About Ryan

A story of a boy who wants to make Korean a world language

Hi there! If you're reading this, you must be interested in learning the Korean language.

This story is written to help you to understand better about your potential instructor.

Written by Ryan Lee.
Instructor at 33 Day Korean Challenge
Before I was born, my dad was running a landscape business. One day, he hired a lady who didn't have a car to drive to the work place.

He offered his kindness to pick her up every single day. But whenever he drove, she just fell asleep.

"That's how I met your mom." - he said. Couple years later, I was born.
I was born in Daegu, South Korea on October 31, 1994. As a honeymoon baby, I became the first child of my family.

I was kind of a kid who would run an election campaign to be a president of the middle school - which I actually did.

Teachers and classmates LOVED me. Well, who wouldn't love a kind, happy, and smiling kid?
But something happened and the smile on my face had completely gone for a while.

It was a military service. As a duty of Korean men, I worked at the republic of Korean air force for 2 years.

It was brutal. I got bullied by my seniors and the hierarchical system of Korean military took away my happiness day by day.
Now that I'm looking back though, those painful days were one of the best things that happened to me.

It drove me to study abroad in United States, to spend time searching for what I truly care, and to follow the passion that I discovered.

And among those experiences, the highlight was definitely this:
It was March 14, 2019, sunny and lovely day. When a boy living at a peaceful town called Gayang in Seoul, South Korea, uploaded his very first video content that teaches about the Korean language on his newly created Instagram account: Koreanhoon.

Yeah, that's right. You guessed it correctly.

That's how I met my love - Korean language learners.
Ever since then, I've spent most of my time to serve Korean language learners around the world.

I love them because of their pure passion toward a foreign culture. They're generally kind, patient, and lovely people.

Now, my dream is to make Korean a world language by creating a streamlined learning experience which will be enjoyed by billions of people.
Hopefully you've gotten a good sense of why I'm teaching Korean and where I'm heading to.

Deciding to start learning a new language is not easy. But I did my best to make it as easy and as seamless as possible.

Hope to see you in my classroom.

See you soon!

Can I meet you in my classroom?

Start mastering Korean with Ryan from today.
Get started

“Imagination and faith are the secrets of creation.”

Neville Goddard, Author

Ryan

Reviews

1
reviews

5.0

Out of
5 stars

Rukhasar Bagwan

USA
May 26, 2023
Hangul course was the perfect start to learning the language. I found it difficult to learn the pronunciations for the alphabets on my own. This course helped me remember and memorise the alphabets plus how to write them correctly. Nailing down the basics is important.

Amira

Somalia
May 26, 2023
It’s super fun and informative. I’ll learned a lot and laughed a lot as well. It was super fun making the videos and also getting reviewed by the best teacher.

Elyse

Missouri
May 26, 2023
I loved gaining the new vocabulary words! I’m so proud of myself for being able to read them because of the solid foundation I gained from Hangul. I am looking forward Expression 2

Anna Zimlich

France
April 16, 2023
"Expression 2 is a good start point of useful expression to use in a day to day life i guess. (I haven’t had the chance to try them out yet, so we’ll find that out later 😅) I just did additionally to the classes translate each word to try to understand every word and try to get a sens of “grammar” 😂, because I just like to understand what I am saying in detail. In all I thing the learning pattern is very good, a sentence per day gives me the time to memorize it 🙃"

Janessa LoGalbo

Florida (US)
April 14, 2023
Ryan is hilarious! I think I laughed along with him for the last 33 days during his lessons. They are easy to follow and his encouragement to repeat after him really helped it all to stick. You forget you are learning because it’s fun. And with Alo and Mia supporting us it’s a safe place to really let yourself learn in a fun environment.

Introducing our expert Korean coaches

Coach

미아 Mia

With a master's degree in Korean language education, she has helped over 150k students around the world.
Read Mia's story->
Coach

알로 Alo

With an experience of coaching students over time, Alo has gained fame for giving a passionate coaching.
Read Alo's story->
Instructor

라이언 Ryan

With over +2.5m followers around the world, he has developed his unique and effective way of teaching the Korean language.
Read Ryan's story->

Let's learn
together <3

Join the challenge to improve your Korean skills, build relationships, and have fun!
Get started