The term originates from a popular talk show’s regular segment titled, “Turn on the Green Light,” where the show hosts listen to people’s stories about their recent romantic encounters. If it seems like there could be some kind of chemistry, the hosts turn on the green lights which signify that it is okay to get on to the next level. It became curious if any of our own Korea University (KU) students were as good a love expert as those in the TV show, so we asked two guys and two girls for different diagnoses to a story. 

“There is a guy in my class and I never had a private conversation with him before; just a simple “hello” if we were to pass by each other on campus. But at a class get-together a few days ago, he drank a penalty shot for me and even ended up sitting next to me, too. After a while, it happened that both the guy and I lost an ‘alcohol game’ and we ended up doing love shots. When I got home after, there was a message left from the guy on my phone. He said that the classmates were being too naughty demanding love shots and apologized if I was offended in anyway. Now, I was expecting a friendlier message… Is he trying to imply that I should not get the wrong idea from what happened? Or could there be any possibility that it could take a good turn from here on?”