Culture Clash, Korean Dramas and the Korean love of English

From the Korean Drama, "Sweet  Spy".

I know I have a lot of fans of KOREA and this was too funny, not to share here.

Korea has a weird obsession with the U.S. and using ENGLISH. It's a weird status symbol for them and in K-DRAMAS, only wealthy & successful people travel or study in America.

So, I caught this scene glitch in a K-drama show. It's NOT meant to be a joke. For those who aren't AMERICAN, they make a reference to SEARS, like it's a high class store.

For Americans, Sears is known as a department store with cheap non-brand clothes and accessories.

10 Things I've Learned About Koreans from Watching K-dramas

Popular K-drama, Full House

In lieu of Valentine's Day, today's post is about the language of Sarang-he (Korean for "Love")! K-dramas have been the recent rage and drug popular that's been sweeping across the globe and hitting Asian countries and places like Hawaii. As mentioned, I've been trying to speed-learn Korean, so I've injected a healthy dose of Korean dramas into my diet and I've found myself, well,... a bit addicted to it too!

You can learn a lot about a country by watching their films and tv programs. I'm not saying everything you see on the tube will be true or accurate, but you get a general impression- good, bad or weird- of