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The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse the remotivating factors, specifically for people in Singapore who are learning Korean as a foreign language. Through the statistical analysis of survey data and interpreting the responses to open-ended questions in the questionnaire, it was found that ‘Travel orientation’ and ‘Interest in foreign languages’ were the main remotivating factors. Many demotivated learners were remotivated by reminding themselves of the original motivation which they had when they first started to learn Korean. Male learners were generally more remotivated than female learners and a negative correlation was also noted between remotivating factors and learners’ Korean competency level. Educators should endeavour to design teaching materials and syllabus that are aligned with learners’ initial learning motivation. It is important to help learners to maximise their opportunities to utilise Korean in their daily lives and give learners an appropriate study load.