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| At the same time, red is strongly associated with the image of blood and ill omen, which could be the rationale behind the taboo against writing names in red among Koreans. Most of all, the colour has acquired a significant implication after the Korean War: the communists. The term Ppalgaeng-i, which can be translated as ‘commie’, has been derived from the word ‘red’ in Korean. |
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