What Is a Yangban? The Social Class You See in Historical K-Dramas
Why do some people in historical K-Dramas wear elegant hanbok, command servants, and seem so powerful? Yangban were part of Joseon’s elite, shaped by Confucian education, government service, family status, and the civil service examinations. Here is what the term really meant—and why Koreans still use it today. Was Yangban the Korean Version of European … Read more