TTMIK Team

안녕하세요! Hyunwoo here. If you spend some time in Korea, especially if you have children, or friends who are parents, you will quickly notice one thing. There are hagwons everywhere. A hagwon (학원) is a private after-school academy, and there seems to be one for everything: math, English, Korean,

If you’ve been learning Korean for a while, you probably already know that “friend” is commonly translated as 친구. But here’s something many learners don’t realize: Not everyone you call a “friend” in English can be called 친구 in Korean. In fact, calling someone 친구 when they’