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rickvaughn
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
Location: near Honorary Seoul Drive, Chicago
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 Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: What's the difference? |
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What's the diff between "gyopo"(교포) and "Kyobo"(교보)?
Was the one (books/life insurance) started by the other?
I don't have a clue, honestly.... |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| A gyopo is an ethnic Korean who was raised abroad. Kyobo is the name of a big company. They are different words. |
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pluto7
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:54 am Post subject: |
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gyopo(교포) : oversea korean
kyopo(교보) : insurance company name (located in Gwangwhamun)
Actually, 교보 is abbreviation of 교육보험(education insurance)
And..even many koreans don't know the exact meaning of 교보 
교보 was orignally education insurance company.
Also, it's known for 'bookstore' |
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normalcyispasse
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: |
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It's kind of like the difference between "beer" and "peer." They're totally different words.  |
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