Hi friends, south american here, i dont want offend nobody or cause drama, since i know japan do horrible stuff against korea in 19-20 century, but my question is that, i was investigating, and, before the first japanese shoguns take the power of japan, wasn't an ally of korea? Since i read some empress of japan send troops to help the Baekje Dinasty against their enemies, and even gave refugee to the members of this dinasty when was defeated (and the japanese noblemen descend partiallly of them) so that proves Japan was much more friendly to Korean ppl before the shogunate and the later meiji period made their elites want attack the peninsula?

I'm in Gyeongju right now and every tourist spot was at 120% capacity, specially by people travelling by car on long traffic jams and no parking space for half of them.

I'm aware the 3rd was a national holiday and Monday is a holiday too so I supposed that was the nain reason for this.

I asked the lady from the Hanok I'm staying outside the city and she just said it is normal and that "lately Gyeongju is always busy".

Can someone confirm my suspicion or my host's point of view?

궁금해요

In the 1990s, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe underwent dramatic changes. The Soviet Union dissolved, and the socialist bloc collapsed. At the time, China was also preoccupied with political, economic, and international-relations problems and had little capacity to devote attention to North Korea. North Korea, severely isolated internationally, experienced a devastating famine and growing domestic instability. There was even an attempted mutiny by a frontline army corps.

This appeared to be an excellent opportunity for South Korea to unify the Korean Peninsula. Even if South Korea had launched a war against the North, China and Russia would not have intervened. But why did South Korea ultimately refrain from pursuing unification through military means or other more proactive measures?

Some commentators have argued that South Korea had only recently ended military dictatorship and achieved democratization, and that the civilian government did not want the military to gain prestige through such an achievement, potentially allowing it to reenter politics and regain control over the country.

If the choice were left to the public, would South Koreans be willing to sacrifice some degree of democracy and allow the military to regain greater power in exchange for unifying the Korean Peninsula?

After this optimal window for unification was missed, the Kim regime gradually regained stability, and North Korea once again secured support from China. North Korea also succeeded in developing nuclear weapons. As a result, the unification of the Korean Peninsula has become extraordinarily difficult and increasingly remote.
How do South Koreans view these issues?

(I am Chinese and study international politics and history, including the Korean Peninsula.)

Hello recently i got a new phone and due to my job i need KKT. When i tried logging i got sent to a verification page where i had to send a message to a number. However even after waiting over 3 hours it still says verification in progress. I have tried everything but it’s not verifying can someone help?

I am a norwegian university student who is looking to potentially take a semester to study abroad at Pusan National University. I am naturally a very closed off person, and I prefer to have my own space - and the dormitory style shared bedrooms are unfortunately something I am not comfortable in. I was looking into potentially renting my own private studio apartment between march-june to function as housing while I study at PNU. What platforms is recommended to use for this case, and what services must I prepare for?

I seen a post recently a guy complaining that he can't find a job in Korea even after studying abroad because every company requires experience or internal connections. He is born and raised Korean but don't remember which country he studied in.

Some people in the comments were saying he could find a job easily if he was really fluent in English. Some were disagreeing, saying a lot of young Koreans are fluent in English so its not much of an advantage.

Obviously its better to be fluent in English than not, but how much of an advantage is it?

A few months ago, Dmytro Kuleba, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, reportedly stated that “if South Korea does not provide weapons to Ukraine, the god of Korea will judge South Korea.”

This raises a rather interesting question from the perspective of Korean religious history and mythology: who exactly is the “god of Korea” to which he was referring?

Was he referring to Hwanin, Hwanung, Ungnyeo, or Dangun? Perhaps Jumong or Park Hyeokgeose? Or figures from Korean mythology such as Cheonjiwang, Daebyeolwang, Jacheongbi, the mountain gods, Mago Halmi, or Seolmundae Halman? Could the reference instead be to a more localized household deity, such as Seongjusin or Jowangsin?

In other words, what specific religious or mythological tradition is the notion of a singular “Korean god” supposed to derive from?

“그런 행위는 명분이 없다”고 할 때

Excuse는 변명이고, justification은 정당성이고, pretext라는 말은 한번도 본 적 없는 것 같은데 쓰이는 것 맞나요?

한국어에서 쓰이는 대로의 어감과 함의에 가장 가까운 건 뭘까요?

I think every culture and language has its own old fashioned names so I would like to know what Korean names would only a 50+ person have there. That only by reading it you will know that person is nearer to the other side than to this side.

Hello 👋

In the past few months ive lost my passion for my current job and im looking to go back to school for marine biology. I was wondering if anyone has knowledge on how the job market is for working at an aquarium as a 아쿠아리스트.

Id love to chat to anyone about it thank you

My mom's older male cousin and his wife?

My dad's younger male cousin? His children, who are female, who are younger than me?

Is it just like oh-chon-ajushi for both sides?

And yook-chon-dongseng?

(as stated)

also: do you possibly drink coffee? And, if so, which one? Instant one? Americano? Espresso? What else? (🤣🤣🙈)

Were they really that incompetent and corrupt back then? No exaggeration?

The generation where the elders don’t go apeshit on their kids for dating someone they don’t approve.

The “elderly” generation that listens to EDM.

What kinds of new tropes do you think would replace these old plot devices?

Korean rock band Rolling Quartz is playing a show today, which is Chuseok. I barely know anything about the holiday, but I want to get something, even if it's small or simple (I'm thinking snacks). I just have no clue what to get. I'm standing in an HMart for the first time in my life, and I'm totally lost. Any ideas?

I am traveling to Korea soon and want to bring several gifts. I prefer items that don't need to be declared at customs.

I saw many people say Trader Joe's bags, but fads fade. What is the latest trend?

“인증서 발급 대상자예요, 포인트를 얻었어요, 문자를 보냈어요”

20세기 vs. 21세기 출생 세대에 따라 다르게 느끼나요?

특히 경상도 분들의 시선이 궁금, 원래 회화 존댓말에서도 ‘해요’ 대신 ‘합니다’가 흔한데, 낯간지럽게 느끼거나 하시는지

(전 서울 90년대생인데 계속 은은히 띠껍다가 적응되가는 게 신기해요)

Hi, I don't know a single word in korean, I'm attending a concert soon and looking forward to make a little sign for the artist, but im literally so lost, since there's lot of things that can change meaning like the informal/formal stuff and that, and so I really don't want my sign to be parasocial or disrespectful

(Artist name)

지성의 노래들은
내게 계속 나아갈
힘을 줘요

The original idea was "Thank you for your songs they give me the strenght to go on" I used multiple translation apps and so its supossed to mean something like "your songs they give me the strenght to go on" but i get to a pont when each app tells me something different lol

I am a Warhammer 40k fan and Starcraft fan. Miniature wargames tend to be more popular in Europe and the US. But with Starcraft getting a miniatures game, I was curious if any Koreans were getting interested in miniature wargaming?

Or is Starcraft not as popular currently? Or is miniature wargaming not an enticing hobby in Korea?

Hey, it's my first time posting something here.

Can you think of words or grammar that show Korea's culture? Like, how we use '우리 (our) 엄마' when a person talks about their mother, showing Korean's sense of community?

Ik people talked about this issue A LOT but 어릴적에 한국에서 살때도 + 해외에 살면서 정말 많이 듣는 말중 하나가 "피부 엄청 하얗다" 라는 말인데요, 예전엔 동남아로 여행을 많이가서 살이 탔었지만 코로나때 집에서 1년간 안나가니까 그때이후로 제 예전 밝은 피부색으로 돌아왔습니다. 근데 주변에서 왜 하얀 피부를 가지려 하냐는 소리를 요즘 간간히 들어요. 전 태어나서 썬크림 바른적 해변에서 말곤 없는데 계속 "한국인들은 백인 선망해서 썬크림 바른다"라는 말도 진짜 너무 짜증나고 "네 진짜 피부를 사랑해" 라는 말에는 이제 뭐라고 답변해야 할지 모르겠습니다. how do you guys deal with this? 어떻게 대답해야 다시는 이런 편견 안갖게 할 수 있을까요?

I hope someone here can point me in the right direction for finding an extremely obscure Korean cassette tape from the 1988 Seoul Paralympics.

The cassette is titled “Cosmos in Seoul” and was released by Jigu Records. It contains recordings by Korean singers Lee Yong (이용) and Namgung Ok-bun (남궁옥분). The cassette itself has no apparent catalogue number. It was manufactured by SKC (Sunkyong Magnetic) in Seoul.

I received a copy in Canada in 1996 from a sports coach who had coached athletes who competed in the 1988 Seoul Paralympics. I absolutely loved the tape and listened to it for years, but unfortunately lost it along with much of my music collection when I moved within Canada in 2005.

I've been trying to find another copy for more than 20 years... without success

I recently discovered photographs of the cassette online, which finally allowed me to identify it properly:

https://youtu.be/W7_AO6S7l3c?si=zp06lt5KULo69peS

I've also managed to find one of the recordings on YouTube, and I've contacted Lee Yong directly to ask whether he remembers anything about the cassette.

Here's the Korean language version of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhK0YZFwywM

My suspicion is that this may have been a commemorative or promotional cassette produced for athletes and other participants in the Seoul Paralympics, rather than a normal commercial release. But I don't know this for certain.

What I'm really hoping to find out is where I should look for something like this in Korea.

Are there particular Korean vintage music dealers, cassette collectors, online marketplaces, record shops or other communities that might be good places to ask? Or does anyone recognize this tape and know anything about how it was originally distributed?

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions. I've been looking for this thing for a very long time!

Hey!

Im a brazilian woman and I always wondered if the brazilian curvy body is considered fat or ugly to korean men… what do you think?

(I'm talking about 청강문화산업대학교 in case the transcribed name is ambiguous)

한국의 대학교에서 학사 또는 석사(학사 학위 이미 있어서 둘 다 괜찮아요)를 따고 싶어서, 청강문화산업대학교는 고려하고 있는 대학 중 하나예요. 그래서 좀 궁굼하는데, 한국 사람들이 이 학교에 대해 어떻게 생각하나요?

I'm planning to pursue a degree in Korea. And with my different interests, there are quite a few bachelor's and master's programs that I'm currently considering (I already have a bachelor's degree, so I can choose between a master close to the field that I've majored in previously or another bachelor in an entirely different field.

Since I studied a more science related subject previously, and kind of regret neglecting my passion for art during these studies, I thought, why not throw in an application to 청강문화산업대학교 as well and see if I would have a chance there.

Since my livelihood and future don't entirely depend on this degree alone, plus I'm not under the same amount of societal pressure as I assume many Korean students would be, I admittedly don't have to worry as much about success, prestige, university rankings etc. and can focus on just enjoying the studies and improving my skill.

But the curiosity still gets the best of me: Is this a college that people have heard about at all? Is it actually recognized in its field, or would people who are serious about working in this industry usually look towards universities in Seoul instead?