Korean punctuation

Differences from European punctuation

• Although commas are also used especially in a digital environment due to the ease of typing, the interpunct is used for short in-line lists: "사과·배·복숭아·수박은 모두 과일이다." Translation: "Apples, pears, peaches, and watermelons are all fruits."
• Although the correct way to quote is to use double quotation marks in South Korea, and guillemets in North Korea, fullwidth quotes such as 『...』 or 「...」 are mostly used when it is written in vertical writing; for effective expression; or to just replace European quotation marks.
• Many ancient Korean books contain thousands of words with no spaces between them, but when explicitly denoting of a pause or break was necessary, '' is used to mark ranges in numbers: 1~10. However, normal dash is also permitted.
• The tilde may also be used to indicate a long or drawn-out vowel, usually for comic or cute effect.

  North-South differences