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Hwahyejang ( Korean : 화혜장) are craftsmen who construct traditional Korean footwear. The shoes are classified into hwa (shoes that go over the ankle) and hye (shoes that do not cover the ankle), hence the compound word " hwahyejang ". [ 1] Historically, the two distinct types of shoe were made by separate specialist craftsmen, the hyejang ...
Seung-Hui Cho ( Korean: 조승희, Korean name ordering Cho Seung-hui; [ a] January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007) was a South Korean mass murderer responsible for the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Gomusin ( Korean : 고무신; Korean pronunciation: [komuɕʰin]) are traditional Korean shoes made of rubber. The shoes are wide, with low heels. Gomusin for men were modeled after "gatsin" (갖신), and ones for women were danghye (당혜). Gomusin first appeared in the early 20th century. They were much easier to keep clean than danghye and ...
Black Rubber Shoes ( Korean : 검정고무신; RR : Geomjeong Gomusin) is a South Korean manhwa and a South Korean animated television show for children. The stories take place in the city of Seoul in the sixties/seventies of the 20th century. The title refers to black gomusin, shoes made of rubber which children frequently had to wear because ...
Jipsin ( Korean : 짚신) are Korean traditional sandals made of straw. Koreans have worn straw sandals since ancient times. They are categorized as 이; 履; yi, shoes with a short height, and the specific name can vary according to the materials used, as with samsin, wanggolsin, cheongol jisin, and budeulsin. [ 1][ 2] In the Joseon period ...
Gomsin. Gomsin ( Korean : 곰신) is a South Korean term for a young Korean woman who is waiting for their boyfriend to return from their two-year compulsory military service. The term is an abbreviation of gomusin, traditional Korean rubber shoes. This in turn is a reference to the phrase "putting on gomusin backwards" ( Korean : 고무신을 ...
Namaksin ( Korean : 나막신) are traditional Korean wooden shoes made for wearing during muddy and rainy conditions. Namaksin are known as close-toed shoes made of one piece of wood. There was a misconception that these traditional clogs came not from Asia but from the Netherlands in the past, but in reality, there had been clogs at least ...
Mituri (Korean: 미투리) are traditional Korean woven shoes. They could be made using a variety of techniques and materials; some styles were seen as more luxurious, and therefore reserved for the upper class, although both lower and upper-class people wore the shoes. The shoes could be dyed in a variety of patterns and colors.