Saturday, January 18, 2014

Top 101 Korean movies

Read the article herehttp://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2983571

The top 101 Korean movies of all time (2014):

http://www.koreafilm.org/feature/100_2014.asp

Watch full movies on this YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/KoreanFilm?feature=watch#sthash.pk0XjEMM.dpuf


The Korean Film Archive released a list of the top 101 Korean movies of all time. The list was made by 62 of the top film experts.

There was a 3 way tie for first place: "The Housemaid" (1960), "Aimless Bullet" (1961) and "The March of Fools" (1975). Only one movie in the top 10 was released after the year 2000. The oldest movie was released in 1934. The newest movie came out in 2012.

Top 10:

1. "The Housemaid" (1960), "Aimless Bullet" (1961), "The March of Fools" (1975)
2. "Madame Freedom" (1956)
3. "A Coachman" (1961)
4. "Heavenly Homecoming to Stars" (1974)
5. "Good Windy Day" (1980)
6. "Memories of Murder" (2003)
7. "Mother and a Guest" (1961)
8. "Young Ja's Heydays" (1975)
9. "Declaration of Idiot" (1983)
10. "Sopyonje" (1993)



I think I need to check out some of these movies!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Music Video: Gary (LeeSSang) "Shower Later" (19+ NSFW)

This contains a lot of AMWF. (Asian Male White Female)

Gary is a member of the Korean hip hop duo LeeSsang. This song is from his mini album.




Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Learning Korean with mobile devices

Read the article here: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140114000640

If you want to learn Korean there are numerous apps you can download to your cell phone or visit a website online.

Online Resources

1. Talk to Me in Korean--http://www.talktomeinkorean.com

I started studying with TTMIK since the beginning. I'm still on level 2 because I don't study that often, but they have 9 levels of lessons on their website so far. I definitely recommend that you check them out. They teach the lessons in English with an audio file and PDF version. All of the teachers are native Koreans who are fluent in English. They give lots of sample sentences for each lesson. They also post a lot of videos to their YouTube page about various topics like konglish and drama phrases. They have also published a lot of books on a number of topics.

They recently won an award from the Prime Minister for their efforts to teach the Korean language.

Cost: Free. (no signup to learn) They also have a subscription service where you can get native Koreans to correct your mistakes. I think it costs around $7.00 a month at http://www.harukorean.com

2. Korean Class 101--http://www.koreanclass101.com

I've also studied a few lessons at Korean Class 101. I liked this site also.

Cost: Free. You have to create an account to access the lessons.

Apps
These apps are in the Apple App store. (I have an Iphone/Ipad). I do not know if they are available on Android devices.

1. WordUp Korean--This is a vocabulary app with lots of phrases that can be used in day to day life. The app is more suited for intermediate users.

Cost: WordUp LITE is free. The regular WordUp app costs $2.99


2. Kbubbles--This app helps beginners learn the Korean alphabet using a game where you shoot the right letters or words.

Cost: Free. Full vocabulary list costs $0.99


3. LextTalk--Is an app for language exchange. You can access the chatrooms to find others who are also studying.

Cost: Free

4. WordPower Korean--This app has 11 levels ranging from beginner to intermediate. You are able to get the vocabulary lists sorted into categories. It is geared towards beginners, but is also helpful for intermediate learners.

Cost: $9.99 for the full version. There is also a free version which offers limited access.