What Koreans think of Southeast Asians

[drew]

south korea is a very developed country but has a very close minded people

[onyxphoenix]

DEVELOPED COUNTRY DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN DEVELOPED SOCIETY.

[kuravle]

If she as a fair skinned south east asian experienced this I wonder me as a brown skinned south asian what I would face.

[foreverjoven]

A sweet Korean lady asked where my family is from and I said I’m Filipino, her smile left like a Road Runner cloud 😂

[fbiagent]

Theyre not asking out of innocent curiosity, theyre asking so they can judge her. I feel bad for her.

[melodychanribis-roy]

I married an American born Korean guy who was raised like Korean born ppl. It was shocking the amount of rudeness I received being Eskimo/Chinese, but looking more like Eskimo, the Koreans didn't know what a Eskimo was, so we're a bit more friendly until they found out I was married to a Ethnic Korean. His mother and father were wonderful. I have face tattoos that are usually covered by makeup. The first time my mother-in-law saw them, she was shocked, but when my husband explained they were cultural, she was very accepting of it. One day, I thought only family was home, so I didn't put makeup on yet. There was a friend of my MIL there, and she started to make really rude remarks about me and my tattoos, I started to apologize to MIL, but she told her friend that it wasn't her business and if she heard any gossip against me, there would be hell to pay. I lost my husband in 2020, and his mother has been a lifeline for me and our twins born a few hours after my loves death. She was shocked but so happy when I asked if they could come stay with her a few months a year because of my work. She now travels to and from Korea with my boys just so I can have them around me daily. There's not a selfish bone in her body. She was born and raised in Korea during the war.

[glennboycanda]

i lived in korea for 12 years, and im a Filipino, and yes, discrimination in korea is worst..

[JM-cybu]

Now I understand why many SK people are not really happy and pressured...some killed themselves because of bullying and toxic society. 😢😢

[alexhermends]

As a korean. I can approve that korean Society have a very closed mindset.

[qciqkhn]

She's so pretty and still gets discriminated. Imagine a potato like me stays in Korea. They will make me French Fries.

[debanjanachakraborty]

The real problem is when the good people who are smart and kind stay silent and let the mean people be loud ...

[kaitsukama]

Everytime I see someone talk about their experience in Korea, I get scared to visit the country haha

[oncewithtwice]

Meanwhile, SE Asians going crazy about Koreans be like💀💀

[mjcruz]

I have the same experience in Korea, I am tall with white skin and my facial features are not typical southeast asian. I was walking on the street and a korean ajussi approached me and complimented my looks he said that I look so handsome. He was smiling at me and saying “waaaahhh good good” with thumbs up. Then he asked me where I’m from, I replied I’m from Philippines. His looks suddenly changed and said ohhhh. Then he tried to find faults on my appearance and walked away. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Some koreans are very racist especially the older generations. 😢

[GDxYS]

I remember that Filipino actor from Squid Game who got physically harassed in a bus. He has an interview here on youtube and he recalled a Korean elderly woman threw an entire cabbage to his face just because he was sitting in a bus. And no one even defended him. Then they get surprised students get bullied and all, when they themselves as adults cannot stand up to such violence against others. It’s more than just discrimination, sadly.

[artsyhyd]

South Korea needs to be reminded that during Korean war the countries who sent them food when they were starving was South East Asian countries including Vietnam, Phillipines, Thailand, Indonesia, etc!

[ynwa]

As a Korean, it's 100% true. It is normalized in Korea to ignore SEA only by their nationality

[VannTheDawn]

I’m Filipino and I’ve been to Indonesia and Thailand, and because we’re all Malays, I sometimes get mistaken for a local. People there don’t treat me any worse than my fellow Filipinos would.

Now, a friend of mine who works in Korea says she’s experienced racism just on her daily commute.

[beardeddog]

Koreans be like: appearance>personality 😂😂😂😂

[ericwong]

Koreans: We are more beautiful
S E Asia: Yeah, all with plastic surgery.