Things Foreigners Dislike About Living In Korea

i asked foreigners living in south Korea things they disliked about the country and here's what they said.

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[Monkthegod]

It's crazy to hear how many people were upset that they don't speak English. It's not an English speaking country, how about you learn the language

[hyekyoungkim]

I am Korean, and I will tell you. Koreans are very judgemental, of course not all, but I feel like the whole society takes that kind of behavior as the norm. There is a reason why we have the highest suicidal rate among OECD countries. We care way too much about how we are viewed by others and do the same things to each other.

[srey_p]

I love how the interviewer is conducting the interview and asking good questions and getting everyone to further explain their answers more in depth

[seoul]

6:03 in France there are ppl who refuses to speak in English if you're a tourist and some tourist have been treated very poorly bc they speak English. I'm glad she pointed that out about her country..no country is perfect and knowing that should help shave off some arrogance that ppl have/display when visiting other countries.

[oOPrettywinxOo]

8:26 As a German, i feel her. There is nothing I missed more when I was in Korea than German bread. I even had the same experience with garlic bread! WHY?!?!?
BUT in case this girl is reading this, I hear there is a bakery in Itaewon, the owner is Korean but he learned the craft in Germany so they sell bread more suited to a Europeans taste. Maybe look for that? :)

[la]

3:47 Her being a Whyte female makes the difference. Her nervous laughter says it all. Her experiences of the world, whether in Europe, the US or South Korea, will be 1000x different from the Indonesian woman's experience, anywhere she goes. People will treat them 1000% differently.

[bestmilestreetz]

I'm proud of you bro, a Nigerian making a positive educative and informative impact through your YouTube channel, spreading positive information
Thank you for this, you playing your role in the world bro.

[aliasincognito]

5:57 that was such a good response. you're in korea, where korean people speak the korean language. they have no obligation to learn another language just to accommodate you. ridiculous.

[siddharthaontela]

Indians feeling sad about ill-treatment is the biggest irony. they take pride in looking down on other Indians. whether its on north-east people, or dark skinned southern people and their languages, or people who belong to lower hierarchical status of society, racism never ends. This video just explains that racism does exists everywhere, not just in underdeveloped or third world country.

[jimmytheasianboy]

For clubs there has been years of foreigners beating up and getting into fights within Korea. Legal issues within Korea is hard and especially for foreigners its very difficult. Therefore lots of clubs choose to not have that issue. Its not discrimination, its called avoiding a potential problem that may occur.

[chinazanancy]

I am so happy watching a video made by a Nigerian in South Korea. Kudos

[me]

Why are people upset about KOREANS not speaking ENGLISH in their OWN country? lmao... How about YOU learn korean because you are IN KOREA??
She said there are no public bathrooms? Excuse me? They are everywhere around Seoul, don't know about other places.
I'm not even korean, not even asian, but like....these people are so weird with some of their opinions...and this is coming from someone who sees many problems within Korea. But this is not it...

[davidh]

Question, can you also put Korean subtitles on your videos in addition to English subtitles? That would be really cool.

[ssaa]

Difficulty in terms of bustling city life, I agree with the man on 6:34, I experienced to live both Seoul and Osaka in Japan. Really hard to find out vegan food. Everywhere I encountered was certainly grilled and fried chicken. Taking a shape of big food market geared towards based on young population is undeniably difficult aspects upon adopting into bustling city life.

[A_friendwithoutbenefits]

Love the people who just arrived in Korea in the summer and are talking about how hot and humid it is. Just wait until you experience the -18C winter day in January in Seoul 😅

[hbkang]

When it comes to public restrooms at least in Seoul, just find a nearby Starbucks and in most cases, you will find a clean restroom. You don't necessarily have to buy a drink. Just don't ask and go do your business directly. There are over 1500 Starbucks in Korea, and if you use Kakao map or Naver map you can quickly locate them within a 100-meter radius in no time. Of course it may be a bit different outside of Seoul.

[daneet]

Been following your channel for a while. Knowing you're Nigerian increased my interest. Cause I also hope to visit/live in South Korea, in the near future.

[나옹-zh]

The only thing that I cannot relate to is the public toilet. I found out that there are much less public toilets in European countries while I was traveling and you have to pay money for these toilets which sucks. Paying money for the toilets is nonsense.

[PremiumCA]

As a korean i can give you a tip about finding public washroom

They usually lock up washroom on first and second floor try going for higher levels they usually let them open . Also subway always has a washroom

[yuchan]

Korean and Japanese are the most difficult languages to learn English because they are isolates. It is easy to learn English from Chinese because the grammar of the two is similar. However, in Korean and Japanese, you have to think of every word in a sentence backwards and say it. This is completely different from learning English in French or Spanish.

Likewise, it is very difficult for English speakers to learn Korean and Japanese. Nevertheless, don't expect that you will be spoken to in English wherever you go.