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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…