"Oppa" is okay, but "ajumma" isn't — but why? From endearment to ageism and sexism, certain ways of addressing people in ...

SILVERDALE — The word "gogiro" in Korean means "way of meat". It can also be used to say, "I'll see you there," unofficially. Now a new restaurant, named to convey the owner's vision and ...

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- The Oxford English Dictionary has added seven new words from Korean culture, including "dalgona" and "hyung," in its latest update. The December update, announced Tuesday ...

There is also a word for the feeling of missingness in Korean: It is haan. In most cases, the English language translation for haan yields some combination of resentment, grievance, suppressed ...

This ambitious paper covers a lot of territory and includes a Korean cultural perspective. I will summarize some of its key ideas in a series of articles, beginning with this one. The authors ...

TOKYO -- Faced with troop shortages, Russia has deployed more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers to the battlefield in the Ukraine war, and roughly 4,000 of them have been killed or wounded.

SEOUL — Kim Hyeong-bae, a South Korean linguist, had a problem: how to translate the word “deepfake” into Korean. A senior researcher at the National Institute of Korean Language ...

The terms dalgona (honeycomb candy) and maknae, or the youngest member of a family or group, are among seven Korean words newly added to the Oxford English Dictionary of the U.K. Dalgona was described ...

As the presence of Korean culture continues to grow worldwide — from chart-topping K-pop to binge-worthy K-dramas — Korean words are increasingly becoming part of the global lexicon.

The Oxford English Dictionary just got a K-culture upgrade. In its December 2024 update, the dictionary added seven Korean words — "dalgona," "hyung," "noraebang," "maknae," "jjigae ...

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