A friend1 is writing K-Pop RPF2 and requires the codes and speak they use in Seoul in the Police force when communicating by radio. As an example, in the London Met, a white male suspect would be an IC1, and in New York, a 10-64 Q would mean a foul odour odor making things unpleasant in a street ( Read more... )

Setting is a Korean-themed historical fantasy (Akatsuki no Yona universe).  I'm considering a story in which someone purposefully breaks a mirror for friendly reasons (a friend looks longingly at the character's mirror and they break it to give their friend a piece of it ( Read more... )

Setting: Japan and South Korea, twenty minutes into the future (Dangan Ronpa AU ( Read more... )

I have a historical fic set in Korea. It's basically about the illicit love between a young prince and a rebel boy. Both are between 18-19 years old.

I would like to include a scene of them confessing their love to each other, basically blurting it out, and to emphasize their different positions in the society, I'd like to write the confessions in ( Read more... )

So is there a proper style for a ruler of Silla? (Thinking 7th century, CE.)  For instance, if a ruler were being introduced, would it be His/Her Majesty?  Something else? Korean dramas use His/her Majesty, sire/queen/lady/lord, at least in translation.  I guess I'm asking is how accurate are these translations?  The histories I've read (in ( Read more... )

[ I know there's a rule against racial slurs, but it's okay to ask about them like this, right ( Read more... )

I looked up JTWROS and other co-ownership types on Google and Wikipedia, but didn't get any answer to my real question. I was hoping someone could help me out ( Read more... )

Setting: Present day ( Read more... )

I'm working on a fanfiction that takes place in Seoul, present day, and am looking to pull a genderswitch on one of the characters. I would like something feminine that would still make it recognizable as this character ( Read more... )

This may be a completely odd question.

In Europe (at least in Austria), the stories are as such: Ground floor, first floor, second floor, etc., whereas in America, it's Ground floor/first floor, second floor, etc.

Does anyone know how they floors are counted in Korea?