Although classified as a language isolate, many theories have been proposed to explain the origin of Korean. The most prominent of these link Korean to the Altaic languages of central Asia, a family ...

Until around the 1960s, the Korean language was widely believed to be part of a hypothesized language family called “Ural-Altaic.” ...

For over a year, Ben Carpenter hid the fact that he was taking secret Korean language lessons to surprise his wife on their wedding day. The groom’s story went viral last week after he posted it ...

During the occupation, which officially began on Aug. 22, 1910, Korean newspapers were closed or censored heavily, Japanese language and culture were taught in schools, and Koreans were forced to ...

If the Korean language, from its letters to its words, was built to be communal, then the English language seemed excessively individualistic. Everything was “my, my, my” and “me, me, me ...

A study combining linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence has traced the origins of the family of languages including modern Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Mongolian and the people who ...

Castiglia continues to explore her Korean culture and language, which has brought her closer to family in the U.S. and abroad. With family in the area, she can listen to and participate in more ...

U.S. enrollment in Korean language courses at the university level increased 95% between 2006 and 2016, to more than 13,900 students; Korean is the 11th most-studied language in U.S. colleges ...