With all the beautiful languages in this world, choosing an extra language to learn can be a challenge. If you’ve ever considered learning Korean, or were losing motivation, you only need to remember a few points from the list to keep up all the hard work! 

Ever wondered what Korean money looks like? Have you heard the big numbers and wondered what can you get for it? Saw the beautiful pictures on the back of the Korean won but it doesn’t resemble anything in your memory? Not to worry! We are here to give you a brief overview of Korean heroes and help you ‘un-code’ the pictures behind it.

While the world is trying hard to fight against the COVID-19, the best we can do is stay at home. To make the wait easier, we have created a Top 10 list to help you get past the hard times, and even improve your future trip to South Korea! Read along to get some inspiration!

So it’s been weeks since we have left our houses, and yes it feels like a century already. Hair remains unwashed, sweatpants glued, nails unkept and days of going out long forgotten. Since we are all trying to forge new routines and discover new hobbies during this difficult time, we have created a list of amazing books by Korean Authors to help you diversify your reading lists.

South Korea is rapidly becoming well known internationally for it’s music (K-pop) and movies (K-drama). Although Hallyu Wave started in the 90s, probably not even Korea itself could foresee such a success with the international names such as BTS and Blackpink being extremely popular. Thus, we used the article to explore what made Korean dramas and Korean music so popular, and how does it all link to Hallyu Wave.

Korea has established its reputation in various mediums, but none other is as etched into the history as their hats in Joseon period (1392-1910). Historically speaking, Koreans loved their Gats (Hats), Westerners that have ventured as far as Korea at that time, admired the variety of Korean hat selection and often dubbed it as a hat country. In Joseon period no young fellow Korean man could be taken seriously without its Gat. It was a marker for: style, social-ranking, marital status, education. In short, it was a wearable Insta/tinder bio.

A lady behind the 1st of March movement in South Korea. At the age of only 16, she managed to unite the nation and fight against the ruthless occupation of the Japanese. She died while being imprisoned at the age of 17, however, her spirit and patriotism remains a symbol of strength in South Korea.