Korean is one of the most popular Asian languages for non-native speakers. It garners a surprising amount of interest. However, a lot of interesting things happen there. It’s where Samsung lives.

Korean cartoons, better known as “manhwa,” began with the influence of the Western world but they have later grown with a unique style that emphasizes such Korean traditional aesthetic elements as ...

A great way to learn Korean for free is on YouTube. There are so many useful resources! I’ve put together a list of some of the BEST YouTube channels for learning Korean. They are all channels that ...

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When Hanae Kim began teaching Korean nine years ago, most of her students had some kind of personal or family connection to the region. But as South Korean pop culture exports have surged in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. When Mina Oh first began making videos in 2008, she found ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. In 2022 Korean was the seventh most-studied language on the ...

Campsie Public School, which provides Australia’s only Korean bilingual program, has witnessed a tenfold increase in demand over the past decade. Experts link a surge in Korean language learning among ...

I remember my first encounters with foreign languages. I was very little. All those unfamiliar letters on the labels of the candy bars I ate, or on the juices I drank, seemed so pointy, ...

With hallyu sweeping the globe, many non-Koreans are learning the Korean language. The Korean government has been actively promoting the Korean language overseas, manifesting its soft power. Learning ...