. I ate traditional Korean foods like yakkwa, bibimbop, gamja-tang (pork back-bone stew), and so on. These are very good, but there is less diversity of food compared to my country. Singapore is a multiracial country, so we have a huge variety of food that you can eat.

By Bae Mun-seong, Editor