This is my first visit and I am only here for 36 hours giving me little time to penetrate the essence of the Korean soul.

FORBES: North to the border, Gangnam-style.

On second thought, speaking of the soul of beef, roasted marrow is its meaty essence.

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In his 1973 memoir Pigeon's Luck, the artist said he had put his "heart and soul" into a painting he hoped had "caught the essence of Chinese womanhood".

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