Poo occupies a somewhat different cultural space in Korea than in the West.
Author: saramcadory
You’re hired! Ch’wijik (취직) and the Korean workplace
6 ways Korean and US workplaces are different~
Pride Month post: Tongsŏngae 동성애
June is LGBT Pride Month, and tongsŏngae 동성애 is Korean for homosexual.
Ppang 빵
Seoul is full of bakeries with loaves you could find anywhere and treats you definitely wouldn’t.
Kundae 군대
Soldiers’ hardships are so well known, the Korean Air Force made a musical parody of Les Mis about them.
Stress 스트레스
How do you say “stress” in North Korea?
Yŏhaeng 여행
Yŏhaeng means travel. Read and watch more about its place in Korean culture.
All about anju 안주
Delicious Korean snacks for drinking (or just cause)~
Who was here first? Sŏnbae 선배
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,
Not quite dating? You’re in “ssŏm 썸”
You know when you like someone, and they like you, and maybe you both know that you both know it, but you haven’t actually gotten to the point of talking about dating yet? That’s ssŏm (sseom, 썸).