or to Austronesian languages. Determining Korean's linguistic affiliation is complicated by a long history of contact with the Japanese and Chinese languages. Not surprisingly, Korean shares certain ...

The biggest change of this revision is clear differentiation between Korean for daily life and that for work, allowing foreign workers to specifically learn the language necessary for both purposes.

During the colonial period, the Japanese pillaged Joseon’s resources, banned the use of the Korean language—even going so far in 1939 as to require Koreans to change their personal names to Japanese ...

In 2022 Korean was the seventh most-studied language on the language app Duolingo. By the time the app released its fourth Global Language Report in 2023, Korean had jumped to the sixth place ...

“And examining and exploring not just Korean history, but Korean American history, which I think has been less explored.” Yoon sees the series as being very much about identity. “For me it ...

A series that explores the complex nature of Korean language, and its relationship with society. Professory Chae, a leading expert in Linguistics who has taught at Ehwa, Hanyang, Sungkyunkwan, and ...