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This Korean concept is the ability to “read the room” and understand what people are thinking or feeling without them saying it.
What is 눈치 (nunchi)?
This soy-sauce-marinated raw crab is famously nicknamed a “rice thief” because it makes you keep eating rice.
What is 간장게장 (ganjang gejang)?
Once full of factories and workshops, this Seoul neighbourhood is now packed with cafés, designer shops and some of the city's hottest pop-ups.
What is 성수동 (Seongsu-dong)?
Bong Joon Ho's dark 2019 comedy-thriller made history as the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is Parasite?
October 9 is a Korean national holiday celebrating this writing system.
What is Hangul (한글)?
Promulgated under King Sejong in 1446, this document explained Korea's newly created alphabet. Its title is commonly translated as “The Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People.”
What is 훈민정음 (Hunminjeongeum)?
More difficult to translate than “love” or “affection,” this word describes the deep attachment that develops between people—or even people and places—over time.
What is 정 (jeong)?
A beloved Busan specialty, this comforting dish combines pork broth, sliced pork and rice, usually customized at the table with chives, salted shrimp and seasonings.
What is 돼지국밥 (dwaeji gukbap)?
This century-old Seoul market is especially famous for food stalls selling things such as bindaetteok, gimbap and yukhoe.
What is Gwangjang Market (광장시장)?
This veteran Korean actress won the 2021 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Soon-ja in Minari.
Who is Youn Yuh-jung (윤여정)?
Traditionally one of the most important Korean birthdays, 환갑 (hwangap) marks this age.
What is 60?
At a baby's first-birthday celebration, the child chooses among symbolic objects that supposedly hint at their future. This ritual has this name.
What is 돌잡이 (doljabi)?
According to Korean rainy-day tradition, this savory scallion pancake is especially good paired with makgeolli.
What is 파전 (pajeon)?
Sara lands at Incheon and wants to head directly to Seoul Station by train. These four letters identify the airport rail service.
What is AREX?
In Reply 1988, Deok-sun and her four lifelong friends grow up together in this Seoul neighbourhood.
What is Ssangmun-dong (쌍문동)?
The English name “Korea” ultimately comes from the name of this dynasty, which ruled from 918 to 1392.
What is Goryeo (고려)?
This Korean slang abbreviation describes the moment when the mood suddenly becomes painfully awkward or cold: 갑자기 분위기 싸해짐.
What is 갑분싸 (gapbunssa)?
Originating in Chuncheon, this spicy dish stir-fries chicken with cabbage, rice cakes, sweet potato and gochujang-based sauce.
What is 닭갈비 (dakgalbi)?
Old printing shops, hardware businesses and narrow alleys mixed with cool bars earned this central Seoul area the trendy nickname “Hipjiro.”
What is Euljiro (을지로)?
Oldboy, The Handmaiden and Decision to Leave were all directed by this Korean filmmaker.
Who is Park Chan-wook (박찬욱)?
Shin Saimdang appears on the ₩50,000 note. Her son, one of Joseon's best-known Confucian scholars, appears on the ₩5,000 note under this name.
Who is Yi I / Yulgok (이이 / 율곡)?
Korean iced-coffee devotion produced this four-syllable abbreviation meaning roughly, “Even if I freeze to death, iced Americano.”
What is 얼죽아 (eoljuga)?
Notorious even among Koreans for its powerful ammonia-like smell, this fermented skate specialty is closely associated with the Jeolla region.
What is 홍어 (hongeo / fermented skate)?
Once the capital of Silla, this city filled with royal tombs, temples and archaeological sites is often called a “museum without walls.”
What is Gyeongju (경주)?
This BTS single became the first predominantly Korean-language song ever to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100—and debuted there at No. 1.
What is “Life Goes On”?
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