Originally spelled Corean, the word did not acquire its current spelling with an initial K until the 1800s, and it is also in this century when the noun referring to the Korean language is first seen in print. The place name Korea has been used in English from the beginning of the 17 th century, and its demonym soon followed, with the adjective appearing earliest in a 1614 letter written by Richard Cocks, the head of a British East India Company trading post in Japan, and the noun referring to a person from Korea first appearing in Peter Heylyn’s 1621 geographical book Microcosmus. First added to the OED in its 1933 supplement, the dictionary’s entry for both the nominal and adjectival uses of Korean has now been fully revised. The oldest K-word in this OED update is of course the one that K- stands for: Korean. We are all riding the crest of the Korean wave, and this can be felt not only in film, music, or fashion, but also in our language, as evidenced by some of the words and phrases of Korean origin included in the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s film Parasite made history by becoming the first non-English-language film to win a Best Picture Oscar, K-pop acts like BTS and Blackpink are global music superstars with legions of devoted fans, Korean beauty products are flying off the shelves everywhere in the world, and Korean style is now seen as the epitome of cool. As she helps the zombie detective look for the traces of his lost memories, she comes to realize how Moo Young is related to one of her previous cases.K-pop, K-drama, K-beauty, K-food, K-style-these days, everything seems to be getting prefixed with a K- as South Korea’s popular culture continues to rise in international popularity. While being emotional, hot-tempered, and willing to stamp out justice at all costs, Seon Ji finds out that Moo Young is a zombie.

Seon Ji, who once was a writer for a TV show that deals with issues regarding current affairs, is employed as a part-time assistant at Moo Young’s agency. Luckily, his peculiarly developed sense of smell allows him to position himself as one of the prominent businesses in the field of private investigation, finding the bodies of those who are reported missing. With his memory gone, he eventually accepts reality and does whatever he can to walk and look like a human. After being secretly buried on a hill, Moo Young comes back to life as a zombie thanks to illegally dumped medical waste.

“Zombie Detective – 僵尸侦探” is about A zombie and a writer team up to solve crimes in this thrilling drama that explores what happens when someone actually comes back to life.

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