#no koreaboos interact please and thank you

[delighted-mirage]

rq pointing out in seoul, south korea on some subway trains they literally play cartoons about etiquette on the little screens above the doors and seats. no sound either iirc you just see it. <3

they kick him off the subway :) that is the proper etiquette for this situation <3

they do all kinds of cute etiquette videos for the subway including some from pororo himself and their little subway mascot. at least from what I saw on the couple subways I took. it’s different subways since they all play different stuff but like you can check them out if you want. apart from this they’re regular subway videos!

We failed as a society when everyone stopped wearing headphones.

[hanguk-berry]

안영~~ i just discovered your blog and absolutely love it!! I’m 16 too and hope to carry on teaching myself german (my college doesn’t offer languages as a subject ;-;) and also to teach myself korean!! How did you start learning korean? And how do you keep up with learning so many languages at once?

안녕!~~ Hallo and Hi ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Firstly, thank you so much for your kind words ㅜㅜ This made my day (although it is currently almost 9 p.m. here ... heh~) It makes me really happy to see people enjoying my blog! @.@

What makes me happy too, is that you study German?! :o That is really cool but you must be very determined ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ since German grammar can be really tough, even for Germans 💚 Keep it up! If you need help or advice (I hope these two words don't exactly mean the same thing ㅋㅋ), please do not hesitate to contact me ^-^

So, moving on to your questions (I always tend to talk too much ㅋㅋ):

I started studying Korean by learning the alphabet first. Frankly, I did not even know that romanization was a thing at that time, which turned out to be good to not to know.

1. Start with Hangeul - 한글

Probably the MOST important thing when studying a new language is getting familiar with the alphabet. I read/heard a lot of people say that "You can use romanization at the very beginning but you should not depend on it"

[DISCLAIMER: I am not quoting any specific person, so please do not be offended by my words. ♡

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Those are all my own opinions, based on personal experience. None of these are guides on how to study Korean, but rather advice that has helped me to get where I am now. ♡]

I disagree with the quoted sentence. Be hard on yourself. Do not study to an unhealthy extend. But do push yourself to train your body and brain, as well as your mind, to actually study. Although my words might sound harsh, trust me - it is worth the result you'll get at the end.

So, to conclude my first point: Study 한글.

It is worth the time. (Actually, it doesn't take to much time. I learned it within two hours. LEARNED. That does not mean that I was fluent in reading it. It means that I understood the basic principle of the Korean writing and reading system and knew the sounds connected to each character.) (To clarify, the last sentence doesn't mean that I could read every word I saw from then on. I could - when I saw the single character written in front of me - associate a sound with it.)

2. Practice Hangeul - 한글

The key is practice, practice, practice. I assume everyone of us in the language study community was or is tired of hearing this at some point (including myself). But it is true what they say.

I practiced reading Korean by:

a) writing down basic words

e.g. months, days of the week, numbers, most common names in Korea

b) following many, many Korean accounts on Instagram

Call me a Koreaboo. (I honestly do not understand the point of that. Let people do what they want as long as they do not show disrespect towards a group of people/a culture or hurt anyone.) But I am - and always have been, and always will be - attracted to East Asian men. (In fact, I am more attracted to Japanese people than Korean, and I love the sound of Japanese more, too.) (Japanese is so hard to study, though. That's why I chose Korean.) (I am talking too much again and drifiting off. Oops. Back to the topic,heh~)

FOLLOW AND INTERACT. Read their stories. Really read their stories. Read the captions before translating. (This obviously works with official accounts [Korean musicians/actors/etc.], too.) Your first ten attempts won't be the best but after a while you will be able to read faster and recognize words that are often used. Make Korean friends. Talk to them. They will be very pleasured to see someone being interested in their culture, country and language!

(I created a whole new account where I am only following Korean people, mostly students around my age. I made it for the sake of the Korean content not drowning in the much more understandable english content ㅋㅋㅋㅋ.)

3. Basic Grammar

I started out with studying very basic grammar (sentence structure, basic conjugation, basic particles,...). For this, I took an old folder, emptied it and made it my Korean folder. Then I went through the first 10 lessons of Unit 1 of howtostudykorean.com

For every lesson I made handwritten and color coded notes. (Color coded means that I used different colors for • basic information about the grammar rule • important information • main examples • more/own examples .)

As everyone has his/her own methods of learning languages, try to find your own and do not be afraid to experiment!

4. Follow your heart :)

Afterwards, I began studying wildly ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. I learn whatever I want or need in the very moment. I try to stick to a schedule but that does not work for me since I have a lot of extracurricular activities.

E.g. when I read Korean webtoons and notice a particle I have never seen before, I study it. When I wonder at 3 a.m. about how "What if..." is expressed in Korean, I look it up the next morning.

5. Use what you have learned

Show the world what you know. Talk (text, if you aren't confident.) (Yet.) (Don't worry, I am still too shy to speak Korean in front of literally ANYONE. Do not pressure yourself. Be comfortable. ) Post photos with short (or long) captions in Korean.

By having conversations with native speakers, you will automatically pick up natural-sounding speaking habits. (Be careful, though. Especially in Korean language, there is a rather big difference between written and spoken Korean. As long as you are casually texting, it is more every-day/conversational and informal Korean. (Except you and your chat partner both talk on a very professional level.) (Which would be weird, to be honest.ㅋㅋㅋㅋ)

If your Korean friend uses a grammar pattern or slang etc. try to use it as often as possible to manifest it into your brain. (Maybe you should warn them or else they are gonna thunk you are some psycho being all 근데 근데 근데 근데 근데.) (근데 means "but", by the way. )

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I think that is all for now, regarding how I have started studying Korean. And this blog is already longer than anything else I have ever posted 😳.

♡♡♡

Last but not least, you asked me how I kept up with studying languages. Honestly, I don't. And if you have other priorities, for example school, let them be your priorities. There is no rush with studying a language. (Well, except maybe some aliens force you to do so within a month or else they will destroy our lovely planet...which...let's be honest, is very unlikely to happen.) (Unless?) (Ok, I am so unfunny and it is definitely too late by now.) (Wow, I spent an hour writing this o0o it is 9:45 p.m. now.)

I hope this helped you at least a little ^-^ If you ever have any question I am here and will try to answer them for you!♡

[stvlti]

Hey friendly reminder if you're any of these things:

Fujoshi (believes that yaoi is LGBT representation)

Ships underaged celebrities

Melanie Martinez stan

Weaboo / Koreaboo (believes your interpretation of your fave media is representative of the whole culture and heritage of the nations; thinks Japanese or SK culture is transposable to any other East Asian country; or in general think you have any sort of monopoly over what the local culture should be like in these areas)

Please do not interact with me thanks

[bangkokjacknews]

Online Korean sensation looks fab at almost fifty

A Korean dentist has been making a name online thanks to galleries revealing her stunning and youthful looks, despite being almost fifty-years-old.

Lee Sujin, 48, became the talk of the town after appearing on TV show 'Same Bed, Different Dream'. According to Koreaboo, the beautiful dental worker started engaging in social media more often after her daughter began school and had less time for interaction. The latter has said that her mother is not 'addicted' to posting selfies on Instagram. Could have fooled us. Check out the gallery below for photos showing Sujin's abilities in defying age. -   – You can follow BangkokJack on Twitter, Instagram, & Reddit. Or join the free mailing list (top right) Please help us continue to bring the REAL NEWS - PayPal Read the full article

[justtextmeoppa]

Dearest Followers

Okay dearest followers , looks like we need to have another chat with you all. Firstly , this isn't the first time we have been facing problems with you dearest followers, whom we love very much.

Recently we got some messages that were quite hurtful , regardless of what illi and M have said, I found them hurtful and right out rude.

Call us what you want but I can tell you we are far from Koreaboo's. We have lives outside of Kpop , hence the updates are coming slowly. We don't pretend we are Korean in anyway possible or that we understand every bit of it. Being interested in a culture is called having a hobby not being obsessed.

Secondly, the use of romanized Hangul is because we know not all can read Hangul and it would be random popping it in among English. I myself had a Korean boyfriend whom I would send and speak 'jagiya' to and he didn't mind because I was making an effort and even when we were together with friends (who were english speaking), he would call me that. And no I am not Korean nor I did date a Korean guy because I liked Korean music or whatever.

We are trying to make this as authentic as possible for you guys. But if you don't want it in a request, state so.

Thirdly , we are trying to be more interactive with you all because we want to get to know you. We want to get to know the amazing people that keep us running this blog.

Lastly , if you have something to say then say it openly. Stop hiding behind the Anon mask because it just shows how much of a coward you are to face us. Like illi said , we don't mind criticism because it helps us grow but there is a fine line between that and being rude.

I was once a follower of this blog and used to spam the hell out of illi and M, now I am a admin and understand the stressed they faced and sadly it's caused by some of you out there and I don't think it's fair. M and illi work and I am a university student, we aren't just chilling around all day. So please just be patient with us and we will do our best to make you happy in every way possible.

Finally I want to say thank you to those who came running to our defence when they saw the comments. We appreciate every bit. M and illi don't know about this message is going out because I know they keep on telling me to ignore the comments , but I just can't sit and watch them get bashed in. I'm sorry for this long rant. 

BUT ON A AMAZING NOTE! WE NOW HAVE 4000 FOLLOWERS!

-Kyu

[popularchips-blog]

How to Be Social Media's Most Influential Artist

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How to Be Social Media's Most Influential Artist

Joining the likes of Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Rihanna and even Donald Trump and Barack Obama is K-Pop group BTS (Korean: 방탄소년단), the only Asians who made it onto US Weekly’s Most Influential Celebrities on Social Media. While their appearance may come as a surprise to some, particularly those familiar only with celebrities in the US media, BTS has established itself as a boy band with one of the strongest presences on social media since their debut in June 2013.

Success in Numbers

Let’s look at some numbers. To begin with, they have 9.4 million followers on Twitter, 6.1 million on Instagram, 5.3 million on Facebook and 4.6 million subscribers on YouTube. They also regularly receive over a million views on each of their videos on V Live, a Korean-based broadcasting app, known for working with other popular Korean celebrities in the entertainment scene such as BigBang, Exo, Twice, and IU. Unlike most celebrities in the West, they also have a presence on Chinese social media, with 1.1 million fans on microblogging website, Weibo.

In addition, the group first made it to the top of the Billboard Social 50, a chart that measures an artist’s reach on social media, for two weeks from 29 October 2016, and has made regular reappearances there since. This was precluded by BTS being the most retweeted artist in March 2016.

Let’s look at a few more numbers. In comparison to BTS, Canadian singer and songwriter Justin Bieber, another regular on the Billboard Social 50, has 102 million followers on Twitter, 92.4 million on Instagram, 75.3 million on Facebook and 32 million subscribers on YouTube.

The social media race is, in part, a numbers game: the more followers and subscribers you have, the more likes, comments and views you receive. And numbers alone seem to suggest that Justin Bieber far outstrips BTS, with ten or more times the number of followers and subscribers on all the social media platforms where both artistes are available.

These numbers perhaps suggest why some people were so angered when the boy band won at the Billboard Music Awards in May, with some expressing their confusion as to who BTS was and others even going so far as use the opportunity as an outlet to denigrate and belittle the entire K-Pop industry.

kpop is still irrelevant, nobody in te states is gonna listen to a korean song just because bts won an award https://t.co/xTtKRVlGXK

— spøøky (@vioIation) May 22, 2017

So how did BTS win the Billboard Music Awards? How did they get onto US Weekly’s Most Influential Celebrities? And how did they reach the top of the Billboard Social 50, not just once, but (as of the time of writing) 54 times?

The Importance of Engagement on Social Media

What is engagement? In social media marketing, the term ‘engagement’ refers to the levels of interaction of one’s followers or subscribers on a given post on any social media platform. These interactions often take the forms of likes, views (applicable to videos) and comments.

What does this mean with regard to BTS and Bieber? Simply put, due to the sheer number of followers and subscribers Bieber has, he is likely to have more likes, views and comments on each post, as compared to BTS.

However, while the absolute volume of likes, views and comments is important, the number of such interactions as a percentage of the total number of followers or subscribers is perhaps even more crucial. This metric measures the percentage of your following who is actually interested in your content. In influencer marketing in particular, a higher rate of engagement suggests that the influencer produces content that is more relevant to their following. In other words, if the influencer were hired for a campaign, their campaign post is more likely to be taken note of by their followers.

Comparison chart generated with Popular Chips‘s analytics platform

According to the comparison chart presented here, the data suggests that while Bieber has more followers, likes, comments and views, BTS actually fares five times better in engagement, thanks to the number of likes and comments they receive on average (as a ratio of the number of followers they have) for each of their posts. While Bieber has a lower percentage of inactive followers, both accounts fall in the mid-range of inactive followers based on the global average. A large number of inactive followers suggests a lower potential reach, since these followers have a history of not interacting with posts on Instagram.

Social Media’s Most Influential Artist

So how does one become social media’s most influential artist? BTS’s acceptance speech at the Billboard Music Awards event gives us a hint to our answer.

Photo courtesy of Soompi

Leader of BTS and main rapper Rap Monster (Kim Namjoon) began his speech with the words, “ARMY, our fandom, thank you very much… this award belongs to all the people all around the world that shined their love and light on us by the millions” (translation by Koreaboo).

Indeed, BTS does have a lot to thank their fandom for. Known for their enthusiasm and zeal, the BTS ARMY interacts both with each other and with their artist on social media at an unprecedented rate. As of the time of writing, the hashtag #방탄소년단 (BTS’s group name in Korean), trends on Twitter with 434 000 tweets. Search @bts_twt (the group’s official account handle) and you will be prompted to reload the page every minute to see new tweets, of which there is no lack.

Where voting makes a difference to whether the artist wins an award, you can be sure that the BTS Army will vote. Fan accounts and fans alike will encourage other fans to take part in the voting process. Here’s an example from the recent Mnet Asian Music Awards.

Use #2017MAMA_BTS to spread voting info + help on voting @BTS_twt for MAMA! Let’s not fall back ARMY 🙏➡️🏆

— worldwideBTS 🌎 (@btsanalytics) October 22, 2017

I am Voting For @BTS_twt On #2017MAMA – ARMYs Please Keep Voting ! –#2017MAMA_BTS pic.twitter.com/O4ee2EXWsT

— 아미 Park Jimin WIFE (@ArmyBTS3656337) October 19, 2017

When voting is restricted and connected to social media accounts, fans sometimes create additional accounts in order to register their vote. While this behavior is certainly not unique to BTS fans, it is definitely still a testament to the passionate support those in the fandom have for their artist.

~~Tutorial Thread~~ Voting for BTS in MAMA infinitely by creating twitter accounts. *For pc and laptop users. **Use Chrome. #2017MAMA_BTS

— 🍒망개떡🍒 (@dna8army) October 23, 2017

When their artist does not make it to the top, fans take this very seriously and in some cases, personally.

The gap is really stressing me.

Pls vote BTS on MAMA. 🙏🏻

This is the biggest music award in SoKor so pls let’s do our best!#2017MAMA_BTS

— 박마리엘 (@btstar_) October 23, 2017

GUYS VOTE WE ARE LOSING IN EVERY CATEGORY!!!!! WE HAVE TO SHOW BTS WE CARE!!!#BTS_MAMA_VOTE #2017MAMA_BTS @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/ih5xkk6OiE

— BTSObbsesed (@Btsobbsesed) October 20, 2017

Aside from voting, fans also stream music to support their group.

Wow already at 12.5M streams 😱 we are working so hard army 💪 lets hope the boys made it to hot100 ! #btsstreaming lets continue streaming!! pic.twitter.com/U5YN8JBPpi

— AJ아이데 💜 (@aidjimlop) September 23, 2017

They do so not only in enjoyment of the group’s music, but also as a strategy to keep the boy band on the charts.

having 80 naver music pass i let it played while i sleep :3 #btsstreaming pic.twitter.com/q6aoktDKJh

— 아리 (@kyamon101026) August 17, 2017

Instead of support mainly for the music that the group creates, there is a clear sense that fans support the members themselves. Fans see themselves as having a “duty” to these members, to ensure that they are constantly showing their love and support, whether this is through voting, streaming or purchasing merchandise.

Let’s keep streaming, we’re slacking off. #BTSStreaming https://t.co/O26XQfgjeU

— 킴벌리 (@bangtanlovely7) September 24, 2017

With such ardent supporters, it is no surprise then that BTS has been tweeted, voted and streamed to the top of various charts. What BTS has managed to do, then, is to create a sense of loyalty in their following through judicious use of social media.

Lessons for Social Media Marketers

ONE. Pick the Right Social Media Platform for Your Purposes Although BTS has accounts on various platforms as noted above, their platform of choice is Twitter. Why Twitter when the platform appears to be have more limitations than most others? 140 characters and a maximum of 4 photo or video attachments per tweet for example.

For one, Twitter’s system allows for a greater reach than most others, with retweeting or quoting another user’s tweet being an integral part of the user experience. This means that if any BTS member tweets something, it can be quickly retweeted and/or liked by fans and shared across the platform. BTS’s latest tweet, for an example, with one of the members thanking fans for attending their Taiwan concert, received 258 000 retweets and 598 000 likes in three days.

고마워요 여러분 다시 만날 날을 기다릴게요~#JIMIN pic.twitter.com/wVQlIXpKi6

— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) October 22, 2017

Twitter is also a great way for fans in the fandom to keep updated on the latest news (in bites) and to communicate with each other. Notably, it is largely through retweets, quote and hashtags that fans encourage and remind each other to vote and to stream music.

Does this mean that social media marketers should all migrate their brands to Twitter? Certainly not. For many brands, especially those in the makeup and fashion industry, aesthetic appeal is still an important aspect of marketing. In such cases, Twitter is may not the best platform to use to advertise your product. However, marketing managers can still consider Twitter for other purposes, such as holding Q&A sessions with your target audience, disseminating press releases about your company or getting that hashtag about your new product trending.

It is important also to note that although Twitter is BTS’s main form of social media outreach, they have not neglected other platforms, such as Instagram or Weibo, making sure to post a few times a month in order to reach out to audiences who may prefer those platforms.

This is a strategy that business should also consider: don’t just stick to one platform. Use them in tandem to achieve an all round marketing solution.

TWO. Encourage Your Audience to Engage with You When BTS first debuted, they used their Twitter account to send personal replies to their fans.

@zelokiddo hi i am a man

— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) February 21, 2013

Given that tweets are short and sweet by nature, this allows interaction to happen across the platform without pressure of having to ensure that everything is of top-notch quality. The casual nature of the replies also adds to the fan’s experience as it creates the impression (whether true or false) that these tweets are genuine interactions with their favorite boy band.

New and upcoming brands in particular should try as much as possible to engage your audience in conversation on social media. The higher the level of engagement, between you and your target consumer base, the more likely they are to be interested in you.