This study classifies the typical types of false promise greeting expressions, reflecting Korean history, culture and racial characteristics, often used by native Korean speakers in diverse discourse settings: situations and contexts. This paper considers sociolinguistic features and language culture of Korean false promise greeting expressions in each type based on generation and gender differences. The false promise greeting expressions of English, Chinese and Japanese were compared with Korean false promise greeting expressions. The comparative analysis of this study can be utilized as Korean semantic and sociolinguistic research materials, besides, it can also be used as an educational resource for Korean pragmatics. (Sookmyung Women’s University)