WATCH: South Korean TikTok star speaks Afrikaans fluently

WATCH: South Korean TikTok star speaks Afrikaans fluently

TikTok star MJ Cho from South Korea went viral after showing off how fluently he can speak Afrikaans. 

MJ Cho TikTok Star
Supplied/ MJ Cho

MJ Cho is a South Korean that came to South Africa when he was a one-year-old.

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He went to an Afrikaans primary school called De Hoop Primary School, followed by Parel Vallei High School, and studied at the University of Cape Town.

MJ is currently working full-time at an auditing firm and part-time as a TikTokker.

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"I feel like I am a mixture of both cultures - that's why I feel like I am very unique."

He has been to South Korea in 2019 and it felt very foreign to him. "South Korea is very fast pace, which I was not use to."

Watch one of his viral TikTok videos below: 

@minjae0307

South Korean tries Biltong #biltong #afrikaanscomedy #mzansicomedy #mzansitiktok #southafricacomedy

♬ Century - LawdPorry

MJ Cho translated the hit K-pop single, ‘Gangnam Style’, to Afrikaans. Watch the video below:

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Image Credit: Supplied/ MJ Cho

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