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The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast moyoda in Japanese with moyangita in Korean, focusing on the discourse situation and the discourse attitude, the degree of modality. Analysis results are as follows. (1) With reference to the discourse situation, moyoda in Japanese is mainly used in the situation of ‘public report’, whereas moyangita in Korean is used in the situation of ‘report non-public as well as public’. (2) In regard to the discourse attitude, moyoda in Japanese is mainly used in the manner of ‘objective report’. However moyangita in Korean is used in the manner of ‘report subjecitve as well as objective’. (3) moyoda in Japanese almost takes no past tense and no interrogation, no negation. But moyangita in Korean can take past tense easily and limited interrogation, no negation. As a result, the degree of modality in the former is high, whereas the degree of modality in the latter is not as high as the former.