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NCT Dream shows opposites attract in latest album 'ISTJ'

NCT Dream is back with its most unconventional love song yet, this time based on the infamous personality test that has been sweeping young Koreans. The boy band introduced its third full-length album “ISTJ” during a press conference at the Lotte ...

2023-07-17

Fido and Princess cash in on Korea's Chuseok holiday festivities

With pet owners wanting their fur babies to enjoy the festivities of the fast-approaching Chuseok harvest holidays, sales of gifts for dogs and cats have been on the rise. Gift items of choice are diversifying, with options ranging from hanbok...

2022-09-02

[VIEW 2035] Going through life with MBTI

“Your personalities are very similar, I think.” This is what I heard when Won Hee-ryong, the current minister of land, infrastructure and transport, ran for president. The minister and I share the same MBTI personality type — ESFP.

2022-08-10

[WHY] Blood types, palm reading, now MBTI: Korea's love for categorizing

Apple. What was the first thing that just popped into your mind? If it’s something like “red” or “sweet,” the second letter of your MBTI personality type may be an S. If you instead think of Snow White or an iPhone, the letter could be N.

2022-04-16

[Journalism Internship] Integrate four letters into their daily lives MBTI

While there are mixed feelings about MBTI results and their accuracy, some say that unveiling their personality types through the popular test has helped them improve their relations with others.

2022-04-06

[THINK ENGLISH] MBTI 열풍… 직원 채용에 “INFP는 지원하지 마세요”

"I lied about my MBTI because I was concerned that the company has preferences for particular personalities," said a 26-year-old job seeker. In the application, she was asked to describe the results of her Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)...

2022-04-06

No INFPs please, and other excesses of the MBTI craze

"I lied about my MBTI because I was concerned that the company has preferences for particular personalities," said a 26-year-old job seeker.

2022-03-27

[Journalism Internship] MBTI profiling offers insights, an icebreaker and maybe even love

“How have you been?” That was the first text message Yun Ja-bin received from an ex-boyfriend after six years of silence. Desperately curious about his intentions, Yun turned to an unexpected source to try and work out what was going on: The...

2021-11-26

ENFJ-LMNOPQ what does the MBTI say about you?

From horoscopes and lunar zodiacs to blood types and finger lengths, Korean people have long been fascinated with categorizing and predicting people’s personalities based on seemingly irrelevant traits. This year, the online MBTI test and its ...

2020-12-20