Addressing Others in Korean - Using Family Titles with Strangers

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Koreans call everyone uncles and aunties. How big is Korean family?

How to Address Others in Korean

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Question today comes from Mark in Canada:

I heard Koreans do not call older people by their names. Then how do you address each other? How about in professional relationship such as colleagues or your clients?

Is it a Korean Culture? Korean Men Beat Up Women

Question today comes from Gina:

I saw one Korean man stated that in Korean he is the King! Women are slaves. Korean men beat up women. And I saw this article where Korean men beat up Chinese women in KFC. Is this a culture n to day world?

http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/videos/chinese-girls-beat-up-by-suspected-korean-men-in-chengdu-kfc.html

SOURCE: http://www.meetup.com/korean-165/boards/view/viewthread?thread=24275602

Sogaeting

We are having a Valentine-themed Workshop and "Ask a Korean" meetup today. In observance of this workshop, I thought you may be interested in one of many aspects of Korean dating culture: Sogaeting (소개팅).

Question today comes from Cris who asked about "소개팅."

I have the understanding that 소개팅 means something like introducing something in the form of "matchmaking". I heard my korean cousin saying it in a joking manner, but i wasn't sure what it meant.