Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Korean linguists seek to integrate modern, foreign words into the language while protecting it too, so a committee works out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo illustration by Allison Hong / Los Angeles Times; Unsplash) Kim Hyeong-bae, a South Korean linguist, had a problem: how to ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has added eight words drawn from South Korean culture in its latest quarterly update, Oxford Languages announced Wednesday.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added seven new Korean words, including “dalgona” and “maknae”. According to the OED’s website on Tuesday, the words “noraebang,” “hyung,” “jjigae,” “tteokbokki ...

The Oxford English Dictionary just got a K-culture upgrade. In its December 2024 update, the dictionary added seven Korean words — "dalgona," "hyung," "noraebang," "maknae," "jjigae," "tteokbokki" and ...

From simple words like “waiting” and “keeping” to “gaslighting” and “jump defection,” the invasion of English loanwords shows no sign of stopping soon When a North Korean defector fled back to the ...

A new influx of Korean words is making the English language "more diverse and beautiful," says linguist Jieun Kiaer. The Oxford English Dictionary, one of the most recognizable authorities on the ...

A government panel in South Korea is charged with coming up with Korean equivalents for foreign terms that keep slipping into the language. Among the challenges: Finding ways to say things like ...