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This paper is for studying the teaching contents, ‘what to teach’, and teaching methods, ‘how to teach’ on teaching Korean culture to American Forces Korea. The contents should be helpful for learners to understand the various Korean cultural phenomenons. For this purpose first, the cultural categories which answer to learners’ learning objects should be set up. And then specific topics which suitable to each category should be listed. At this time, the way of looking at the culture should be not just glancing at fragmentary phenomenons mentioned in the topics of information, living, manners, entertainments, but looking over the spiritual culture resident in such phenomenons by grasping a big frame connected with the topics. Therefore describing facts itself is not a good way in teaching contents. Teaching methods should be accomplished effectively keeping coming and going classroom and field with differentiated teaching methods that are best for the contents classified by topics. Teaching culture to foreigners is an unexplored field which has lots of problems awaiting solution from choosing suitable contents to searching effective methods.