[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Nayeon] Wada Yoshihiro, who works at the Japanese publishing company 'J Research,' explained the interest in Korean language learning based on the Korean Wave in ...

A Korean language-learning textbook aimed at foreign workers is currently being developed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Institute of Korean Language and the Ministry of ...

As a sociologist, professor Sam Richards at Pennsylvania State University has been following Korea’s ascent, before the Korean Wave came crashing onto the US shores like a tsunami, bringing with it ...

The Korean language, once limited to the Korean Peninsula, has experienced a dramatic surge in global popularity due to the rise of K-pop, Korean dramas, and films. Even though this has led to ...

Korean language programs are booming all over the world. The K-pop craze, the music, the movies, the dramatic series, are all fueling an interest in learning the Korean language. At my university, for ...

Many people know hangeul, the Korean alphabet, was invented under the reign of King Sejong (1397-1450). But few might know the term hangeul was coined by Korean linguist Ju Si-gyeong in 1910s. The ...