Joseon – Fluent Korean

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- Episodes
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[Fluent Fools] King Sejong and the Invention of the Korean Script

Posted byby MinJu Park
October 5, 2022
24 minute read

Episode Description In this episode, I speak with Dr. Young-Key Kim-Renaud, a theoretical linguist and Professor Emeritus at George Washington University, on King Sejong the Great and his invention, the…

An illustration of King Sejong the Great

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- Hangeul
- Joseon Dynasty

The History of Hangeul 📜

Posted byby MinJu Park
October 9, 2020
2 minute read

October 9 is Hangeul Day (한글날) in Korea. In Joseon Korea, literacy was a symbol of class. Only the Yangban aristocracy could afford to spend years memorizing thousands of Chinese…

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- Confucianism
- Joseon Dynasty

Gisaeng: The Flowers of Joseon 🌺

Posted byby MinJu Park
May 20, 2020
14 minute read

Gisaeng were technically enslaved sex workers, but in misogynistic Joseon Korea, they were an elite group of women that transcended strict Confucian lines.