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8 Reasons to Learn Korean

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! 

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Top 10 ways to beat your Korea blues during a global quarantine

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!

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Is Hallyu Wave taking over the world?

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.

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Let’s talk about that Korean hat!

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.

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