For intermediate and advanced Korean learners who want to stay connected to Korean through quiet, personal stories.
Korean to Stay Connected is a slow podcast about language, memory, and everyday thoughts.
I am a Korean language teacher. I have taught Korean in several countries.
During my time teaching abroad, students often said:
“I want to keep studying Korean, but there’s nothing I can just listen to.”
This podcast is for learners who already know some Korean and want to maintain it — not through intense studying, but through calm, natural listening.
You don’t need to understand everything.
Just listening is enough.
If you’d like to speak Korean slowly like this,
you can find my 1:1 lessons here: https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1
I’d love to hear from you. In this episode, I talk about one of my favorite Korean grammar patterns: 아/어 버렸어요. One of the beautiful things about Korean is that small endings added to a verb can carry feeling, emotion, and the speaker’s point of view. 아/어 버리다 is one of those expressions. It is often used when something has come to an end, and the speaker wants to express not just the fact that it ended, but also the feeling that comes with that ending — regret, disappointment, or sometim...
6 Apr 2026
EP30. Spring in My Hometown (고향의 봄)
I’d love to hear from you. In this episode, I talk about my hometown — and what it feels like to return there in spring. Last weekend, I took a 4.5-hour bus ride from Seoul back to my hometown. In just a few hours, the crowded city slowly disappears, and a quieter place appears — with fewer people, more nature, and a different kind of air. There’s something about hometowns that can’t be fully explained in words — a familiar atmosphere, a certain scent, and a feeling of warmt...
3 Apr 2026
EP29. Mountain After Mountain (산 넘어 산)
I’d love to hear from you. In this episode, I talk about the Korean expression “산 넘어 산” — which means mountain after mountain. It’s a phrase we use when one challenge ends, only to find another waiting ahead. Lately, this expression has stayed with me. I thought once I got over this one hill, things would finally become easier. That maybe a flat, peaceful path would follow. But instead, another mountain appeared. There were moments when I felt tired, and moments when I lost my motivatio...
3 Mar 2026
EP27. March, and the Feeling of Spring (3월, 봄의 기분)
I’d love to hear from you. In this first episode of March, I talk about the quiet signs of spring in Seoul. The weather has suddenly become warmer. Heavy winter coats are folded away, and lighter coats take their place. Even the small layers we wore to protect ourselves from the cold are no longer necessary. But what feels lighter is not only the coat. As spring approaches, there is a sense of beginning again. And somehow, as the air grows warmer, the heart feels a little wa...
3 Mar 2026
EP28. The Biggest Moon of the Year (1년 중 가장 큰 달이 뜨는 날)
I’d love to hear from you. In this episode, I talk about 정월 대보름 — the biggest full moon of the lunar year in Korea. In Korea, we traditionally use two calendars: the solar calendar (양력), which follows the sun, and the lunar calendar (음력), which follows the moon’s cycle. Because the lunar calendar is based on the moon, the date of 정월 대보름 changes slightly every year. Sometimes it falls in February, and sometimes, like this year, in March. On this night, people look up at the biggest full ...
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