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That Was Awkward: North and South Korean Language Barriers Posted by Tony Kitchen on Oct 5, 2016
There is a very good chance you will never meet, let alone speak Korean to, a North Korean (북한국인). But if you did meet, say, a defector or diplomat, chances are you would test out your Korean (한국어) in order to build a trust and strike common ground, right? But would they understand your South Korean? Last…
North and South Korean Language Split: Can They Understand Each Other? Posted by Tony Kitchen on Nov 6, 2015
Over sixty years after North Korea and South Korea agreed to a ceasefire (along with the United States and United Nations participants), the two countries have taken different political pasts, clearly. But this has transferred into the linguistic fear as well, with North Korean defectors struggling to adjust to South Korean hangul. Imagine trying to adjust…