Heroine of an ancient folktale known for her virtue and filial piety. Jumped into the sea to save her blind father, rescued for her beauty (naturally) by sea god, eventually returned to land. After sh [..]

a sylistic, tonal, or narrative element in dramas that chooses to play up outrageous storylines to keep viewers hooked despite how ridiculous the stories become (adultery, revenge, rape, birth secrets [..]

Means “senior” and is often used with the suffix “nim” which makes it polite: “sunbae-nim

is informal speech — not necessarily rude, but familiar. Used only with those close to you, or younger (i.e. to a teenager or younger) — but when used between one adult to another, even if it’s older [..]

or ulzzang

ajumma

A middle-aged man, the counterpart to ajumma

A part-time job, derived from the German word Arbeit