However, what I mostly do is to work on finding errors related to South Korea and ask for correction at the Korean Culture and Information Service. Furthermore, I’m not well aware of what’s going on in Gwangju city. Sorry for turning it down, but I’d like to once again ask for correction on the drink name, if you don’t mind.

I’d appreciate it. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Yujin Lee

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Sincerely,
Maria Lisak
Editor in Chief – Gwangju News

I’m writing this feedback to ask for correction on the name of a Korean traditional drink in the post, Mak-ko-li. Here is the link for the page: http://gwangjunews.net/2010/02/makkoli-new-incarnations-of-a-traditional-%E2%80%99ju/

In the post, I couldn’t help but notice that the drink, Makgeolli is misspelled as Makkoli. Since South Korea’s government initiated a phonetic system for transcribing Korean into English in 2000, the drink has its own orthography in English according to the way it sounds in Korean. However, as Korea has just started to promote Makgeolli as a Korean tradition drink to the world, many brands introduce Makgeolli with different spellings which might cause confusion abroad. Therefore, Korean Culture and Information Service has put efforts on correcting the errors for promoting Korean tradition in a right fashion, even in online posts. With the change, you could be participating in raising awareness about Korean tradition.

For more information, visit the official website of the Republic of Korea, http://www.korea.net in which you can also find posts about Makgeolli. If you have any question, please contact us via e-mail, I’d be pleased to help you through correction.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I’m looking forward to hearing from you on the matter.

Korean Culture and Information Service
Yujin Lee