[카테고리:] Culture
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ARTICLE A red pen looks harmless until you use it to write a Korean person’s name. Maybe you are labeling a coffee cup, signing a birthday card, or writing a student’s name on a classroom board. Then someone stops you: “Don’t write my name in red.” The reaction may be playful, genuinely uncomfortable, or somewhere…
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By KSPILL Editorial You are watching a Korean drama. An older colleague fills a younger character’s shot glass. The younger person receives it with both hands, joins the toast, then turns slightly to the side before drinking. To an unfamiliar viewer, that movement can look like embarrassment—or an attempt to hide the alcohol. In a…
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The phrase is often translated as Korea’s version of “How are you?” That is useful—and incomplete. By KSPILL Editorial A Korean friend texts you at 10:37 p.m.: 밥 먹었어? The direct translation is “Have you eaten?” But there is no dinner plan, and they do not ask what you ate. Were they really asking about…
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