"Oppa" is okay, but "ajumma" isn't — but why? From endearment to ageism and sexism, certain ways of addressing people in ...

Oppa” is a term used by South Korean women when they address an older male. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Seoul explained that North Korea’s recent revision stemmed from the view that it perceives the influx of South Korean culture, like popular use of the term “oppa”, as a possible threat to ...

PYONGYANG (Korea Herald/ANN): North Korea has strengthened its law to control foreign cultural influences by increasing the severity of criminal punishments against the spread of “anti-socialist ...

South Korean slang words are banned in North Korea - and the smartphone even takes an undetected screenshot every five minutes, with the images presumably seen by the Communist government ...

A North Korean smartphone smuggled out of the country by Seoul-based media outlet Daily NK in late 2024 has revealed new evidence of the regime's surveillance over its citizens. The smartphone ...

When the user tried to type in the word “oppa,” which means older brother in Korean, but has come to be used to refer to a boyfriend in South Korean slang, the phone would auto-correct the ...

From 'Oppa' to 'Comrade': Smuggled phone shows how North Korea uses tech to censor its people A human rights report by South Korea’s Unification Ministry revealed that North Korean authorities ...

"Oppa" is a term used by South Korean women when they address not only an older male sibling, but also an older male who belongs to the same community or one's romantic partner.