Korean to Stay Connected
For intermediate and advanced Korean learners who want to stay connected to Korean through quiet, personal stories.
Korean to Stay Connected is a slow podcast about language, memory, and everyday thoughts.
I am a Korean language teacher. I have taught Korean in several countries.
During my time teaching abroad, students often said:
“I want to keep studying Korean, but there’s nothing I can just listen to.”
This podcast is for learners who already know some Korean and want to maintain it — not through intense studying, but through calm, natural listening.
You don’t need to understand everything.
Just listening is enough.
If you’d like to speak Korean slowly like this,
you can find my 1:1 lessons here: https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1
Korean to Stay Connected
EP18. The Aurora That Stayed With Me (기억에 남은 오로라)
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In this episode,
I look back on a journey I took years ago —
a journey where I saw the aurora for the first time in my life.
I talk about a night sky that felt unreal,
filled with countless stars,
and green lights quietly dancing in the darkness.
It was unbearably cold,
yet the memory of that night has stayed with me
in a strangely warm way.
Time has passed,
but that sky remains clear in my mind —
not just as a beautiful travel memory,
but as a shining moment that gives me strength
on difficult days.
This episode is about how certain memories stay with me,
how they quietly support me over time,
and how the sky I once looked at
can still comfort me, wherever I am.
Is there a sky that has stayed with you?
🎧 Take this episode slowly,
and let the memory of a quiet night sky
rest with you for a while.