You need to learn Korean vocabulary if you want to speak Korean. It’s a definite necessity. But don’t think, “okay! Question answered, I’ll go focus all of my time on studying vocab lists!” Knowing a ...

substituting them with native Korean vocabulary. He named this new North Korean dialect the “Cultured Language” and referred to the dialect in South Korea as “Standard Language.” ...

In the 1970s and 80’s, South Korea’s industrial expansion gave rise to new linguistic developments. The filmmaker Nils Clauss charts the evolution of this lexicon in his documentary, Bikini Words.

Last February, Fandom Media, a collective of writers who write about various aspects of Korean pop culture, published a book called “K-pop Dictionary: 400 Essential K-pop & K-drama Vocabulary ...