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{{Short description|Korean word meaning "room"}}
{{Italic title}}{{for|the Korean surname|Bang (surname)}}

{{Infobox Korean name/auto|hangul=방|hanja=房|image=KoreanalleryBritishMuseum1.jpg|caption=Traditional Korean ''sarangbang'' (study room). Exterior, in the [[British Museum Department of Asia]].}}
[[Image:KoreanGalleryBritishMuseum3.jpg|thumb|Traditional Korean ''sarangbang'' (study room). Interior, in the [[British Museum Department of Asia]].]]

'''''Bang''''' ({{Korean|hangul=방}}) is a Korean word meaning "[[room (architecture)|room]]". In a traditional [[Korea]]n house, a ''[[Sarangchae|sarangbang]]'' is the [[study (room)|study]] or [[drawing room]], for example.{{Cn|date=March 2024}}

In modern [[Korea]] (especially in [[South Korea|the South]]), the concept of a ''bang'' has expanded and diversified from being merely a walled segment in a domestic space, to including buildings or enterprises in commercial, urban, space, such as a [[PC bang]] (an [[internet café]]), a [[noraebang]] (a [[karaoke]] room), sojubang (a [[soju]] room, i.e. a [[pub]]), [[manhwabang]] (a [[manhwa]] room, where people read or borrow manhwa) and a [[jjimjilbang]] (elaborate Korean public bathhouse). This can be compared with the similar expansion of the concept of a "house" to include [[upper house]]s, [[opera house]]s, [[coffee house]]s, and [[publishing house]]s.{{Cn|date=March 2024}}

Phonetically more tensed word ''ppang'' ({{Korean|hangul=빵|labels=no}}) is used as an abbreviation of a noun ''gambang'' ({{Korean|hangul=감방|hanja=監房|rr=kambang|labels=no}}), meaning "[[Prison|jail]]".

==Multibang==
[[File:Multiroom with many electronic devices 2014-06-15 22-49.jpg|thumb|A ''multibang'']]
''Multibang'' is a kind of entertainment venue in South Korea where people can play video games and board games. In addition, they can eat snacks, drink non-alcoholic beverages, sing, and watch films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/play/evolution-korean-bang-culture-937553|title=Evolution of Korean 'bang' culture|last=S Kwaak|first=Jeyup|date=19 July 2011|website=travel.cnn.com|access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Contemporary culture of South Korea]]
* [[PC bang]]
* [[Noraebang]]
* [[Manhwabang]]
* [[Jjimjilbang]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{wiktionarypar|방}}
{{wiktionarypar|房}}
* {{cite web|
accessdate=2005-06-16|
url=http://www.korean-pavilion.or.kr/04pavilion/e_2004_02.htm|
author=|
title=City of the Bang|
work=Ninth Architecture Biennial of Venice 2004|
archive-date=2004-12-17|
archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217184442/http://www.korean-pavilion.or.kr/04pavilion/e_2004_02.htm|
url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web
 |accessdate   = 2005-06-16
 |url          = http://justahakwon.com/english/korea_bang.asp
 |title        = "Bang" Culture
 |work         = Just a Hakwon
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20050427010217/http://www.justahakwon.com/english/korea_bang.asp
 |archive-date = 2005-04-27
 |url-status     = dead
}}
* {{cite web|accessdate=2005-06-16|
url=http://www.asien-zuhause.ch/Korea_Allgemein/Sarangbang.htm|
author=Roman and Daniela Jost|
title=Sarangbang (Sarang-bang, Sarang Chae, Anchae) Korean Men's and women's quarters |
work=Traditional Korean and Japanese furniture}}
* {{cite web
 |accessdate=2005-06-16 
 |url=http://www.koreanfolk.co.kr/folk/english/03/b10.htm 
 |title=Korean Housing 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206065511/http://www.koreanfolk.co.kr/folk/english/03/b10.htm 
 |archivedate=2005-02-06 
 |url-status=live 
}}

[[Category:Rooms]]
[[Category:Culture of Korea]]
[[Category:Culture of South Korea]]