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Until the Joseon dynasty era, unlike today, on the Korean Peninsula, age was not considered as severe, so it was a culture of making friends within a small age gap. [dubious – discuss] The current Korean custom of deciding whether to use honorifics based on age was influenced by Japanese colonial occupation era.
The choice of whether to use a Sino-Korean noun or a native Korean word is a delicate one, with the Sino-Korean alternative often sounding more profound or refined. It is in much the same way that Latin- or French-derived words in English are used in higher-level vocabulary sets (e.g. the sciences), thus sounding more refined – for example ...
For a concept with significance before the division of Korea in 1945, display the Hanja in both the first sentence of the lead per § First sentence and in the {{Infobox Korean name}}. For concepts mostly significant after the division, display the Hanja only in the Infobox Korean name; Hanja tends to be less important after that time, and we ...
Lee Jeong-su and boyfriend - Lee Jeong-su, a 27-year-old café worker, and her boyfriend, a 34-year-old musician, had been casually dating. [2] On September 8, 1994, at around 3:00 a.m., the gang was wandering around motels in Yangsu-ri (양수리), having heard a rumor that these were popular destinations for the wealthy.
Kim was born in the family home in Yesan, now South Chungcheong Province, in 1786.He was the eldest son. His birth father was Kim No-gyeong (金魯敬, 1766–1840); his grandfather was Kim I-ju (金頤柱, 1730–1797) and his great-grandfather was Weolseongui Kim Han-sin (月城尉 金漢藎, 1720–1758) who married the second daughter of King Yeongjo, the Princess Hwasun (和順翁主 ...
Korean mythology (Korean: 한국 신화; Hanja: 韓國神話; MR: Han'guk sinhwa) is the group of myths [a] told by historical and modern Koreans.There are two types: the written, literary mythology in traditional histories, mostly about the founding monarchs of various historical kingdoms, and the much larger and more diverse oral mythology, mostly narratives sung by shamans or priestesses ...
South Korean pop star and actress Sulli, whose legal name is Choi Jin-ri, was found dead in her home in Seongnam, located south of capital city Seoul, on Monday afternoon, authorities say.
According to Samguk Sagi, the Gyeongju clan originates from chief Sobeoldori (소벌도리; 蘇伐都利) of Goheochon (고허촌; 高墟村), one of six villages that united to found Silla; The Gyeongju clan traces their origin back to Choi Chiwon (857–10th century), a noted Korean scholar, philosopher, and poet of the late Unified Silla period (668–935).