The purpose of this study is to point out the problems of Korean language policy and education through some phenomena of variation and change in Korean language, and to show how they should go in the future. Since language policy and education are directly related to the status of language, in Chapter 2 we outline the current status and situation of Korean. In Chapter 3, we examine some of the variations and changes in Korean language, which are highly interesting from a social perspective. Based on these results, in Chapter 4, we present the direction of Korean policy and education as ‘rich and just Korean’.
So far, the key direction of policy and education for the Korean language has been ‘window-dressing language policy’ and ‘window-dressing language education’. They have attempted to refine Korean by simplifying and abstracting the various language facts and disregarding of the elements that seemed not to be beautiful. The language policy and education caught up in the ‘beautiful Korean’ obsession have lasted for decades in Korean.
Now Korean speakers should be liberated from ‘beautiful and pure Korean’ ideology. We should pay more attention to local dialects, North Korean words, slang and buzzwords, and net languages. We need to accept new concepts through contact with other languages. With its diversity, richness, and political correctness, Korean will be able to keep its place firmly in the strong waves of English and grow into an important language of the world.

Abstract
1. 머리말
2. 한국어의 지위와 상황
3. 사회적 관심이 높거나 주목할 필요가 있는 변이와 변화
    3.1. ‘사물 높임’ 또는 ‘백화점 높임법’
    3.2. 두루 높임 호칭어 ‘님’과 ‘샘/쌤’
    3.3. 친족 호칭어
    3.4. 복수 표준어 ‘자장면’과 ‘짜장면’
    3.5. 차별 언어
    3.6. 통신 언어 새말
4. 한국어 정책과 교육의 방향
5. 맺음말
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