What You DIDN'T KNOW About South Korea

What You DON'T KNOW About South Korea #shorts

A South Korean describes what life is like in South Korea and Seoul, common misconceptions about Koreans, weird things about Korean culture, and much more.
👋🏻 William Rossy - Sprouht

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[Sprouht]

Hey guys, this is a new style of Short that focuses on the travel component of exploring what it takes to live a more fulfilling life. I believe that most people don’t know enough about other cultures and by asking foreigners about their home countries, we can really open our eyes up to new places and inspire ourselves to visit areas we never thought we’d go to. Anyways, hope you enjoy it and let me know about any countries I should do next👇🏻

[Bombabingbong]

Fascinating. My daughter has a Korean friend who visited and never smiled. I thought she disliked us all.

[DeadBread.]

The funniest thing is that she was smiling the entire time. I guess she got used to US customs

[bwievsl]

여기서 많은 사람들이 한국 사람들이 ‘잘 웃지 않는다고’ 말하는게 흥미롭다ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ외국에 나가 살 때 가장 놀랐던 게 스몰토크인데 한국에서는 사실 스몰토크를 하지 않으니까요. 한국인들의 베이스가 ‘무표정’이라고 이해한다면 이해하는데 도움이 될듯 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 화난 것도 아니고 불친절하려고 하는 것도 아니고 그냥 표정이 없는 것 뿐입니다!

[andraes]

I walked into a pharmacy in Seoul and the lady behind the counter looked very serious I was afraid to ask. But when I walked up and showed her my translator app asking for fever medicine, she smiled kindly and even asked for more specific symptoms so she can recommend the best medicine for me. She was so enthusiastic in helping me I felt bad for thinking she was angry at first. 😅

[huyirwv]

왜냐하면 한국 인구수 절반이 그 좁은 서울에 몰려있다고 해도 과언이 아닐정도로 사람이 많음... 일에 치이고 바쁘니 웃을일이 별로 없음ㅠ 근데 또 뭐 물어보면 친절하긴 한데 도쟁이한테 너무 많이 데여서 그부분은 어쩔 수 없음 ㅠ 대신 서울에 사는 장점이 그만큼 큼

[uwlyhrj]

Even if Koreans look so blunt, they may be so kind and very active when you ask for help.

[zejwvho]

와 그냥 저 말을 질문에 맞춰서 딱딱 대답하는거 넘 멋있다.. 나도 영어공부 열심히 해야겠다

[rdrgegs]

한국인이 모르는 사람에게 미소짓지 않는것은 그것에 익숙하지 않은 상대가 당황할 수 있기 때문입니다. 결국 그 행동도 상대방을 배려하기 때문에 발생합니다. 결코 상대방에게 적대적이거나 귀찮거나 성가심을 표현하는 것이 아닙니다. 당신이 한국인에게 말을 건네거나 함께 어떤 활동을 한다면 그는 즉시 친근한 표정을 당신에게 보여줄 것입니다.

[hmmm-dphb]

타인에게 쓸데없이 쌀쌀맞게 굴고싶은 마음은 전혀 없지만, 길거리에서 누가 나 보고 미소지으면 너무 당황스러울 것 같음ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 뭐야 왜웃어 나 지금 웃긴가 싶을듯

[ScarlettMoonchile]

I live in korea and as a foreigner here i want to answer your questions 🤓
Life in Korea is very comfortable. Everything has easy access even if you don’t speak the language you can get around pretty easily. But at the same time it can be very lonely because out of seoul there aren’t many foreigners.
About the PDA like she said there are no rules about it some people like to do it some people don’t. But you can see it on the street pretty often.
Some misconception about south korea would be that people think life here is like living inside a kdrama 😅.
Something normal in Korea and not normal in my country (Chile) would be how safe Korea is, I feel safe walking alone at night on the street or going to a bar with a friend, i can leave my bag unattended and nobody would take it. That for me is priceless.

There are many things i don’t understand about korea because it isn’t my own culture, it isn’t a perfect place, but i respect their country and i appreciate the wonderful things they have done. 😊

[anotherhome]

환경이 참 대단한게 유럽여행 한 달 정도 하고 돌아오니 나도 모르게 웃고 다님. 반대로 이태원 가면 한국에 오래 산 외국인들은 대부분 무표정으로 돌아다니고ㅋㅋ

[alanshore]

인터뷰 하신 분
모습 어쩌면 이렇게 단정하신거죠?
더군다나 목소리 너무 좋다~~ 캬~~
내 딸들이 저렇게 자라나줬으면~~~

[Ocean_shell]

나도 캐나다 교환학생으로 처음 갔을 때 홈스테이 하는 동네를 걷다가 마주오는 사람이 웃는표정으로 오더니 꼭 하이 헬로우 굿 에프터눈 이렇게 인사를 하면서 지나가서 당황스러웠음; 한국에서는 다른 사람을 용건도 없이 쳐다보는건 무례하다고도 생각되는데다가 혼자 길가는데 실실 웃고다니면 기분 좋은 일이 있으신가 혹은 저사람 왜저래.. 이런 생각이 들게 하니까.

[cronypal]

My experience about Korea is, in a nutshell, it is almost the exact opposite of what we see in K-drama

[HH-tesp]

A short definition of Korea would be “a country that is safe even at night.” Because there are so many people and so many lights that you won't even realize it's night...

[qwkeess]

1. Most Koreans are kind if you are not rude

2 . Appearanceism is more serious than other countries

3 . Most areas have good security

4 . Most people think fashion is important, but most people wear it similarly except for some people

5 . It is not a country at war

6 . It's just that we're in the middle of a truce

7 . He is blunt, but he will try to help in any language if he asks for help

8 . The situation in the K - drama you watch only happens to very few people

9 . Seoul and Busan are also good for sightseeing, but if you want to experience Korean traditions, go to a folk village

10 . Studying is more boring and difficult than other countries

11 . High school students in my country study 14 hours on average

12 . It's hard for us to see idols on a daily basis

13 . In Korea, few people say that kimchi is spicy. except for a few

[zfdbznm]

외국인들이 보기에 한국인이 무뚝뚝해보인다니 충격이다
그리고 내가 외국인들이 성격좋고 여유로워보인다고 생각한 이유가 습관적으로 웃는 표정을 하고있다는것인것을 알게된거같다
습관적인 웃는 표정은 얼굴에 피로감을 줄거같다 하지만 보기좋은데, 뭐든 상관없다만 그들이 한국에 오면 말 걸기 힘들어할것같다
하지만 한국인들은 먼저 말 걸어서 도움을 달라고하면 어떻게든 도움을 주려고하는사람들이 많으니 편하게 말 거는것도 좋을것같다

[alyssamaynard]

I lived in south Korea for 10 months & it was amazing! The people, culture, & food are awesome! I would love to go back & visit south Korea.

[aureliavalciu]

Korea is my favorite place to visit. Must be beautiful and safe.