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The Korean language has a system of linguistic honorifics that reflects the social status of participants. Speakers use honorifics to indicate their social relationship with the addressee and/or subject of the conversation, concerning their age, social status, gender, degree of intimacy, and situation. One basic rule of Korean honorifics is ...
Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선어, Chosŏnŏ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. [ a ][ 2 ][ 3 ] It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea.
Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia; [baˈhasa indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. [ 9 ] It is a standardized variety of Malay, [ 10 ] an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries.
Aegyo. Aegyo (/ eɪˈɡɪoʊ /; Korean: 애교; Hanja: 愛嬌) in Korean is a normalized gendered performance that involves a cute display of affection often expressed through a cute voice, changes to speech, facial expressions, or gestures. [1][2][3] A similar expression is Gyotae (/ ɡɪoʊˈteɪ /; Korean: 교태; Hanja: 嬌態). Aegyo ...
Hanja (Korean : 한자 ; Hanja : 漢字, Korean pronunciation: [ha (ː)ntɕ͈a]), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. Hanja-eo (한자어, 漢字 語) refers ...
The Korean Wave or Hallyu (Korean : 한류 ; Hanja : 韓流 ; RR : Hallyu ; lit. Flow/Wave of Korea; listen ⓘ) is a cultural phenomenon in which the global popularity of South Korean popular culture has dramatically risen since the 1990s. Worldwide interest in Korean culture has been led primarily by the spread of K-pop, K-dramas and films ...
The Baeksang Arts Awards (Korean: 백상예술대상; RR: Baeksang Yesul Daesang), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. [1] The awards were introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the newspaper Hankook Ilbo, whose art name was "Baeksang".
Rain Shower. " Rain Shower ", also " Shower " or " Sonagi " (소나기), is a Korean short story written by Korean writer Hwang Sun-won in 1952. A sonagi is a brief but heavy rain shower that starts suddenly, usually on a hot afternoon. In Hwang’s story, the rain shower symbolizes the short but heart-rending love between the boy and the girl.