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In Korea, office is subdivided by many department. There are many workers working in the department, there is also manager who takes charge of the leading. In Korea, the leader in the department is so-called “부장님” which is literally department leader. In drama, “부장님” is often depicted as mid aged, silly man who throws out […]

In the West and the East, heart is believed to be the place where spirituality resides. The cupid’s arrow is directed to the heart, and person who got the arrow falls in love. The heart is so emotional term, both the West and the East. This is similarly in Korea, heart is denoting love or

눈치 is colloquial term meaning that someone’s ability to know somethings perceived. It is often translated into English language “wit” or “comprehension”, the former is close to 눈치’s colloquial usage, the latter is for its connotative meaning of “situational understanding quickly.” 눈치 in Korean has meaning of comprehension, but more close to colloquial sense, so

The rice is central food in Korea. People eat steamed rice when they have to have meals, steamed rice is symbolic to the meaning of motherhood and familial belongings. Traditionally when baby boomer generation was children, mothers were kindly cooked steamed rice for family members, very large amount of them was cooked into one large