Key To Korean

08/09/2022

Crazy. I just registered for the TOPIK II (Korean language test).

Registration opened today at 10:00am. I got the page to load at 10:01am (after 5 minutes of trying). I was #6,492 in line to login!

In less than 2 hours, EVERY. SINGLE. LOCATION. IN. KOREA. was full. Nuts!

Here's a post detailing my experience:

Warning: TOPIK II test locations fill up quickly! Less than 2 hours after registration opened, I was 17,878 in line. After 5 hours, everything that opened for registration today was full. Be early, or be sorry. (Or wait for IBT TOPIK from 2023.)

07/09/2022

Uploading a new logo.

07/09/2022

Quick note about registering for TOPIK II.

If you don't get online and registered withing ONE hour of the registration opening, you might miss it.

I'll attempt to register tomorrow at 10am when my area becomes available.

But the Internet Based Test (IBT) TOPIK will be coming in 2023 for those who miss registering for the in-person test.

Warning: TOPIK II test locations fill up quickly! Less than 2 hours after registration opened, I was 17,878 in line. After 5 hours, everything that opened for registration today was full. Be early, or be sorry. (Or wait for IBT TOPIK from 2023.)

06/09/2022

FYI: Service interruption right now.
Website will be back online after the issue is resolved, thanks~

03/02/2021

As fellow Korean language learners, what do you feel like you need the most from a website to help you out the most?

27/01/2021

Right now, I've completed KIIP Level 5 (not the test), and should be able to get a Level 3 or 4 in TOPIK - but I haven't actually taken the test in years. However, I have recently been presented with a very unique in which I want to challenge myself to use Korean as much as possible. Therefore, preparing myself for this challenge, and preparing and organizing my own study materials has become a greater priority for me these days....

I've spent a number of months (and years) trying to work out a good way that I personally want to organize and categorize this blog going forward.

05/01/2021

I've been working on updating this blog's design for at least 3 years now. The work tends to go in spurts. I'll get in the zone for a few weeks and get a lot of progress made. Then, I get busy with [other things] and get away from it for a while - sometimes months. There's still [...

It's been a long time in coming, this blog update. It'll yet be a long time to completion.

19/05/2020

I'm working on a new article about the best Korean things to do during coronavirus quarantine or lockdown. Give me your suggestions for:

- best Korean dramas (Netflix)
- best Korean TV shows (Netflix)
- best new Korean music
- best Korean food you can cook at home
- best activities you can do it games you can play related to Korean life or culture

Ready: go!

28/01/2019

One of my favorite parts of living in Korea is the celebration of the Lunar New Year. This gives me a bit of a runway to get my New Year's Resolutions going. After all, the holiday season is quite busy. I may consider New Year's goals at that time, but I don't usually have enough space or thinking time to actually make good on my plans. [ 284 more words ]

One of my favorite parts of living in Korea is the celebration of the Lunar New Year. This gives me a bit of a runway to get my New Year’s Resolutions going. After all, the holiday season is quite busy. I may consider New Year’s goals at that time, but I don’t usually have enough …

18/01/2019

One of the ways I've begun enjoying practicing Korean reading more these days is by reading my son's comic books with him. One of the most fun things to do it to read the Korean sound effects (onomatopoeia) in such a way that the sounds I make with my mouth sound like the actions that are supposed to be happening in the story. [ 271 more words ]

One of the ways I’ve begun enjoying practicing Korean reading more these days is by reading my son’s comic books with him. One of the most fun things to do it to read the Korean sound effects (onomatopoeia) in such a way that the sounds I make with my mouth sound like the actions that …