Practise Reading Hangeul: Korean names

In case you wanted to practise reading your Hangeul. These names are the fallen soldiers from Korean war battles around Yang-gu. We went there last Sollal 설날. Last year's 살날 we went to the most Eastern part of the DMZ in Sokcho so we chose to go to the Yanggu side this time.

The Yanggu Unification Hall is located in the northernmost part of the Civilian Control Zone in Haean-myeon Yanggu-gun. It was built and opened to be utilized as a unification education center that would help broaden people’s understanding about the real situation in North Korea in preparation for reunification and encourage commitment for reunification. The location is 5 km away from The Fourth Tunnel, in the northern end of the punch bowl basin and it first opened in 1996. It has a first exhibition hall, second exhibition hall, agricultural specialty market, and a parking lot that can accommodate about 100 cars.

The Kdrama Junkie

People say watch Kdramas to learn Korean but I learn Korean to watch Kdramas, which is VERY different.

Mary is an American. She just got the good news about her application for a teaching job in Seoul.  She will be flying soon after the school complete her visa application.  So she reaches for the nearest bookstore and got herself a learn Korean book and scour the Internet for eveyrthing about the language to prepare for her life in Korea.  When she reaches Seoul, she is excited and then settle in her new school.  She realizes, her Korean needs some brushing, since she needs some level of fluency to make life easier (in school and outside) so she roles into a class.  She enjoys them so much because it has been a pleasure for her to learn a new language and she can finally relate more with her Korean middle school students.  She can also order any food she wants in a restaurant and ask help from the customer service centre and make friends with her colleagues.  It took her a while to learn basic speaking but she is a young and lively woman who can handle that. She may or may not have time for Korean dramas but she basically doesn't need it to learn Korean.  She has her work and students to keep her busy.  She probably dating a cute Korean guy too.  Geewiz...you can find love anywhere if its meant to be. 

Wong is from Shanghai and is granted a scholarship to study in Korea.  He goes there and spends a whole year to 1.5 years studying Korean intensively through lectures and tutorials and sits for exams.  He studies very hard because he needs the fluency to later attend his actual major that is in

Introduction: Before You Start

Hello, this will be the very first post in this blog.  If you want to check out why I started this blog, go ahead and check out at the About Me page.

I will explain what do you need to be prepared for and what you need to know about the Korean language as a whole. It doesn't matter if you've watched kdrama for 2 years or 12 years, I hope some information would be helpful.  Let's face it, you are here because you've fallen in love with kdramas although you don't eat kimchi nor speak Korean on a daily basis.  You want to know a little sumthin' sumthin' about the language, more than the sarangheyo and anyonghaseyo, am I right?