- banchan
- 반찬, small side dishes served with Korean cuisine
- bibimbap
- 비빔밥, a dish of rice topped with sautéed vegetables, meat, egg, and chili paste
- bulgogi
- 불고기, thin beef slices marinated and grilled on a barbecue
- chaebol
- 재벌, a large family-owned business in South Korea
- galbi
- 갈비, beef or pork ribs marinated and grilled on a barbecue
- gochujang
- 고추장, Korean red chili paste
- hanbok
- 한복, traditional Korean clothing
- hangul
- 한글, the Korean alphabet
- hapkido
- 합기도, a Korean martial art
- Juche
- from Juche sasang (주체사상; lit. subject idea), the state ideology of North Korea
- kimchi
- 김치, a side dish consisting of salted and fermented vegetables
- kisaeng
- 기생, (archaic) a female entertainer who pours drinks to guests and entertain them with songs and dances
- Korea
- derived from the name Goryeo, a historic dynasty of Korea
- makgeolli
- 막걸리, an alcoholic drink made from fermented rice
- manhwa
- 만화, Korean comics and cartoons
- Moonie
- a member of the Unification Church, founded by Sun Myung Moon
- mukbang
- 먹방, an online broadcast in which a host eats food while interacting with the audience
- ondol
- 온돌, a system of underfloor heating
- sijo
- 시조, a traditional Korean poetry form, consisting of three lines
- soju
- 소주, a distilled liquor usually made from rice or sweet potatoes
- taekwondo
- 태권도, a Korean martial art
- won
- 원, the basic monetary unit of North Korea and South Korea; formerly the currency of the Korean Empire
