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Why Korean Housewarming Gifts Are Toilet Paper and Laundry Detergent — And What’s Replacing Them in 2026

The Haru Box / August 20, 2026

The first time we hosted a jipdeuri (집들이) in our current apartment in Yongin, I nearly tripped over a stack […]

The Haru Box / August 19, 2026

When my daughter turned one last August, my mother-in-law set a small velvet box on the doljanchi (돌잔치) table before

Last month, a colleague from our Seoul office got married, and I found myself at my desk holding a plain

Last winter, my wife, our daughter, and I spent a Sunday afternoon at a jjimjilbang (찜질방) near our apartment in

Last month, a colleague at my office in Yongin looked up from his phone during a break, said one word

It was barely 8am and I was already sweating through my shirt on the walk from our apartment block to

I am thirty-five years old. I think. That’s not a joke. Since Korea officially switched to the international age system

There’s a specific kind of childhood memory that only makes sense when you’re an adult. Mine involves a hanbok that

I didn’t plan my wedding. Not really. My wife and I chose the venue, picked a date, and then Korea

The Table My Daughter Couldn’t Stop Staring At My daughter had no idea what was happening. She was dressed in