Bang (Korean)

Bang is a romanization of the Korean word 방, meaning 'room'. In a traditional Korean house a sarangbang (Hangul: 사랑방; Hanja: 舍廊房) is the man's study or drawing room, for example.

In modern Korea (especially in the South), the concept of a "bang" has expanded and diversified from being merely a walled segment in a domestic space, to including buildings or enterprises in commercial, urban, space, such as a PC bang (an internet café), a noraebang (a karaoke room), sojubang (a soju room, i.e. a pub), and a jjimjilbang (elaborate Korean public bathhouse). This can be compared with the similar expansion of the concept of a 'house' to include upper houses, opera houses, coffee houses, and publishing houses.

Phonetically more tensed word ppang(빵) is used as an abbreviation of a noun "gambang" [Generally it is pronounced as "kkamppang" (Hangeul: 깜빵).] (Hangul: 감방; Hanja: 監房; McCune-Reischauer: kambang), meaning 'jail'.

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* cite web|accessdate=2005-06-16
url=http://www.korean-pavilion.or.kr/04pavilion/e_2004_02.htm
author=
title=City of the Bang
work=Ninth Architecture Biennial of Venice 2004
* cite web|accessdate=2005-06-16
url=http://justahakwon.com/english/korea_bang.asp
author=
title="Bang" Culture
work=Just a Hakwon
* cite web|accessdate=2005-06-16
url=http://www.geocities.com/roman.jost/Korea_Allgemein/Sarangbang.htm
author=Roman and Daniela Jost
title=Sarangbang (Sarang-bang, Sarang Chae, Anchae) Korean Men's and women's quarters
work=Traditional Korean and Japanese furniture
* cite web|accessdate=2005-06-16
url=http://www.koreanfolk.co.kr/folk/english/03/b10.htm
author=
title=Korean Housing
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ee also

*List of Korea-related topics
*Contemporary culture of South Korea