Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea as well as the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture inChina. It is the first language of approximately 72 million people.
English education is big business in South Korea and many students attend extra lessons after their regular school day. Also, more and more universities are making it possible for students to be accepted into tertiary programs by using English even if they will not be studying English in their degrees.
In entertainment, movies are shown in English with subtitles and there are numerous English-only television channels. Street signs are also usually written in both English and Korean. There’s also a trend to use random English words in pop songs, adverts and products!