Crime, Safety, and Danger in Korea

[@ness6000]

When I was in Korea I was really like REALLY surprised how save it is! And I'm only nearly 17 years old. I could walk down the streets at 1am and I didn't have really a reason to be afraid (besides that I'm a bit afraid of being alone...). And what was even more surprising was when I met with a korean friend and we went in a café in Hongdae where the boy behind the counter told us to go upstairs first and save seats for us and then order downstairs. My friend left her bag on the chair and her phone on the table and wanted to go downstairs and I was like "Wth how can you do this?? Are you not afraid that somebody might steal it?!" But she just said that people don't do that here and told me to leave my phone on the table as well. When we returned nobody even LOOKED AT or TOUCHED our phones! This was pretty amazing! :)

[@jgugsu7251]

The United States on the other hand......is a different story. You can leave you car in a pretty safe neighborhood, leave for maybe 4 hours, and come back to see no car. That happened to me (still hate the guy who stole our car) and I can tell you honestly that one reason I would want to live in South Korea permanently is because of what everyone who talks about safety in Korea says. They never seem to have anything bad to say about the safety there!

[@musingsofajay387]

xXJiJohiXx lol true. I went to Japan for a month and I was shocked people were leaving bikes unlocked. You do that in San Francisco for 2 minutes it's gone.

[@ChiYuki44]

I live in Japan right now and we live near American Military Base, and most foriegners are not allowed to loiter at the streets from 11:00pm to 5am!! Well we can walk around but Police will warn or catch you if hang around the streets especially if you are noisy!

[@yuilchoi2799]

One new thing makes me proud to be a korean

[@ness6000]

xXJiJohiXx Ah...similar to Germany, it's not like your car gets stolen a lot, but bikes get stolen a lot, even when they're locked, it's so crazy... I think in Korea it's like that, because (someone told me that) loooots of years ago when you were caught stealing in Korea your hand will be chopped off, so everybody could see you stole something and it puts a lot of shame on you (but I think it depended on what you stole...). I don't know if it's true, but I guess it could be^^ many countries had similar punishments in the past

[@WordsAndWhimsy]

No gangs of schoolboys to f*ck sh*t up? Lol, they're all probably too tired from being in class for like....12 hours >.

[@GerthuyaRana]

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[@Auleliel]

In the three years that I've lived in Korea the only times I have ever felt unsafe were due to bad drivers.

[@MikTheAsianMan]

That makes the most amount of sense.

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[@ejlee9249]

I miss living in Korea. I currently live in the States. I do love it here but I can't walk around at night. In Korea, I could go out alone after midnight and I'll feel safe. I used to take that for granted :( I think Osaka, Japan is pretty safe too.

[@captainmorgan757]

"The bad kids are 'bad' by not studying". Whooaa! I'm staying away from THAT neighborhood!! If only we had such 'bad' kids in this country, life would be so much better!!!!!!

[@akaysa_]

I am going to travel to Seoul on my own this year and I showed this video to my mum, who was like super scared about me being exposed to criminality. Well, she can sleep much better now. And me as well :D Thank you guys! You are amazing!

[@2SweetSprouseStars]

That's it, I'M MOVING TO SOUTH KOREA!!!

[@soidpeluyera1244]

ustoo

[@SkyeanaisAyris]

same bye england mhahahahahahaa

[@master-ui8cs]

but england is alredy safe

[@axeltheking4157]

FUCK ENGLAND

[@medussy7033]

Jaya Suriya England is not safe wth. You wanna walk down the streets at 1am you’ll most likely end up dead.

[@ellock1998]

I would concur with the level of cautiousness in America and North America in general. I live in a safe place in the USA and I have still had cars broken into because someone saw that you left valuables in there and so on... I have never felt like my life was in danger; but have had some scary moments before.

[@oreninja]

tbh, my least concern is bad teenagers....bad adults are like 10x more scary @_@

[@musingsofajay387]

lol iono about that. I get really nervous when I see a group of teenagers walking on a street at night. Im 23 but I'm small so sometimes they think I'm a high schooler and want to mess with me

[@terranwars3504]

MusingsofaJay totally get that.. im short AF and ride a bike most places. hate it when i see a group of more than like.. 3 because they usually are being rowdy and wana screw with peeps lol stupid kids.

[@musingsofajay387]

nick Marquez lol IKR!! I really try not to blend in with them or else I get even more nervous.

[@terranwars3504]

agreed

[@MissLaVesta]

That's a... debatable one xD bad adults have at least some traces of common sence, bad teenagers are just careless, screwed up in the head, completely fearless and can stab/rob/rape you for no reason whatsoever just because they are "cool and rebellious".

[@pinkfeet17]

you can walk alone anywhere in 2am and anything wont happen.trust me. never seen a crime in 20 years

[@muhammadsibyansihite9569]

Its true, because in south korea is everywhere always any cctv camera

[@Thecourtneypool]

i wanna be a foreign exchange student in Korea but my mom thinks that i'll get kidnapped by the north Korean government or something because i'm american and it is very apparent that i am american -_-

[@bethmaa]

Same :(

[@suhyunchae68]

Never. I'm Korean and there are many exchange students or foreigners from U.S. are living in Korea. You and your mom don't have to worry about that

[@Thecourtneypool]

thanks. but i'm not the one who's worried :(. my mother is the one who's afraid/worried. because of how the media here portrays it she is completely against me going to korea at all :(

[@hjy213]

I'm surprised she isn't more concerned about MERS.

[@yuilchoi2799]

hjy213 has gone

[@kellysandoval8654]

The next time I see "gangsters" at night I'm going to pull up to them blasting mr simple...

[@emanuelrodriguez5166]

hahaha ur comment made me laugh so hard :D

[@bfenerli]

I completely agree that Korea feels very very safe. I've been there twice on short holidays and it's one of the things I really love about going to Korea. I do have to say that I only felt unsafe a couple of times. The first was sort of unsafe, but more just really creeped out when a middle aged drunk man came over to my friend and I (pretty late at night) on Haeundae beach in Busan, started trying to talk to us in Korean and proceeded to both nudge my friend and touch my hair. I'm not sure if it was just a communication breakdown but I felt a little violated. We also had some questionable experiences on Jeju island late at night, with our taxi driver trying to beat someone up over a road rage incident. So I guess these things do happen everywhere, but the fact that nothing bad actually happened to us probably shows that Korea is safe. I certainly felt safer in Korea that I do in my home town of Melbourne, Australia. Especially very late at night and on public transport.

[@gogos1003]

Well. next time you see one of those drunk guy. Kick him in the nut and tell the police that you felt sexually harassed. It is a crime in Korea if you so much of touch other women's shoulder. (no pun intended.)

[@yournuna4146]

Yeah that sounds crime to me too, I'm Korean and next time you contact with those kind of threat just call the police, they'll be there like in 5 seconds after receive upon your call, by the way in Korea emergency police call is 112 not 911 like America.

[@Storyteller_iyagikun]

A foreign (American) friend that I met in Busan had some similar experiences considering middle-aged drunken men; I guess they think foreign girls are more sexually open and therefore ok to approach in that way. (which is OBVIOUSLY not true!) They CAN be uncomfortable like that, but at the same time avoidable (and even) manageable.

[@aboriginalbeauty2086]

That is why I love South Korea

[@Antbeast23]

i was in seoul for a few weeks and it's pretty safe. of course crime is going to occur everywhere but it happens less in korea.

[@savannahshane2231]

Yes, kiwis! I am literally just posting this randomly because this is the first time I have heard anyone mention a New Zealander in their list of foreigners in Korea.

[@jmar505]

Toronto, get egged waiting for the bus, New York City, get shot waiting for the bus...

[@NYCWIZARD]

I remember a few people died from a paintball guns they put marbles in Side and shot at people from a car only in New York City

[@박준형-k4y]

korean police almost don't shooting to people(except for murder) and they are sacrificing for civil safety and happyness. but, most civil is don't know this worth. I'm not good at English. sorry

[@ravenmlaw]

there are some parts of the united states that you would avoid at all costs, and you can generally tell when you accidentally take a wrong turn into one of these areas, but it's kinda hard to compare, say, Korea v. USA because Korea is almost the exact same size of Tennessee, the state I currently live in. Plus, they have different standards, cause leaving your baby in the car while you run into the store is considered a crime around here.

[@MikTheAsianMan]

You're correct on all accounts.

[@kinokotae]

my sister has been worried about me going to college in korea and this video's definitely gonna help with her worries! thanks you guys~

[@kristinhope1006]

This is why I want to move back to Korea. Bc it is so safe. I frequently went running at midnight alone in Korea. Here in the USA I would never run after sun down without my rottie/German Shepard mix (whom I got in Korea...kinda weird bc they are scared of big dogs) or my husband. I love that guns are illegal too.

[@Jebbyfish]

I like that you are sharing your experiences all the time instead of stats that I can google any day :)

[@parksoomin707]

I come home at midnight after school everyday.

[@adellekim]

My mother in law is visiting from Korea and she told us this story about how her neighbor was moving and left her TV out on the street and some one took it. I acted like it was a big deal, but seeing as I live in Baltimore (where my TV could very well be stolen out of my house, while I'm in the middle of watching it) I think it just proves how safe Korea is, that someone would A) leave their TV outside unguarded and B) then be surprised when it gets stolen.

[@monanucleosis2723]

Simon look like Jimmy neutron lol

[@LadyLilith1958]

I went to Thailand about 1 year and a half ago and Vietnam 6 months ago and OMG! I have never felt so safe in my life.When i went to Thailand there only three of us girls (Mum (54), our friend (62) and myself (15)) and Vietnam on a tour with Mum and Friend. No one bothered us when we walked around the back streets or anything it was so crazy. i get bothered walking around near my house in Australia. I love Asia. * contented smile on face *

[@kkrazylovesrock]

It's pretty funny that you guys mention this because I live in FL and in a roughly safe area, but I wouldn't dare walk around my town at night without the whole wolverine thing with my keys or my mace on my key ring haha

[@jgugsu7251]

My wolverine hand only has one claw x_x I'm not old enough to have 3 keys....and I don't think my "protective" parents would ever let me possess mace o.o

[@ShigatsuSan]

Yes this question !! I have been waiting for this !!!

[@animefandesu97]

I seriously want Martina's cardigan!

[@ThinnkTwicce]

@ 5:14 Martina is doing the Napoleon Dynamite dance. lol

[@MissBonvoi]

so true about going to tim hortons at 2 and seeing souped up trucks with teenagers. lol

[@jgugsu7251]

It was this comment that confirmed to me what "souped up" meant. I actually never knew even though I've heard it many times. I think that's a fairly strange way to describe "pimped out."

[@EscargoTouChaud]

Interesting video! I come from a Scandinavian country that's considered to be really safe in general, but I live in the capital, and at night time I don't feel safe at all (depends onwhich part of the city I'm in, of course). There are quite a lot of rapes, mugging and violence, and then you have the robbing of houses and some gangs.

[@chicana_mua8853]

Awesome. I want to live in Korea !!!

[@13elieveinELF]

I am glad that I click on the youtube video of eatyourkimich a year ago xD Brings me happiness

[@domin212]

There is NO crime in Korea. 7 years here and not a damn thing.

[@YariLolly]

THANK U!!!!!! My mom always worries about me living in korea because of safety, now i can tell her i'm more safe there that i am here. I know she will be more at ease, at least a bit.

[@revekkaestacado437]

"I will cut you..." and this is why i love them xD

[@SkyeGoldfish]

1:45-1:51 is sooo funny. I don't know how many times I've replayed it!

[@seannguyen4067]

Lol. Your pronunciation of that Vietnamese name.

[@TheSaint7770]

I absolutely love you two...I missed you guys in Irvine btw! FYI I am one if the original viewers of you two on KZbin before the fame. ; )

[@rueexxi]

America is like one of the unsafest places in the world.

[@thefirebird50]

there's worst

[@MikTheAsianMan]

thefirebird50 Yeah, like middle east countries, many SE Asian countries, South American countries and African countries.

[@1001Ratchet]

MikTheAsianMan Oman (in the Middle east) is actually really safe, Arab countries are safe as long as theres no war/conflict going on.

[@MikTheAsianMan]

ʇsıssıɔɹɐN ɔıʇǝɥʇɐԀ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Saudi Arabia has one of the worst human rights laws in the world, but I guess it would considered part of Asia.

[@rueexxi]

MikTheAsianMan LOL nah. You're such an ignorant. Don't talk about Saudi Arabia if you haven't been there ;) kekeke you will be disappointed LMAO

[@genshitenson]

As a single female gyopo who lived in the Guro district of Seoul after living in small town Alberta, I must say that I didn't always feel the safest. I had cult followers try to solicit me in Korean and English, exposed to disorderly conduct and followed by drunks, irresponsible drivers (scooter drivers, too), and creepy cab drivers ripping me off after 1am. But my other friends from the States were so impressed with how safe Seoul was. Again, it depends on where you grew up in.

[@wushunerd0]

Humm... all these comments about how unsafe the US is... it I think depends on where you are. In my small college town full of (gasp! College students!) I leave my tablet, computer, open, plugged in, and logged in routinely, while I go to the bathroom, get food, etc. Nothing has happened to it. I once forgot my tablet in a classroom, and I was really worried I'd never get it back, but then spotted it a week later on the professor's desk. I also cross the road whenever I want because I know the cars will stop, haha. Bad habit. >.< On the other hand, when I go back home to the DC area, you can't leave your electronics out, and once someone stole my sister's coat after we left it on a bench with the rest of our stuff at an ice rink.

[@itsanixela]

I'm a foreigner (fellow Canuck!) currently living in Korea and I couldn't agree with you more. Go to a bar, you'll see phones and purses abandoned while their owners are dancing. It's crazy how quickly you lose your sense of cautiousness here. The only real thing to worry about is when you're crossing streets!

[@gomon90]

well. simon. ur 6'2''. and white. lol. they are intimated easily for 'foreigners.' not because of jst physiques, but jst dont wanna be bothered and going through like "ajussi, do you. u know. money? me money? free? yes? me knife. u money? yes?"

[@shivanibhatt7921]

6'4 actually 😂 dothraki man

[@TheLegendofMikuni777]

Omg I'm showing this to my mom! I'm falling more in love with you guys more.

[@MiseriWay]

While I was visiting Korea, my friend, who is korean, called me late one night saying that as she was getting off the subway she heard an old man yelling that he was going to rape and kill a girl. No one was paying attention to him cause he was obviously crazy, but he started to chase after her and she eventually ran into a store and asked for help and they had to call the police. I felt very safe in Korea; I wasn't afraid to walk at night, but if you go to korea, know how to ask for help.

[@mirroredhour]

I think the homicide rates are mostly common among the teens and younger. They get a lot of pressure from home and school. You have to constantly worry about meeting the goals of your parents, your teachers, and your peers, and it's worse if the people around you are strict. I remember watching a video from a Korean guy's perspective and he talked about when he lived in Korea and the people you went to school with lived right around you, so you had to worry about bullies at school AND at home.

[@summergomez8970]

Martina reminded me of my niece when she talked about Spudy at the end. My niece is always saying things like that about her own dog. Funny really.

[@jamessong8729]

I am korean. Thank u 4 loving korea. Thanks pr for foreigner. I cannt speak eng very well. But i am very proud of your. 감사합니다. 한국 많이 사랑해주시고 앞으로도 많이 홍보해 주세요. 진심 감사해요.

[@Justletmewatch12]

You guys are awesome. This is the first time I have ever commented on KZbin! So you guys are awesome!

[@ConceptVBS]

I've lived in Korea for over a year. Left my laptop, wallet and phone outside in the car seats ALL exposed to public crowds, WITH THE WINDOWS HALF WAY OPEN. I was completely drunk didnt even bother to lock it. Next day, every thing is still there. Like Simon and Martina have said, I've never felt more safer in any mega city than Seoul.

[@ZchibizroxZ]

Dude, I totally get the safety at night cautiousness that you're talking about. Even in the middle of the day, if I'm walking around certain parts of my city, I'm constantly looking around me, looking at how many strangers are around, do they look suspicious, where would I go if someone tried to stop me, etc. It's just sort of something that's instilled in you by growing up in those areas, it becomes habit.

[@azureame]

Here are some statistics: According to a report issued by the education ministry in September 2010, the punishment for teachers who commit sex crimes is usually nothing more than a salary cut or a short-term suspension. It is typical for other categories of convicted sex criminals to be sentenced either to suspended sentences, fines or probation.

[@themellymellypoo]

yes you can..lots of people do that. usually the fans wait outside their entertainment companies and/or broadcast centres. it's easy to see them if you know they are promoting a song and just visit the broadcast centre they are performing at that day (:

[@xXDeathBellXx]

Wha! I love this video! I live in a pretty small town in Alberta and I'm always telling my mum and grandma that I might move to Korea some day(I'm 16) but they always say things like "oh, what if something happened to you over there" "Is it safe?" " Were we live now isn't even safe and , plus it's not like I can run over to help you if you run into trouble" I am so gonna show them this video! ._. Thank you for making this! ^^

[@GeeClef64]

I'm a foreigner as well who goes to Korea University. As someone who's pretty familiar with both Seoul and Toronto, I have honestly never felt so safe in my entire life! Even when people are publicly drunk, it's never served as a threat or a danger to anyone.

[@FinalJ]

You guys are so awesome. I'm a Korean but I learn about Korea from you two (I did move to New Zealand when I was a little kid)! 사이몬 앤 마티나 화이팅! I hope to meet you guys when I'm in Korea LOL.

[@MrSakurahime]

Seriously, I have been living in Korea for a long time, and I personally feel it's really safe here. I have heard warnings from my parents' friends and colleagues that I should be careful walking out on street at night, but I often walk out there at 11 p.m and other than wind blowing, people with dogs walking by after doing some exercises, and cars, there is nothing that I can even call dangerous, even though I take precaution every single by walking with an umbrella in my hand, without rain.

[@MotokenUchia]

From my travels is Busan through Seoul and even when we got lost in Andong, I totally felt safe the entire time (though not terribly much when a friend was driving around rather too fast on the narrow Andong streets)

[@samanloka]

Well, since it's gonna be Halloween soon, I want to ask you if Korean people do something special to celebrate it. Thanks for the amazing videos :)

[@AngelaEAwesome]

In Korea my friend would always tell me "don't walk here by yourself" in different places in Seoul. However, I was always with him or other friends and had no idea where I even was most of the time.

[@nf3922]

100% agree with the lack of violent crime. I wish they would do a video about public safety in Korea: recklessness on the roads (look it up), locked fire exits, fire exits that are open but lead to a long fall and a fatal encounter with gravity, etc... and come back to Korea, we miss you. :)

[@DeadlyXelica]

I'm a girl, 19 years old and I was touring around Seoul (getting lost on the big metro) and I was alone all day long... I felt totally safe. Even during the evening and the morning hours I still felt safe.

[@Aerikku]

this is so true, i experienced this in Taiwan for a year I never felt so safe in my entire life it's so nice as a girl^^ I went to Korea only two weeks but looks like its quite the same with Taiwan^^

[@seoulucky270]

I don't know if this is true but I've heard before that in Korea, shops and outlets , even those branded one, can be left unguarded by shop assistant? korea are super safe that nobody think of robbery of stealing. they just leave a notes 'saying brb. or pls contct us if u want to buy etc' and the shop is empty. you can shopping with ease without ppl following you around. wow

[@1410LynnK]

How cute when Martina pronounced vietnamese's name !

[@sookipops2]

Well generally, singapore's pretty safe too. And in schools we don't have that serious bullying situation that's why i don't really get when people said they've been bullied

[@Fokloricdancer]

I would agree with you both. I am from the US and I do feel safer here than back home. I currently live here and I don't feel scared walking home by myself at night. I also agree that kids here try to be bad secretly and not in public. At least from what I have seen as an English teacher.

[@jacq041090]

Other than their driving, I think Korea is pretty safe too. The only bad experience I had was there was one time when I was walking down the street with my friend, this guy was carrying some empty boxes to the coffee shop nearby, the wind was too strong so the boxes were blown off to the road, but everyone just stared and walked off. My friend and I helped to pick up the boxes and we were like being stared at like as if we're weirdos.

[@YeolWOe]

which city have you been? it's impossible not to find a convenience store or department stores. It's one of main social issues in Korea that a lot of small merchants are not able to keep their businesses due to too many convenience stores and big grocery stores.

[@Caramelito2006]

Well for me South Korea felt pretty safe but my husband always says to me that Korea is not as safe as it feels like. Im from Buenos Aires and i dont feel safe at all everytime i go back. I feel uneasy until i fly back home.

[@nspfs]

I love this video. I was trying to explain this to my international friends today and they just didn't get it. So many people think Canada is this super amazing place. Well, yeah, it's better than many others, but I'd still rather stay in Korea.

[@zhenh13]

While in the train in Korea, an ahjussi in a jumpsuit was randomly following us wherever we sit or stand so quickly got off. Also, one time when we were going home from Insadong, a drunken guy kept blocking our way but he left quietly after successfully blocking us a few times. I think those were the only times I got scared there.

[@rurihoshino313]

Physically violent crime may be low there but cyber crime is rampant.

[@terrykim28]

Here is US.... Even in KZbin... if u read couple of comments~ Oh boi D:

[@jacacheminpurple]

i went to korea a year ago, and trust me, nothing like that of a very metropolitan area like beijing, shanghai, or new york city. it's actually quite nice!

[@thihal123]

I felt that way in Japan and Hong Kong too. Loved it!

[@kikachuloveskitties]

My sister who is studying sinology, said that South Korea is still influenced by China. For example, they still use some of the hanja and haven't converted everything yet in hangul. Is this true? I know China had a big influence on a lot of Asian countries throughout history but I would like to know if you guys noticed it. Kika from Belgium is asking. :)

[@mikiedcul767]

I TOTALLY understand this. Walked alone back to my place (was at a friend's) in the wee morning with a bottle of soju under my arm, and felt TOTALLY safe. Also, my Korean boyfriend was totally confused why he couldn't walk to a convenience store by himself in the dark when he visited my home in the U.S

[@Ma91Gi]

I'm from Montevideo and i feel exactly like you. I can wait to visit S. Korea!

[@fatcheeko]

The first night I arrived in Korea, I (a young woman) literally wandered around in the rain for 2 hours straight trying to find my prebooked hostel in Hongdae area. Went down some dark alleys, walked past some sketchy looking 5-man bars and more seemingly terrifying places. Aaaaaand I'm good.

[@Myumeful]

Like you said, Hongdae. That's another exception just like Gangnam, Yongsan, Songpa, .. I don't think you can compare the safety and people from Seoul to any other city in Korea. Maybe Busan, but it's still very different over there.

[@samandy79]

In one of your videos, you mentioned how much you missed North America breakfast. So if bacon, pancakes and eggs are a typical North American breakfast, what is a traditional Korean breakfast? Do they sell American or Canadian bacon cuts in Korea?

[@Hana060]

I grew up in a rather small town in Quebec, Canada....and I know that it took me time to adapt when I moved to Quebec City even if this city is really safe and the crime rate is low, I still needed time to adjust to all these strange people on the bus and all and I didn't feel safe to take the bus alone at 11 PM. But compared to Montreal and Toronto, Quebec city is much more safe. I still feel that there's some place in the city where a girl alone shouldn't go at night but overall it's safe

[@elletran1510]

omogosh. i missed you. my monday was incomplete without kpop music monday.

[@smearedNcheese]

yeah, I spent like 6 months in Singapore (originally from Texas) and I felt really safe. I could just walk around anytime except when there were like these young adults at a bridge drinking and stuff at night and one creep/stalker (scary). When I went back home though, my sense of caution was only heightened.

[@reallywally]

I agree Korea is def the safest place I've been to/lived in. But, interesting story: Last week a friend of mine was on the bus (in Seoul) at 9p.m. when he was pick-pocketed. However, the most interesting bit of this story is that not only he was a victim, but virtually every person standing on the bus was pick-pocketed as well and so somebody (or a group of somebodies) made off with a bus full of people's wallets/cellphones/whatever. I would have never guessed this would happen here in Korea...

[@JessytheKLChic1]

I got a friend who is Korean and i asked her the same question. She responded that its safe in Korea as every part of their streets have cctv and all their cars have cameras. So if anyone tries to rob you, it would be caught on tape... Kinda cool actually.

[@bevos]

Since Halloween is coming up, can you please talk about the differences between how Koreans celebrate Halloween to us foreigners, I remember when Min was talking about how she went to a Halloween party but she was surprised to see how everyone was well dressed and she was the only one dressed as a zombie!

[@what4dinneryo]

Hey guys! So, Korean students are at school all day, so when you were teaching were you there all day too. Do Korean students switch from class to class every hour or so or do they stay in the same class?Do Korean students have sports teams or other after school activities? Thanks!

[@l.s.9671]

I have like no intention of moving to Korea, I can't even visit because I can't afford it. Honestly, I'm not even really interested in Korea, respectfully. I watch your videos because you guys are such funny, cool, down-to-earth personalities... and I'm now becoming interested in visiting one day thanks to you =)

[@azureame]

I encourage you to watch the movie "Silenced," also known as "The Crucible" or "Dogani" in Korean. It came out last year. You might have heard about it.

[@megu-chan8300]

Recently I've read an article about the little boy that appeared and dance at the start of Psy's Gangnam Style music video got scolded by Korean netizens and fans just because his mother was Vietnamese. Since I am Vietnamese myself, I felt very shocked after reading this. So I wanted to ask you about racism in South Korea, have you ever experienced any racism? If so, does it happens regularly? Do they treat foreigners in a different way/manner?

[@littlewoman9999]

i live in korea and its really safe, but the kidnapping and rape up has gone up so lately being a teenage girl and traveling at night scares me sooo much :(

[@Romans9902]

I've been in Korea for over a year now, and while I live in a smaller city (160,000 people), I've never felt safer than I have here. No matter what time of day or night I can walk outside alone and never worry (being a man probably makes a little difference). I feel the same way when I visit Seoul, too. It's one of the many reasons I like Korea so much.

[@tigerex777]

yeah, it's definitely the mentality you brought from wherever dangerous place you came from. Because I'm Korean but live in New York and whenever I visit another country, even though it's safe at night somehow I feel like I'm not safe; yet I see little girls walking around alone. That tells me New York put that mentality of fear in me and I grew accustomed to it. Your story is about how you felt unsafe but did anything actually happen to you? probably not. it was all in your head.

[@MissRoccari]

There're few things we Finns are particularly proud of, such as sauna, sisu and our traditional food and I'm sure Canadians have things that their proud of in their culture, just like every nation. What are Koreans most proud of in their culture/what are the things Koreans want to introduce to foreigners the most? Is it kimchi or is it something else?

[@sewlivi]

I totally agree. I felt so safe living in Korea. I mean, I wasn't scared to walk down an alley in the middle of the night because Seoul felt so amazingly safe....plus guns are illegal in Korea. Not even the police carry them.

[@lgskittles]

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[@dyuo0o]

well I had lived in Toronto, Vancouver and San Fran so far. Toronto and Vancouver are quite safe more than America for sure, but not as much as Korea. When I was in Vancouver at first time which was my first visit abroad, I intended to go out alone at late night like I did in Korea and my Canadian friends thought I was out of mind.