About the Author
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy is a lecturer at Seoul’s Korea University. He is the author of "Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung" and several other books on North Korean history and military.
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Evergreen Words, words: North and South Korea’s differing romanizationFrom diacritics to dodgy vowels, it's best for scholars to simply learn the alphabet Many people who came into contact with the Korean language soon notice that there are very many ways to relay the same Korean word in English. You get to know a Korean lady called Mison, for example, and then you see her name spelled as "Misun" or "Miseon." You hear about a demonstration in a city of Kwangju. You look for it on the internet and find that many sites spell it “Gwangju”. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |