Since June 28, 2023, Korean civil and administrative matters generally use age counted in completed years from birth, unless another rule applies. Official documents normally follow this standard without needing to specify it separately.
No. OTHER is a material category, not an instruction to throw the package into general waste. Korea Environment Corporation uses it for certain plastics that do not fit the named material labels, mixed plastics and materials containing PET-G, among other specified cases.
Even native Korean speakers often mix up 웬 and 왠 in texts and chats. Use 웬 when it means ‘what kind of / how come,’ while 왠지 is the contracted form of 왜인지, meaning ‘for some reason.’ So ‘웬일이야?’ is the correct spelling.
In Korea, scissors do not always stay in the kitchen. They may arrive beside a barbecue grill or a bowl of noodles so diners can cut food to size right at the table.
Kimchi is not simply food that needs to stay cold; it continues to ferment. That is why Korea developed a separate appliance specifically for keeping kimchi stable over longer periods.
In standard Korean, 며칠 is used both for asking the date and for talking about a number of days. 몇일 and 몇 일 are not the standard spellings for this meaning.
안 comes before a verb to negate it. 않- normally appears in the -지 않다 pattern.
When 되다 takes the polite ending -어요, it becomes 되어요, which contracts to 돼요. That is why 되요 is not the standard spelling.
Today, a tap is enough. But Seoul bus fares once moved through metal tokens and paper coupon tickets before electronic cards became normal. Follow those tiny objects and you can see everyday mobility changing with them.
The shortcut is simple: 돼 is the contraction of 되어. Since 되어 + 요 becomes 되어요, its contracted form is 돼요.
Binggrae says its rounded bottle was inspired by Korea’s traditional moon jar. The distinctive shape has been part of Banana Flavored Milk since its launch in 1974.
At a Korean restaurant, the word seobiseu — borrowed from English “service” — may refer to a complimentary dish or drink. It can also describe a discount or an extra item offered free of charge.
