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Seollal (설날) is Korean Lunar New Year and one of the most important traditional holidays in Korea. If you're learning Korean, understanding Seolla...

  If you're learning Korean, understanding Seoul is essential. As the capital of South Korea, Seoul (서울) is where history, K-pop, street food, and...

Golden polite set 안녕하세요 / 감사합니다 / 죄송합니다 / 실례합니다 잠시만요. — One moment. 혹시 … 가능하실까요? — Would it be possible to…? 괜찮으시면 이렇게 해도 될까요? — If it’s oka...

Christmas in South Korea (12/25) is a public holiday—yet it feels quite different from “family-heavy” Western Christmas. In Korea, it’s often a co...

Use NATIVE for counting people/things and hours (o’clock, 시).Tip: before counters, 하나/둘/셋/넷 → 한/두/세/네. Must-know counters (cute & tiny) 명/분 ...

K-Pop: Demon Hunters is a 2025 animated film about three superstar idols—Rumi, Mira, Zoey—who tour by day and secretly battle demons by night. It’...

Use SINO for prices, dates, minutes, addresses, room/line numbers, phone numbers. Tiny toolkit 1–10: 일 이 삼 사 오 육 칠 팔 구 십 Tens: 이십(20)·삼십(30)… ...

Hangeul Day (한글날) is Korea’s annual celebration of its writing system, Hangeul—a brilliantly designed alphabet created in the 15th century so “eve...

① ORDERING (오더) — Coffee, food, tickets 🍜☕️🎟️ Core magic spells … 주세요. … juseyo. → “Please give me …” … 할게요. … halgeyo. → “I’ll have … / I’ll ...

Chuseok (추석) is Korea’s autumn harvest festival—often compared to Thanksgiving. Families reunite, honor ancestors, share seasonal foods, and enjoy...

If you’ve ever found yourself in South Korea on November 11th, you might have noticed stores overflowing with long, thin chocolate sticks called ...

Tomorrow, on October 9th, Korea celebrates Hangeul Day (한글날), honoring the creation of the Korean alphabet by King Sejong the Great in 1443. This ...