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(7/7/09)- Hello! Welcome to KimchiCrunch, the blog where you’ll get introduced to Korean news, media, culture, and language. My name is Dana, and I am an American undergraduate student majoring in International and Global Studies, with a concentration in Asian Studies. In January of 2009, I began taking weekly Korean language lessons at a church near my university. I’d already found my interest shifting towards Korea before this, but as I find the language increasingly fascinating and beautiful and find my curiosity only growing, I think I’m truly hooked.

My background knowledge on Korea is somewhat limited, but I will do my best to learn more and develop a greater understanding of the language, history, culture, and so on. This blog will host my observations and will provide links to some of the more useful sites I find.

I warmly welcome you and urge you to comment on anything you find interesting or unusual or if you have any questions. I will attempt to post at least one blog entry every day during the summer, and I’ll see what I can manage during the school year.
Thanks for visiting, have a great day! ^_^