Nami Island is a small island located in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.

It is famous for its yellow ginkgo tree-lined paths and has been used as a filming location for various TV dramas.

The island has a quiet and sentimental mood.

The 2002 World Cup marked the first time in Korean football history that the national team advanced to the semifinals.

At that time, the entire country was in a festive mood,

with people wearing red clothes and cheering together in the streets.

StarCraft is an RTS game released by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998.

In the early 2000s, its popularity exploded in South Korea alongside the rapid spread of PC room.

In the early 2000s, there were many small local shops near schools.

These shops often had small arcade machines where you could play various games by inserting coins.

Although they are rare now, there used to be people who made Dalgona by hand.

Dalgona is a sweet snack made by melting sugar,

and it became popular again after appearing in the Netflix series Squid Game.

"Cops and Thieves" is a tag game with the concept of cops chasing thieves.

The rules are that the cops aim to catch all the thieves within a set time limit.

If they fail to catch all the thieves before time runs out, the thieves win.

Cyworld is a Korean SNS that was popular in the early 2000s.

Users could decorate their personal spaces, called Minihompy, and share diaries, photos, and guestbook entries.

It shows into what social networking was like in its early days.

In the past, unlike today’s Korea with many apartment buildings, there were many neighborhoods made up of single family houses and small homes clustered together.

These slum-like areas were called "Daldongnae" (moon villages).

In the 2000s, before smartphones, the most common type of mobile phone was the small, thick flip phone.

In the early 2000s, with digital devices and the internet not yet widespread,

people relied more on face-to-face meetings and spent more time on outdoor activities than they do now.

In the early 2000s, Korean college town symbolized youth, with students participating in a variety of activities, including singing, drinking, and hanging out together.

For example, popular spots included Hongdae Street, Konkuk University Entrance, and Sinchon.

Seoul Children’s Grand Park is a popular amusement park where families go for outings.

It features a zoo, botanical gardens, and various rides, attracting many visitors who come to enjoy the park with their families.

Nokia was a popular Finnish mobile phone brand in the early 2000s.

Nokia phones came to symbolize mobile phones of that era.

Ninjago is a LEGO animated series that has been airing since 2011, depicting the adventures of ninja characters.

Its main genres are action, adventure, and fantasy.

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The game called “Escape from Hell” is a tag game played within a limited area using playground equipment,

where the goal is to avoid the tagger and reach a specific escape zone.

In the early 2000s, school days lasted six days a week, with a “rest Saturday” every week.

In the past, it was common for the class president or class president’s parents to bring food to share with the students in their class sometimes.