What is it with CEO in K Dramas??

ive seen that kdrama at some point

good but not memorable

never noticed this though

is it even worth noticing

It's not just a "CEO" thing though ...it's basically how the whole Korean language works

They rarely call each other by their own names, they've got titles for everything

Friends who were born in the same year use their names why calling each others, also seniors towards juniors, or or parents towards their children

But if you're a shop owner, they'd call you that...if you're a mother/father of a kid whose name is Sung Kyu for example, they would call you "Sung Kyu eomma/appa"(or the more formal version of the words) which is literally "the mother/father of Sung Kyu " because that's the thing that defines you the most in their eyes

Quote from Drew_B

So it's more about the status rather than the individual?

Yup basically but ofc it's also about how close you're to each other

Has you never been in a workplace? Your boss is NOT your friend. And, how do you call the professor of your class? "Professor" or "Micheal", especially when he is 2 decades elder than you? How a private call his leader "sarge/captain" or "Peter/Mr. Logan"?