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Category: Army

Kundae 군대

2016-06-02 saramcadory Army 3 comments

Soldiers’ hardships are so well known, the Korean Air Force made a musical parody of Les Mis about them.

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Who was here first? Sŏnbae 선배

2016-04-30 saramcadory Army, School, Work 2 comments

What does sŏnbae mean? Or, if you’re using Revised Romanization, what does seonbae mean? Your sŏnbae is someone who entered an organization–a university,

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