On home shopping channels, bags or jewelry items are often personified and referred to as "baby" ("agi" in Korean), "friend" ("chingu"), or "kid" ("ayi"). On YouTube and other social media ...

When is an object referred to as if it were alive – like a person, a baby or a friend? In Korean, a cup of latte served at a cafe is personified and respected with honorifics, and a vitamin ...

Chanel increased prices of some handbags, accessories and seasonal ready-to-wear earlier this month in Asia and Europe, including by 5 percent in South Korea--where prices have just been raised ...