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The Korean Studies Advancement Center offers a variety of K-Story content for free, accessible across time and space. We hope this helps children around the world experience Korean culture, sentiment, and learn the Korean language. Now, let’s open the "Dorandoran Story Grandma's Bag of Stories"

StoryVideos

Enjoy Korea's traditional stories told by a lovely storyteller grandmother through video content. Explore various storytelling and performance videos. Multilingual services are available.

StoryBooks

Experience Korean traditional stories in e-book format. You can read the stories and listen to them as well. Multilingual versions are available for download.

StoryResources

Enjoy stories with fun activity sheets featuring Korean language and culture, based on story maps. Multilingual versions are available for download.

Playground

Join in games that unfold within the stories.

Encyclopedia

Learn about Korea's traditional culture featured in these old tales. Check out interesting cultural elements within an encyclopedia related to the stories.

The Gomtijae Tiger

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Story Introduction

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Theme: Courage, Gratitude

Summary: A long time ago, at the Gomtijae in Gyeongsangbuk-do, a terrifying tiger appeared. One day, a young girl named Gopdan, who was selling rice cakes, encountered the tiger. But instead of being frightened, they became friends. Would you like to hear the story of how Gopdan and the tiger became friends?

You can enjoy stories in various languages.

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