While mingling with locals to shoot photos in the southwestern region of Jeolla last year for his photobook sequel, Im Jay-cheon, 52, occasionally encountered a problem with the local dialect.

Dialects are attractive – and Jeolla dialect is one of the sweetest ones out there! There are several spoken dialects in the Korean peninsula. South Korea defines “Standard Korean” as the ...

This time, we introduce our readers to Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province). Located in the central southwestern part of the peninsula, Jeolla-do was named after the initial syllables of its two major ...