However, things are changing. As well as a move away from naming professionals, there is a trend toward choosing native Korean words for names rather than hanja, which are based on Chinese characters. To find out more about Korean names, visit our guide toKorean names for girls, or dive s...
Jung-ho is a Korean surname for men. Each syllable of the name has a different meaning depending on the hanja used to write it. On the South Korean government’s official list of hanja that may be used in given names, there are 75 hanja that read “Jung” and 49 hanja that read “...
We decided to look into the birth names of Korean artists and celebrities. Why did they pick a stage name? Was their given names too boring, too plain or too old-fashioned? It turns out that in many cases their birth names are perfectly fine! GONG YOO 공유 Born: Gong Ji-cheol (...
However, it has also long been one of the few places in the world where women are actually more likely to be murdered than men. And, since the 2016 murder of a woman in a public toilet in Gangnam especially, the perception that Korea is a safe country for women is, I suspect, one ...
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Men dominate the justice system in any country. Korean society is no exception. In general, women in South Korea are fighting for their position as equals to men. It’s unique then to have a series that depicts women sharing the same position and rights as men. ...
Among Korean names, there are names that are exceptionally difficult to pronounce or have a strong pronunciation, such as Kwak Cheol-yong (곽철용) and Kwak Du-pal (곽두팔), that have a very strong, macho feel. They're names only men with incredibly strong impressions and strength...
For non-Koreans, it can often be difficult to tell someone's gender purely from their name, although certain clues can help, like 'Hoon' and 'Seok' being more commonly used in men's names, while 'Kyung' and 'Mi' are more often used for women. Also, there are very strict rules abo...
This comes out to sound like “mai-keul“. Sometimes, you’ll have to approximate the closest sound for your name. Let’s take a look at some more common English names for South Korean women and men as examples: Go ahead and give it a try yourself! Break your English name into syllab...
There is a lot of interest in her case, and everyone is anxious for her to find true love with someone without prejudice. [James: The remaining two slides just explain a little more about the show.] Meanwhile, three other women and four men appeared in the first episode. ...