About us

Hi, we’re Minjung and Richard!

We’re world travelers, entrepreneurs, photographers, and food enthusiasts from Korea and the USA.

Most importantly, we love sharing fun facts about Korea!

Lingua Asia About Us Minjung in Gyeongbokgung

Lingua Asia About Us Richard in Gyeongju

Unusual resumes

We made some interesting life and career choices before starting this blog.

Minjung

Born and raised in Changwon, South Korea
Majored in Journalism at Inha University
Studied in Hawaii and San Jose as an exchange student
Worked in the Executive Lounge at Millennium Hilton Seoul
Worked as a restaurant supervisor in Singapore
Worked at a PR company in Seoul
Worked as a project manager at the largest translation company in Korea
Is bilingual in Korean and English

Richard

Born and raised in California
Has a B.A. from U.C. Irvine in Criminology, Law and Society
Lived in South Korea for 10 years
Worked as an actor, interviewer, marketer, and ESL teacher in Korea
Is fluent in Korean and has taught the language to others

After all that we met, started a translation business in Seoul in 2013, made it remote in 2015, and slow-traveled the world for 8 years.

How we started our blog

While researching for translation projects, we noticed there wasn’t a lot of info on Korea. So, we began creating helpful content on our blog to promote our business.

In 2020, the pandemic cut our translation business in half and forced us to sit still for the first time in years. We used that opportunity to grow our site from a few hundred visitors a month to 80,000.

We have a simple philosophy: provide the most accurate, interesting and fun info on Korea possible.

Now we enjoy writing more than translating, so we shut down the business to do it full-time.

Our goal is to fill in the knowledge gaps about Korea in lifestyle, beauty, travel, and culture.