2026-09-13 · Season 1 · Ep. 6
A human ear lets the line through
The Korean you practice only ships after a person says OK — not after the model drafts it. Plus 메뉴판 and the real origin of 리즈 시절.
2026-09-05 · Season 0 · Ep. 5
Past 작심삼일 — ninety days of speaking, not fluency
Why UpKorean bets on ~90 days at ~10 minutes a day: confidence before CEFR, escaping New Year’s three-day resolve, and a Shinjuku kiosk memory about how fast Korea moved.
2026-08-30 · Season 0 · Ep. 4
Drawing the IP line
Why UpKorean doesn't use K-pop lyrics or K-drama clips as lesson bait — interest vs license cost, what YouTube clip classes get right, and why we bet on original scenarios instead.
2026-08-27 · Season 0 · Ep. 3
Why UpKorean lives on the web
How the name came from UpEnglish without being the same company, why we bought upkorean.com without drama, why we skip the app stores for now — and two Korean web words: 홈피 and 공홈.
2026-08-25 · Season 0 · Ep. 2
I used Duolingo. Here’s the gap I still see.
Why another Korean app might still be worth building — from a Duo user, desk notes on TTMIK and Teuida, a Five Guys order I still cringe about, Korea’s 아아 habit (and the Italy variety-show gag), and the slang English speakers pick up faster than particles.
2026-08-24 · Season 0 · Ep. 1
Where English speakers actually get stuck in Korean
Not vocabulary — particles, politeness, and speaking. What I saw in Vancouver’s Korean cafes, what forums repeat, and why "I studied for months" still fails at the counter.
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