This paper explores the uses of the movement metaphors in Korean based on a colloquial corpus. Linguistic forms in general reflect cognitive processes of language users in terms of their conceptualization of the events or states. Thus Korean movement metaphors show Korean language users` cognitive processes to understand events or actions. Korean movement metaphors are based on more general substance metaphor, whereby people understand abstract objects like events or actions in terms of concrete objects. Also Korean movement metaphors are based on such space conceptualization as to understand non-spatial concepts through spatial concepts. From an analysis on a quantitative approach, the uses of movement metaphors by Korean speakers reveal the following characteristics. Firstly, Korean language users could cognize events or actions as involving subject-moving or object-moving according to such factors as appearances, temporal process, and interactions with co-participants, etc. Secondly, movement metaphors can appear in parallel movement and vertical movement according to positive/negative and qualitative evaluations of the language users with regard to the events or actions concerned. Thirdly, movement metaphor can also appear as movement either out of or into a container. These characteristics are based on physical and psychological experiences of Korean language user. We can identify general cognitive processes by which language users understand abstract concepts as concrete concepts as shown above. To study movement metaphors by means of colloquial corpus is important in both studying metaphors used in natural settings and capturing language user`s cognitive processes in a non-biased way.