According to the Korea Foundation, the wave of Korean culture, also known as hallyu, increased its global fanbase by 11% in 2019—and leading the charge has been K-pop. Groups such as BTS and Blackpink ...

If you've already finished binge-watching Netflix's South Korean hit Squid Game, try filling the nine episode-sized void with a Korean language course — as a bunch of other fans already have. In fact, ...

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Duolingo (DUOL), the world’s leading mobile learning platform, today announced a new partnership with Netflix’s Squid Game to promote Korean language ...

Shortly after its international debut, Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game” spurred a newfound craze over honeycomb toffee and had viewers asking, “How much is 45.6 billion won?” The show — which follows ...

Join Ollie and his friend as they dive into a hilarious voice-controlled game to put Ollie's six weeks of Korean learning to ...

Join Ollie, a cheerful Englishman with a love for Korean culture, as he hilariously introduces himself as both a ...

[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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. When Mina Oh first began making videos in 2008, she found ...

More than once I’ve walked up to a counter in a coffee shop and seen the two people working there silently and almost ...