Culture Shock From Living In Korea?

[@KExplorer]

Have you faced any cultural shocks in Korea? If yes let me know what it was in the comments. To see the full video: www.patreon.com/kexplorer

[@peu815]

I'm Korean, but I don't know since when did it become a Korean culture to make noise when eating noodles and food. I was also taught by my parents to eat without making a sound when eating, and I was told to eat without making a sound when eating in the old traditional education.

[@paulwalther5237]

According to the genetic test I took, some people are actually genetically predisposed to be bothered by the sound of other people eating. To me, this is like telling someone to stop breathing loudly. Just deal with it.

[@9y2bgy]

No, I was taught to not talk when eating, but in terms of making sounds like slurping noodles or soups, absolutely it was all good! Making sounds regarding the eating of various foods, Koreans traditionally felt not only was it a natural part of eating, but in fact a good manner to make a good show of it for the one who cooked.

[@Riaaonline]

This might be totally wrong but when I first got into Korean culture years ago, I heard that Koreans eat out loud to show how good the food is.

[@peu815]

@@Riaaonline It's the first time I've heard of it. From what I heard from my parents, I heard that in Korean traditional food etiquette, those who eat while making noise are the way servants(either hierarchically or morally In today's terms, a shallow person? similar meaning) eat.

[@locomotif]

@@Riaaonline Our traditional way of eating nice is to eat quitely what are you talking about😂 Eating out loud is more of a Japanese thing as far as I know. Parents teach us not to make sound and keep your mouth shut while chewing, although at current state young ppl don’t really give a damn and just eat as they like

[@vincentdaniels7818]

Bros, your interview skills are top level. Honestly, your channel should be at over 1 million subs by now. 💯

[@KExplorer]

Really appreciate the support man

[@Andrew-zr9tc]

Serious question but how do you have top level interviewing skills. You just ask a question and don’t interrupt them as they answer. Ask follow up questions

[@ambybibi]

I love your interviews! Thank you for not cutting people in their explanation and listening from A to Z without being overhyped or loud. It’s so soothing

[@yerinwala8264]

As a Korean, these interviews are quite interesting! Keep it up!👍🏼 P.S. I hate people spitting on the street too🥲

[@heavenly_girl]

침을 뱉는 놈들을 잘 혼내야겠다! 😡🤬👎🏻

[@FlavorofMind]

Yes, not gonna lie, the spitting is gross! 😬

[@yerinwala8264]

@@tonykim3033 이유가 어떻든 길거리에 침뱉는 자체가 불쾌해요 ㅎㅎ

[@김도헌-n3w]

@@tonykim3033 담배 피는 스팟에선 ㅈㄴ 뱉는건 맞죠 ㅋㅋ

[@Gwangju_Emperor_Um_Ji_Sung]

​@@tonykim3033 그것도 잘못된거 아님? 애초에 길에서 담배피는것도 짜증나는데 ㅋㅋ

[@andreiamendes9116]

Absolutey amazing interviews, so many nationalities and POV. Excellent work! Top! :) 🙏

[@KExplorer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chanmer1]

i totally felt for everyone who could not speak Korean. the biggest shock for me was when i would see people just get up and leave their belongings behind to go out for a smoke. and no one took their stuff.

[@jiminswriter4209]

@Luisa Melo Korea is safer than Portugal.

[@SMLee-c7t]

@Luisa Melo in Korea, you don’t even NEED to be cautious of belongings. People don’t even think of taking your stuff, unlike people in European countries. There’s no way Portugal is ranked higher than Korea in terms of safety.

[@빔빔-v1p]

우린 그냥 남의 물건에 관심이 크지 않아요 어떤 사람이 자리를 비웠더라도 그 물건이 있다면(그 사람이 물건을 깜박하고 잊어버린 게 아니라면) 그 자리는 그 사람의 자리다

[@chanmer1]

@@WO_WO00 I totally understand that but if you did that in the US your belongings would be gone. You leave people at your table if you need to go out for a smoke.

[@에메랄드바다-x3y]

근데 금융사기꾼들이 많습니다. 부동산사기꾼들도 많구요. 자잘한 도둑은 없습니다. 주변에 보이스피싱으로 몇천만원 날린 노인들도 꽤 많습니다.

[@ariel2jieun]

I'm Korean and I'm not OK with people spitting on the ground either. I think it's very disgusting and ill-mannered. I hope there's a law making street spitting illegal and fine them. There's tones of Korean people feel like me. In general, most people are aware of bad stuff in their home country although that's seen very common and normal in their country. it's just the way it used to be so it's hard to change on the country level. Just because it's something you are used to see, doesn't mean you can approve it. We Koreans feel uncomfortable with many things such as wild driving, trash littering, not having all sorts of social manners, buses not stopping at bus stops, having to stand up befor buses stop to get off, illigal parking, lacking of parking spaces, ill-conditioned housing, not having trash cans enough, being timid and not smily to strangers, not saying sorry or thank you a lot to strangers in treets, not small talking too, sharing soup with others in one bowl with each one's spoon dipping in it, poor map application system or administration system that are not informing people of extra charges of taxi fare for various reasons like late night or suburb district whatsoever and poor source for that info on related applicstion and not telling about the logic about it, not showing the very next subway station's name on the plate at escalator or stairs so that you can easily and quickly recognize it's direction, not alerting passengers about the subway stop loudly ad repeatedly and not noticeably showing the stop's name everywhere while the subway is stop at the station opening the door, etc. It can go on an on. We also get very much bothered and want it to change like all the time. I think it's the same thing in any other countries. Everyone has their country's own downside and they already know it well and acknowledge it.

[@petrilampilahti5176]

Every country has it’s pros and cons. As Finnish I admire and respect South-Korea’s work-life, clean streets, well-mannerism, mandatory military service and education because of our culture has same links to it.

[@olkdks]

And yet foreigner say that korean in korea have no expression on their faces and even in europe, they make mean faces to strangers. East asian are generally cold and never smile to strangers so I dont understand you lying about it. Clealry the majority of you have no problem woth it.The only asian who are warm at first contact are southeast like filipino. With chinese being the most rude and impolite but I'm used to it as I grew up in their community. The robot stereotype of east asian didnt came out of nowhere.

[@ariel2jieun]

@olkdks I know! I cannot agree with you more and that's what I'm talking about. I don't understand why you are thinking I'm lying. I'm saying the same thing. The important point I was trying to say is that all sorts of common things around us, regardless big or small, that seemingly most of us are so used to so that we don't seem to have no problem with, does not mean we have no idea it's a bad or unreasonable thing or don't feel comfortable with it. I totally agree that mostly east Asians are cold, timid, not smily and I always realllllly hated that. And also agree with that south east asians being nice and much more smily and confident in the way talk, behave, dance and treat strangers too. That's actually one of the things I've alwas thought of too. I understand you cound easily think that we are OK with it and we are not aware of it but you know, actually it is not! If you really get to talk with people about it, mostly they already know it well and even often bothered by it like me although they behave like they don't know. A lot of time, in any place of the globe, the social environment impacts you much more than original yourself. It's really hard and takes long time for an individual to change the society but society instantly change the way individuals behave in a moment. It's just that there's stuff you are not happy with but it's been the way it is and not easily change. We Koreans also don't understand why Koreans only steal bicycles not phones and laptops, why don't start a small talk when deep down we are really in for it and wanna care and help others. And toooo shy to dance the way we feel from very young age. Speaking of age, age is a huge factor that affects almost everything in the way we meet people and live our lives here. And of course, like I sad, we Koreans hate that so much! Surely there are many pros of Korea that I love and find very efficient. And also those can be things that's not common in other countries on the other hand. Nothing is to be taken for granted. I really hope and want Korea to improve all the cons and keep bettering itself even though that's gonna take a long time. So I'm trying my best to be smily and cooperative with strangers (but not nosy) and always hold doors for people behind me. I contact administrative department asking for improvement when I go through some kinds of uncomfortable or unreasonable operation.

[@pralineblues]

I mean the whole purpose of the video is to talk about these. They are not saying every single person in Korea is like this, but that they have seen these

[@총대-m4m]

​@@olkdks 근데 표정은 솔직히;; 내 입장에서 서양인들이 너무 오바해서 얼굴을 쓰는 경향이 있음ㅋㅋ😅 표정은 진짜 눈이 커젺다 작아졌다하면서 이마 주름 생겼다 없어졌다하고ㅋㅋ 목소리도 힘 줘서 강세 넣음😂 진짜 서로 제대로 명확히 표현하려고 하는 것 같음 나는 서양인들처럼 평소에도 그렇게 살라고 하면 에너지 엄청 빠져나갈듯😅 무슨 시장통 인싸 아주머니 같음😂 그냥 한국오면 무표정이 디폴트 값라고 생각해요😊 사실 표정 다 있는거겠지만 ㅋㅋ

[@FlavorofMind]

Not surprising that the public transportation stands out to a lot of newcomers. It's immaculate, especially in Seoul, and I wish more places (ahem, the US 😑) could learn to prioritize this aspect of public planning!

[@tatsuyaaikawa7185]

Car culture holding us back we uset to be public transport like china and Europe but once cars came along we got rid of most of the trains and stuff …..any way the usa finally sees that we need more public transport and their finally starting to work on building more trains so that’s good at least

[@ohhi5237]

only the usa, the rest of the planet know what trains are

[@FlavorofMind]

@@tatsuyaaikawa7185 I have a feeling that the US is still going to be quite slow in catching up ☹️ And there are still a good amount of politicians/voters who have little interest in spending taxpayer money on public transportation. But I hope I'm wrong!

[@FlavorofMind]

@Oh Hi there must be some other nations that don't have good public transportation.. but as far as "major" countries go, you're right - the USA is "special" 🙄

[@ohhi5237]

@@FlavorofMind alright, name a few, you can google if you want :)

[@heytony]

It's nice that you listen to the other person's opinions well during the interview~

[@cesars267]

Dude , great interview you made , fascinating , different experiences in an amazing country. Take care K

[@보조개-k5n]

내가 본 모든 '한국에서의 문화충격' 영상에는 길바닥에 침뱉는 이야기가 등장한다. 같은 한국인인 저한테도 문화충격입니다^^ 할많하않

[@Judy_Haejung_Jung]

Great to know for myself as Korean. Spitting on a street is one of the worst parts indeed… I’ve been away from my home country for more than 8 years (I’m in Canada now) and it’s kind of sad to hear many smokers still do so…

[@eaglegolden8326]

Why attract in the Canada I see a lot of asian people who immigrate their ?

[@Judy_Haejung_Jung]

@@eaglegolden8326 In my case, I landed in Vancouver as dependant of my parents who applied for PR. At that time, my parents in fifties had to be ready for their retirement as South Korea's pension plan from government was going to be deficit in my parents' turn of the retirement age.

[@Alex-f2g2i]

The spitting is annoying to hear, but I will take that over weed/vape/smoke in front of your face even when it’s a clearly prohibited area.

[@mohamedyusuf2403]

Keep the interviews coming bro, really enjoy the content! 👍🏾

[@HeidiDream]

The interviewer is great, he does have a Korean accent so for those who are just barely learning Korean, they won't be able to understand what he's asking so easily since the tonal of his accent isn't Korean throwing them off but either way the effort is what matters. I live in America & my mom has never, not reminded me of the cultural shocks she has with Americans even after living here for 30 years lol. One main thing is the separation of trash.Actually due to my mom I separate my trash in Los Angeles down to my food scraps lol i'm laughing, I am proud of my tri-cultural background, being fully immersed with the language as well. I know it's rare since it's polar opposite cultures allowing me to expand in mind-frame. Loving these videos, they just place a smile on my face to see through the lenses of foreigners.

[@CaptCanuck4444]

As someone considering visiting (but not moving to) Korea, it's encouraging that English is widely spoken there.

[@chillingteatalk]

All their experiences are valid. As a Korean, I think Korea is a super efficient/convenient country but we have some controversial issues like all other countries lol

[@그저밤]

@@Nazrel98 I think its not that different from other countries like regional , political ,gender, generation conflicts. Back in days in Korea, regional conflict is so seveal especially people in one region called people in other region communist, or North Korean. I think regional conflict is not that harsh these days but gender conflict is now quite big and it is related to political, social issues like birth rate, wage gap, job opportunities and army(why only man should go to army)

[@user-mr5yw7mx4g]

​@@그저밤진짜 모두 서로를 혐오하는나라임..갈등이 많아진걸 느낌.. 이거 사회적문제이기도하지만 디바이스앤룰의 결과인것임. 기득권들이 편하게 다스리려면 국민들이 똘똘뭉치면 안되니까..

[@lizzie7929]

I love your interview, style!☺️🎧

[@TaniaTwin97]

Realmente amé estás entrevistas!!!! Historias, experiencias y gente diferente.♡

[@ringeriscool]

your style is so cool the coolest interviewer

[@paulwalther5237]

He kind of looks like an idol or pop star even.

[@Vistacraft82]

"The people that give you their numbers, are they guys or girls"??? That was a very good question, so we can tell if they dont have personal interest. I see koreans are nice for the most part.

[@paulwalther5237]

I was surprised by that and then thought oh yeah it's because she's a pretty girl. Of course everyone wants her number (guys/girls both want to be friends with pretty girls right?). I'm in my 40's. Then I remembered when I visited Seoul some other middle aged dude wanted to exchange numbers with me. I gave him my Kaotalk ID instead. I was thinking he just wanted to practice English with me maybe? I left Seoul and haven't heard from him since.

[@NotaRegularProgrammer]

Hi @KExplorer, I’ve been a subscriber and avid watcher of your content which I love for quite some time. I’ve recently taken upon myself to study Hangul and Korean culture overall as I hope to visit within the next couple of years. I am not looking to move there I just want to visit and practice Korean for a few months. I’ve seen a few videos of harassment, stalking and SA towards foreigners and I was wondering whether you could make a video asking people about their experiences and perhaps what to avoid etc, as I haven’t seen topics like these among your content. This is a huge issue for me that will determine whether I go there or not because, for what I’ve seen thus far, foreigners who do report it are not taken serious or bluntly ignored. Or police and bystanders will simply not do anything. Thanks for the amazing content! ❤

[@중년낭만]

Hello, I came across this by chance and answered you. / Racism is very rare in Korea. The security is safe and the people are kind, but there are people who spit on the road, mostly middle-aged, old people, and Chinese. Smoking is allowed only in designated areas, but you can also smoke in the alleys.

[@미들네임드]

yeah, disgusting. I'm Korean, but i don't understand behavior that spits on the grounds. it's so mad

[@smartbusinessltd]

😅😂the spitting…. Seems to be pis-ng off everyone

[@animous1524]

항상 볼떄마다 느끼는데 인터뷰하시는 분 스타일도 좋고 너무 잘생김 ㅋㅋ

[@toleeeyj]

동감 😊

[@Blqnt1029]

@@toleeeyj 조금 뜬금없지만 프사 너무 귀여워요 ㅎㅎㅎ

[@mars.9595]

the host is so handsome

[@88avocado]

Many Chinese people living in korea often spits on the street too Korean government should pass a new law -- to make spitting in public places illegal and liable to heavy fines.

[@song30723]

Why do you blame Chinese? Please admit what's wrong. Koreans spit a lot.

[@HuntedVintage]

Korea hardly has heavy fines for anything minor unfortunately

[@khlee3238]

뭔 중국인 탓이야. 한국인 20대 젊은애들 앉아서 담배피고 일어나면 그 바닥에 침으로 한강이다. 진짜 역겹고 드러워서 정말.

[@user-mr5yw7mx4g]

인종차별이야..좀 적당히해.

[@user-oi1lq7uf2i]

태형에 처해야합니다. 벌금으론 안됨

[@smartbusinessltd]

6:56 😂.. 4 years and the feeling is mutual… learning a language doesn’t come easy even when you have lived in a place for long

[@mrs.4414]

Been living in korea for 5 years and working in a supermarket. We caught a lot of thieves. I was surprised also because this is a developed country. Maybe cellphone and cards will not be stolen cause korea has a good technology that they can track and see if those things will be stolen.cctv everywhere

[@mollyzhou]

I’m considering going to Korea through Fulbright for 1 year so this was super helpful, thank you!

[@yun3164]

ㅇㄴ 갑자기 인터뷰어 한국말 개잘해서 놀랏네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 잼써용~

[@perrrkele]

3:00 I think people look at her a lot cause she is so beautiful…

[@shugadaddy4841]

As an American, everything I've heard happens here in the states too. A lot of the complaints just sound like issues from a big city

[@No_hate_allowed]

Underrated comment

[@loveanddeath01]

That guy who said he's from Houston, TX, I didn't expect to hear that. I'm also from Texas, but I live in a calmer more city life. Wow, that's amazing...

[@mike-0451]

LFG ASTROS

[@gigifj9010]

After one year living in Korea, it's still uncomfortable to realize the number of people staring at me on the street every time I go out... and sometimes with a not very kind expression... Even eating in a restaurant is really embarrassing... It is as if they have never seen a foreigner before.

[@minoshome]

한국인들은 다소 남을 너무 쳐다봐서 불편할 때가 있습니다. 한국인으로서도 그럴때가 있는데 독특하거나 하면 더 쳐다봐요. 그런건 좀 무례한 일이죠. 제발 관심 좀 꺼 달라고 속으로 생각합니다.

[@성이름-u6t6v]

​@@minoshomeㄹㅇ 한국인이어도 엄청 쳐다봄

[@donotneed2250]

As a Black man I get annoyed when I'm in an Asian restaurant eating with chopsticks and people stare as if they've never seen anyone eat with them before. I learned how to use them in 1976 on my first tour in South Korea using the flat metal ones not the wood ones.

[@user-mr5yw7mx4g]

그냥 호기심이많구나 생각하면 편함 한국은 농경사회 공동체 문화였음. 온동네사람들이 서로의 젓가락 갯수까지 알던 관계였음. 대를 이어서 평생을 함께 한동네에서 협동으로 농사를 짓고 사니까.. 사람들간에 벽이 없었던것임. 다가족같으니까 걱정이나 참견을 하는것임. 근데 시대가 바뀌고 개인주의가 생기니까 이제그게 무례하고 불편한것으로 인식되었음. 농경사회라 사람의 이동도 적어서 외부인에대한 경계가 있었던것임. 그래서 새로운 사람들이 보이면 굉장히 궁금해하고 사적인 질문들을 할때가있는것임. 시대가 바뀌어도 사회적dna도 유전이되니 쉽게변하지는 않아서 그런거니.. 기분나쁠 필요는없음.

[@cawrtnei]

The Indonesian guys were so freaking ADORABLE ☺️

[@lonelyberg1808]

I love your style. It reminds me of Michael Jackson. The gavroche hat fits you very well.

[@smartbusinessltd]

7:56 favorite Kdrama..hospital playlist 😊… 💯 definitely a recommendation for anyone watching Kdrama…

[@anitachu567]

Can't agree more. It's the best!

[@efhfejhfjskfnsdkfnweakhrcw]

Did you experience theft at the airport? I’m Korean but from Sweden. I’ve flown to Incheon twice and every time I fly back… they tell me to wait in a chair for 5 min after checking in my bag, saying that they check all the bags for security reasons which is ok. When my bag arrived I could see that it had been opened because the zip is not in the lock. Twice they stole makeup, clothes and jewellery… I mean the security people that were suppose to open and check my bag. Also my mothers bag was open and they stole a new Prada bag from her. It’s so odd.. because the country is so safe. Cameras everywhere, but maybe they really need it there to not commit crimes lol! I’ve traveled to poor countries and been almost everywhere without ever anyone stealing from my luggage. I’m Korean, but Koreans seem to like stealing if they get the chance to do so without cameras watching. Ps. They only stole brand items… don’t leave them in your luggage. Don’t buy expensive stuff there to bring home. They’ll just steal from you. 😅😂

[@himadima5240]

Keep up keeping up 👍

[@Raphael-2]

1:03 I don't know why their introduction was cut. I'm just pretty sure they're from France, I wanted to know if I was right. I instantly guessed Simon was French too.

[@Smile-ky5ic]

I loved the guys smile after talking about his favorite k drama😂

[@user-mr5yw7mx4g]

너무 귀여워..순수해보여서..

[@shamimmwinyi6019]

I really like this channel so much!!! Awesome work...

[@andresriveramaldonado8240]

I really love your content. Greetings from Mexico.🎉

[@glennextics]

The Italian girl, who is an inbound student, looks absolutely gorgeous 😍

[@troigcyusa]

Fr

[@imadtorch8770]

no she is just white 😂

[@Ax1oM11oo]

@@imadtorch8770 She’s pretty. It’s not about being white. 90% of people interviewed were white. He didn’t say all foreigners were gorgeous, did he? She’s white that’s why she thinks everyone is nice. They wouldn’t be that nice to a local darker skin Korean. They wouldn’t be nicer to the black foreigners.

[@lem-joetruong6053]

Most Korean people I talked to were very unhappy with me talking in English, I would say about 30% of the encounters knew so much English, that I could ask where the toilet was and if I could eat here. Don't know as a Vietnamese I felt very unwelcome in Korea.... Very disappointing trip. I view Korea now very negatively. The only positive thing were food, infrastructure, and internet on public buses. Majority of people not so much. Of course there are exceptions but ufff most people don't even care helping you.

[@miu869]

Top tier interviewer. Respectful, good listener, great questions, AND really drippy 🤭

[@cherrylove1293]

The reason people see foreigners is no big meaning. One of reasons is maybe a different appearnce. Mostly positive gaze even though no facial expression of them i think.

[@ARM3LO]

6:08 this is often overlooked because it doesn't matter much but its so true lol. In terms of drip in east asia, china and japan blow korea out of the water no question. Just like she said, too many of the same neutral colors and everyone dresses too similar. In Japan mfs be dripped tf out. But in Korea it seems people are scared to take any risks with their styling. It's like on college campuses how all the frat boys and girls dress the same, but expanded to a global mega city level lmao.

[@aquavoce]

I am Latina jejej, do Korean citizens like Latino migrants? I love your culture as well and have been following up a lot on the Korean food, music, manners, traditions and I admire your history. I live in the US right now. Loved the video.

[@november132]

It's great being a westerner on the subway during peak hours. Your head is above everyone else so you can breathe easily

[@정희성-h1b]

I'm on a trip to Nice, France, and the bathroom is the most inconvenient!!!! Paid toilets!!!!

[@camret6]

Désolée, je comprends ❤

[@youngsukim3360]

길거리 담배빵 대마빵 맞는게 일상인 캐나다에서 이걸 보니 매우 흥미롭군요!

[@Jollyslide]

Oh honey... 4:10

[@rikudan5876]

yeap, being naive lol

[@cesjen5460]

Gonna accidentally end up in a cult

[@JWHealing]

Yeah she clearly is not aware she has supermodel looks.

[@raquelfigueroa5539]

Keep the great work!!! Love your content /interviews.

[@smartbusinessltd]

😂8:20 Korean seems easy when someone speaks it but for sure it’s hard to speak 😅

[@soumyahegde1181]

So informative ❤❤❤

[@tymeamora]

Apparently food and eating is quite the thing in Korea isn't it, heavily promoted in K-dramas as well as I've noticed. So the way actors generally approach the eating scenes is probably exaggerated to make one point or another according to the script. However chewing loudly with an open mouth, slurping heavily, speaking with a mouthful and spitting food all over the place seems to come out all natural in any kind of settings. The same in variety shows, travel shows, etc. where eating activities are involved .. and the people in this video witnessed this eating behavior first hand, no script/no acting ... which rather begs the conclusion that that's the Korean normal table manners as per local culture. Well, it's very different table manners compared to western ones or even some other Asian countries.. not surprising in this context that it came out as culturally shocking..

[@FlavorofMind]

I find table manners to be within the normal range in Korea, personally. People there were raised to enjoy their food and not hold back when consuming it 🙂

[@ns-4438]

Eating loudly was never been a part of Korean culture. However, all of sudden, Korean media started to normalize it. A lot of Koreans are actually against it.

[@ohhi5237]

@@FlavorofMind if you eat like a korean you would get KICKED OUT OF THE RESTAURANT in europe

[@성이름-v3k1p]

Right I learned from my parents they said that don’t speak any noise when you eat. But now a day I think youtube ruined it because mukbang KZbinr makes noise when they eat .

[@ohhi5237]

@@성이름-v3k1p i thank your parents

[@elbean3320]

Slurping noodles loudly is more of a Japanese culture thing. In my experience eating quietly was taught to be correct.

[@MegaMaverickMan]

Dejan The Algerian Girl Looks Good In That Black Leather Jacket!

[@kimberleyoconnell6364]

Wow. I just returned from a week long vacation in South Korea and I have never felt so invisible in my life.

[@raposojogadorgf8761]

Try dropping that Karen haircut.

[@martinthomas2520]

Great interview! ❤

[@paulwalther5237]

All the comments and reactions were surprisingly just like the same style of interviews I've seen for Japanese KZbin channels. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though - the countries are right next to each other. My big culture shock visiting Seoul last October was how delicious and cheap food was even in an expensive city like Seoul. I think food was the only cheap thing they had though.

[@Kuerikami]

Unless you are having street food, I honestly don’t think food is that cheap in Korea

[@paulwalther5237]

@@Kuerikami This was in October last year so it may have already changed. Also the exchange rate was helpful. But my European friends thought it was surprisingly cheap too.

[@paulwalther5237]

@@Kuerikami I just bought some street food in my town and it was $8.00 for a large lemonade. Which is 10,366.64 South Korean won.

[@Kuerikami]

@@paulwalther5237 if you go to restaurants and eat something like samgyeopsal, it aint cheap. as i said, im not talking about street food here.

[@paulwalther5237]

@@TabeaSrn USA

[@rranft]

When I first went to Korea in the Army my section sergeant told me "don't listen to what people tell you, just go see it for yourself". I had almost no culture "shock" in Korea since I approached the entire thing as a pure observer. I lived there for five years and though I often encountered new situations I just tried to soak it in and accept it. I had far more "shock" when I returned to the U.S. because my whole calendar was thrown off. Holidays always caught me by surprise because I had adjusted to the Korean calendar. I also found myself very disappointed in public transportation in the U.S..

[@luvjinmia]

Thank you for your interest in Korea. It's unfortunate that I had an experience with spitting and rudeness. I wish you only good things in Korea from now on. :)

[@uj0211]

소리내며 먹으면 음식이 더 맛있게 느껴져요ㅋㅋㅋ 'muk-bang' 때문에 이런 문화가 익숙해진 거 같은...하지만 많은 분들이 불쾌하게 여기실 줄은 몰랐네요. 침뱉기도 반성 합니다. 저도 아무 생각없이 뱉었어서 미안하게 생각합니다😅 오늘 배웠으니까 앞으로는 자제해야겠네요 유익한 영상 감사요

[@에메랄드바다-x3y]

길거리에서 떼지어 담배피는건 이해하는데 담배꽁초 휙 던지지말아주세요. 그 장소는 담배꽁초무덤이더라.눈쌀이 찌푸려진다.휴대용재털이 들고 다니시길...칵하고 침뱉는건 최악이다.

[@hobbit-professor]

These interviews are very interesting to understand real life in Korea.

[@heynhamnham]

for me it's the buying power. My korean friend don't buy much stuff, but sometimes he'll randomly come and say "ah and I bought this laptop" that costed 6k in my country's money. 6K here is 6 minimun wages. With 6K of our money you could buy either one good laptop or pay 6 rents of a small appartment near a soccer field.

[@thedavemanride]

i was a gyopo, when i first came to Korea the most culture shock i ever experienced is Ajummas cleaning up the men’s public toilet and in 고기집toilets.

[@blueblaze9862]

The blonde girl who says the koreans are kind to her...she should know why lol

[@jessmax99]

Why do you think Koreans are being so kind?

[@apostel9753]

@@jessmax99 She's attractive and that's universal, in Korea or anywhere else, for boys and girls etc

[@terrimfjoeee]

yea she’s a white pretty blonde. for other foreigners the treatment is complete opposite of what she described

[@nwalden5744]

French people out the way they speak is just 😊

[@GuNdAmWiThYoU]

As I speak as one of the national Korean, much appreciate the foreign people whom telling about what is the worst part of Korea.

[@cing9545]

Do you remember Michael from Marmalade Boy? I thought that was a stereotype of an American guy and when I saw the thumbnail I had to clic 1:07😁 He is like flat out casting for a live action of the series. A girl from Spain, nice ^^

[@crofle3356]

한국에서 다른 사람이 물건을 훔쳐가지 않는다고 안심하지 마세요. 다른 외국인이 훔쳐갈지도 모르니까.

[@jennlinh]

the biggest and so far only ick for me is the lack of individualism, of freedom for personal expression over there, i feel like they expect everyone to dress the same, which is basic styling and neutral colors only, so when you're just slightly off with their standard, you'll get all them stares

[@nalbinalbii888]

4:11 girl no theyre only giving you their number bc youre pretty 😭

[@jwp7638]

Nice video 👍

[@justhuman3424]

Bro can I just say your outfit is amazing. So stylish! Love your interviews!

[@antoningavrel2808]

3:07 love it. Bien d'accord ;)

[@divetothesky]

Wow. You speak Korean so good.

[@kimnamjoon523]

Algérien girl wwww so pretty

[@smartbusinessltd]

😊another great one …

[@pinetworkminer8377]

Group mentality/Collectivist mindset is too strong in S. Korea

[@donlee4105]

I guess it's going to change with the influx of foreign people and young people try to change the extreme group mentality. I think Korea had to deal with big nations like China and Japan which are aggressive neighbors and invaded 900 times combined so those group mentality was needed to survive. It's just my thought

[@happy-nb9jd]

​@Don Lee me too.

[@littlefishiesinthese]

4:15 I wonder if there's an element of privilege here though. She's a gorgeous white woman. Given Korea's reputation for racism, fatphobia, and xenophobia, I have a suspicion that POC tourists are not afforded such kindness so easily.

[@KippinCollars]

Blake Bergmeyer is the best character in this video.

[@tufanaydin6340]

I need to say i watch your amazing videos i loved it. Bro and your style, your skin and voice tone is amazing !!

[@JhCha-j1e]

I think we feel still curious to foreigners. Of course, it is not negative in almost cases.

[@Soph_ng]

Lol weird that one of the girls mentioned they are kind. Really lucky girl becus when we were there (8+ group) we all experiece RUDENESS from Koreans, so much to a point we stop wanting to go out from the 7th day going forward. Like they always have an attitude on their faces and they yelled at you (even cursed) at tiny little things like you slightly lean towards them when the bus makes a sharp turn or when you slightly touch their clothing display items (not intentionally, it's a kind of market down at subway station and was super crowded and stores hanging their stuff out for customer attraction. There's no way you get thru the area without making contact with their items because they were very in the way, but the owner of the store RAN out and YELLED at us). Incredibly rude, almost every single person, from store owners , convenient store staff, strangers on the bus to taxi drivers. We got yelled at and cursed at almost every single day during our 10 days trip there, and not like we were behaving badly. Like they look at you with disgust for everything you do. Maybe your experience at a Westerner-looking foreingers are totally different from us tho. Try being a South East Asian foreigner in SKorea. It's a thing and we (SEA people) know too damn well. Always an attitude. Will never recommend anyone going there again.

[@lachonayunabotella4703]

I think they only nice and kind if you are pretty and white , because I know 2 guys ( Mexicans) that went to Korea 4 years ago and the same bad experiences, people were so rude with them , they lost and try to ask for directions but people ignore them , they don’t wan to go back , they said Koreans are so cold and rude

[@__-fu5se]

Which was nice for the interviewer to include the guys from Indonesia. Racism/prejudice will vary drastically in Korea depending on the region of the world the person is from.

[@s.d1086]

Yeah when I went there I found them quite cold and not very welcoming. No one was rude or anything but then again I don’t think anyone went out of their way to help us. Maybe it would’ve been a different experience if we were white.

[@user-mr5yw7mx4g]

100프로 거짓말... 이런 조직적인 댓글들..지겹다진짜. 한국은 와봤니? 어디에와봤니.. 어떨게 10일동안 모두가 인종차별을하겠음? 상식적으로도 말이안됨.

[@jacobwon8217]

Your interviews are so fascinating, useful. I always have seen your video! thank you for good contents.

[@BlueBerry-bc7yp]

This interviewer looks so stylish. He looks like mj❤

[@jirayamana4749]

the cutoff at the end killed me 😂😂😂

[@user-qr9cu1ri6b]

Incheon Songdo Love it ❤❤

[@j.h_bkim4665]

I am Korean, but I don't want to get close to foreigners who are more Korean than Koreans. I want to live away from the habits of comparing easily with others. Also, Being different from others is not wrong. A handsime foreign guy asked me to go on a date sometimes, but he seems to be such a Korean guy that I don't meet or talk to him anymore.

[@thatieg2719]

Do you mean Koreans easily compare themselves to each other? & that’s why you stay away from foreigners who have embraced Korean culture to that extent? I’ve just started to learn Korean & I hope to understand more of the culture

[@cloverajazz6743]

@@thatieg2719 yeah middle aged women compare themselves whose husband have better job,better car,the bag they purchase,this some of the negatives i encountered when i was living there among Koreans..if Instagram is a country its Korea😂

[@thatieg2719]

@@cloverajazz6743 lol got it. I don’t think I’d survive living in S. Korea...will hopefully visit someday though

[@kimnamjoon523]

I liked the Algerian girl she's hell beautiful www

[@CS-uz4vn]

There's an interview that says it's hard to get rid of food waste... I hope you can follow well after understanding that food waste is an advanced system that is recycled and tax-saving.

[@Sabrina-ol6js]

Had to rewind because I was so confused at first to hear the name of the first guy (Blake). We went to the same school 😂

[@CaptCanuck4444]

The Canadian guy with the longer hair and glasses is so chill lol.

[@Expat_Jimmy]

I think this video because it's filmed in Seoul it doesn't really touch on the authentic Korean Culture shock. Much like in the country village everybody really wants to know what you are doing here and really try to help you out. I'm the only foreigner in my village so I'm somewhat of a star.

[@Emelyteresa]

Ayyye H-Town 🤘🏽