Korean Links

Language Practice

General Language Links

• Integrated Korean Beginning 1 & Beginning 2 - Online audio files made available by the publisher: University of Hawaii Press (Requires RealPlayer) Intergrated Korean Vocabulary Flashcards for Beginning 1 and 2
• Korean flashcards - Register for free Basic Account access
• Korean Lecture - Free online lessons in Korean language for beginners and advanced learners.
• Korean Learning for Correct Pronunciation - Listen and watch video clips, record your own pronunciation
• Korean studies at Sogang - introductory and intermediate online courses. All lessons include Hanguel text, romanizations and sound files. Requires free registration.
• KBS World's Let's Learn Korean - lessons featuring useful conversations
• Want to know about Hangeul? - Find out about the history and principles of Korean characters (Korean version)
• Declan's Korean Language Page - useful information about the Korean language including origins of the language, the history of Hangeul, online dictionaries, and Korean grammar
• Monash University has some great links for Korean learners
• Loanwords - 3,000 of the most frequently used loanwords in Korean
• LearnKorean.com - useful beginner lessons including fundamentals of the language
• Click Korean - comprehensive lessons from beginner to intermediate, from Seoul National University
  
  
  

Current Issues

Newspapers, TV, & Radio Online

• Korean.net - all you need to know about Korea
• KBSWorld - worldwide satellite TV channel, rebroadcast on KTV via NZ SKY (as at the LLC).
• Chosun.com and Donga.com - Korean news (English versions also available)
• Arirang Broadcasting - Extensive site with links to live Korean TV and radio. Features current affairs, cultural exposure, educational language programs and entertainment. Free to register!

Reference

Dictionaries

• POPjisyio - POPjisyo is a free web based pop-up dictionary for Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and other languages. Read foreign language web sites with pop-up hints by moving the mouse over words you want to look up!
• Yahoo has a very useful online Korean-English dictionary
• Check out Monash University's list of online dictionaries
• Korean Wikipedia - A free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, with a range of articles about almost anything

Search Engines

• Yahoo! Korea
• Check out Monash University's list of Korean search engines and other useful sites