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Traditional Korean sarangbang (study room). Exterior, in the British Museum Department of Asia.
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| Korean name | |
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| Hangul | 방 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | bang |
| McCune–Reischauer | pang or bang |
Bang (Korean: 방) is a Korean word meaning "room". In a traditional Korean house, a sarangbang is the studyordrawing room, for example.[citation needed]
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 (aninternet café), a noraebang (akaraoke room), sojubang (asoju room, i.e. a pub), manhwabang (amanhwa room, where people read or borrow manhwa) 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.[citation needed]
Phonetically more tensed word ppang (빵) is used as an abbreviation of a noun gambang (감방; 監房; kambang), meaning "jail".
Multibang is a kind of entertainment venue in South Korea where people can play video games and board games. In addition, they can eat snacks, drink non-alcoholic beverages, sing, and watch films.[1]
