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Language changes as time passes and people change. Borrowings from one language to another is one method of effecting change within a language. It is a result of contacts with other cultures, new discoveries and ideas. Some words are undergoing phonetic changes resulting from the influence of the native tongue. The increase in travel and trade, ideas and technology among countries, the conferences between developed and developing nations, has recognized the need for a world with language. Linguistic studies has found English to be the most likely candidate. This paper will cite some instances wherein English has penetrated the Korean culture. English borrowings found in the Korean language which has somehow undergone phonetic and in some cases, semantic change will be discussed.