Kim Sook Nearly Lost Sleep Over a Jeju Dialect Listening Test
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- Comedian Kim Sook spent time in Jeju with a local acquaintance featured on her YouTube channel.
- She reportedly felt anxious about taking a Jeju dialect listening test and said she nearly lost sleep over it.
Comedian Kim Sook found herself more nervous than expected during a Jeju outing, after facing a listening test in the island’s distinctive dialect.
The moment appeared in a video uploaded to her YouTube channel, Kim Sook TV, on Aug. 31. The video, titled “Late Summer’s Flavors! An Intimate Date with Samchun, Then a Sleepover Broadcast,” followed Kim as she spent time with a local acquaintance she had met and befriended in Jeju.
The acquaintance said his grandson was studying acting and hoped to become an actor. During the visit, Kim also took part in the Jeju dialect test. She later described the experience with relief, saying she “nearly couldn’t sleep,” according to the review of the video.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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