Posts Tagged ‘ Korean Culture ’

What is “Korean Age”?

When the foreigners talk about their ages in Korea, they always said “I’m OO, and My Korean age is XX”.   Did you know that there’s difference between Korean Age and general Age? What’s That exactly!? There are General(international) Age System(which is also called “Mann” in Korea as you can see in the video) and Korean Age [ READ MORE ]

[Monthly Special] The Biggest Full Moon Day (In Lunar calendar)

 Jeongwoldaeboreum(정월대보름) (also called just “Daeboreum”) means the Biggest Full-Moon Day in a year. The day is decided by Lunar Calendar. Jeongwoldaeboreum is 15th of January by Lunar Calendar, and this year (2010), 28th of February is the Jeongwoldaeboreum. Jeongwoldaeboreum is the First Moon of the year, so we wish our health, luck and love.  Especially [ READ MORE ]

Which Comes First, Jaehoon or Jeong?

   My Name is Jaehoon Jeong in English. However, in Korean, it’s 정재훈(Jeong-Jae-hoon). Firstly, Korean doesn’t make a space between Last name and First name. As you see, Korean uses Last name first. Because of THIS difference, there are some confusing cases.  Some say “It’s Korean, so we should write in Korean order even though [ READ MORE ]

[Monthly Special] What do you play in Winter?

    In Korea, there are so many sports and plays that you can enjoy! Korean Sleigh is really traditional play in Korea. It is still done in some places for reminding themselves of their childhood. Of course the new-type of sleigh is popular, too! 27th of December, it was snowy day, so many children near [ READ MORE ]

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