diff --git a/hooks/finish-the-work.sh b/hooks/finish-the-work.sh
index 2a5078d..545eef5 100755
--- a/hooks/finish-the-work.sh
+++ b/hooks/finish-the-work.sh
@@ -56,14 +56,22 @@ if last_had_tool or not last_text:
 # Inspect only the closing paragraph, not the whole report.
 tail = last_text[-400:]
 
-# Unfulfilled-promise patterns (English + Korean). Future/intent only; past tense is excluded.
-promise = re.search(
+# Unfulfilled-promise patterns, English + Korean. Future/intent only; past
+# tense is excluded by construction (the Korean "-겠-" future/intention
+# morpheme never appears in past-tense forms like "했습니다"/"완료했습니다").
+promise_en = re.search(
     r"\b(I'?ll|I will|let me|next,? I|now I'?ll)\b[^.]{0,60}\b(now|next|then|implement|create|write|add|run|fix|save|build|start|proceed)\b",
     tail, re.IGNORECASE)
+promise_ko = re.search(
+    r"(이제|이어서|다음으로|곧|바로)?[^.\n]{0,30}?"
+    r"(하겠습니다|할게요|하겠어요|진행하겠|시작하겠|작성하겠|만들겠|실행하겠|수정하겠|저장하겠)",
+    tail)
+promise = promise_en or promise_ko
 
 # A legitimate stop that ends by asking the user passes through.
 asks_user = re.search(
-    r"(\?|shall i|would you like|do you want|let me know|which option)",
+    r"(\?|shall i|would you like|do you want|let me know|which option|"
+    r"할까요|괜찮을까|어떻게 할|어느 것|선택해)",
     tail, re.IGNORECASE)
 
 if promise and not asks_user:
diff --git a/hooks/router.sh b/hooks/router.sh
index 19d8f29..f4e3b0d 100755
--- a/hooks/router.sh
+++ b/hooks/router.sh
@@ -19,14 +19,16 @@ emit=""
 add() { emit="${emit:+$emit
 }$1"; }
 
-# Debugging / root-cause → investigation-protocol
+# Debugging / root-cause → investigation-protocol (English + Korean signals)
 case "$low" in
-  *debug*|*bug*|*error*|*traceback*|*"stack trace"*|*crash*|*failing*|*"not working"*)
+  *debug*|*bug*|*error*|*traceback*|*"stack trace"*|*crash*|*failing*|*"not working"*|\
+  *버그*|*에러*|*오류*|*디버그*|*고쳐*|*"안 돼"*|*안돼*|*트레이스백*|*실패*|*죽*)
     add "[fablize:investigation] Debugging/root-cause signal — follow $PACKS/investigation-protocol.txt: reproduce first, form 3+ competing hypotheses, gather evidence per hypothesis, trace the full causal chain, verify before/after, and report the hypotheses you rejected." ;;
 esac
-# Render/executable artifacts → verification-grounding
+# Render/executable artifacts → verification-grounding (English + Korean signals)
 case "$low" in
-  *html*|*svg*|*game*|*canvas*|*chart*|*render*|*website*|*webpage*)
+  *html*|*svg*|*game*|*canvas*|*chart*|*render*|*website*|*webpage*|\
+  *화면*|*렌더*|*차트*|*슬라이드*|*웹페이지*|*미리보기*)
     add "[fablize:grounding] Render/executable artifact signal — follow $PACKS/verification-grounding-pack.txt grounding loop: run it in the real renderer, observe the actual output, fix what the observation reveals, then re-run. A static check is not observation." ;;
 esac