u/Intrepid_Calendar327

Hello intermediate Korean learner here! I've been learning Korean for some time and most of my output practice has actually been in 반말, as almost all my friends I am older with or our relationship was established using 반말.

I only have 2 friends where I use 존댓말 with, because of my lack of experience using 존댓말 do most friends eventually switch from 존댓말 to 반말?

Hello, I am a fellow Korean learner and one of my goals for Korean is to understand the news, be able to watch history YouTube videos, and read history books. etc.

Has anyone here been able to reach a high comprehension of political/historical content in the Korean? How long did it take you?

(PS, Currently I'm more focused on YouTube videos as I wanna make sure my listening is on par with my reading)