What's It Like Being a Korean American In Korea?

[@sammrezz]

As an east coaster, my man in the white shirt had me dying. The bluntness, straightforwardness and crassness is everything I never knew I needed to experience through a video. 11/10.

[@k.d.1520]

Me too I would’ve been totally fine if he was the interview for the entire video 😂

[@srey_p]

White shirt guy is way too funny 😂 😂 I’m dying from his answers. This was one of the funniest interviews

[@wangxian5473]

Very Jersey I can confirm😂

[@munkhbatganaa4453]

Shiny also

[@ewokallie]

Do you like me or do you like Jimin?...I died 🤣

[@EdgarHernandez-cl5on]

Mans looks like a main character

[@SLuMberMoOn7]

White T guys responses are the most gen z thing. He’s funny 😆

[@moni_monaka]

I’ve lived here for 7 years and I understand why she said it feels like Korean people are “rude” but to point some things out - there is no concept of “bless you” in Korea. It came to English from German and is completely foreign to Korean people. But I have been told bless you by people familiar with the concept or who lived in the states. People might also not want to give you their phone because scammers are common here - especially what is called voice phishing. Everyone has a phone and they probably don’t understand why you need to borrow one and are worried you’ll run away with it or leak their info. If you ask a friend or acquaintance, they will be more than happy to help you, but they will be wary of a complete stranger. People don’t smile at random strangers or talk to people they don’t know. In the US it honestly bothered me. I hated it when people asked me personal questions or tried to small talk with me when I was just out trying to do errands. If you are a regular at a store, people will totally remember you and be super nice and friendly and helpful. But day to day it’s too much effort to talk to strangers and smile all the time because Korea is crowded. I also understand the no trash cans anywhere being an issue. I lived in Japan as well and had to carry bags of trash around with me many times. But overall Korea and Japan are stricter with trash because they pay by the kilo in order to reduce waste and fund recycling /disposal programs. In America, trash cans are huge and everywhere but recycling is nowhere near as efficient as it is here. The inconvenience is worth it to know we aren’t mixing food with glass and tissues etc. and that it’s being sorted at least. A lot of the interviewees were young and had just come to Korea or were short term residents, so it would be good getting the perspective of people who have lived here longer. I know a lot of Korean Americans who have lived here a long time and they have a different outlook- you learn with experience and time! Keep it up 😊❤

[@avocadot0ast0111]

I feel like Korea has changed a lot over the years, but I do think that the older generation can be rude here and lack manners. Even driving here is different and people are much more rude than driving in some Western countries. In general, Western countries have better developed manners while in a country like Korea they focus more on respect.

[@internette7229]

Right on. I should also add that People in NYC or Philly smile at random people. Not even in Boston (I've lived in all these places). Korea is quite urbanized overall, and Seoul is especially so. It's about living in a big city, not about Koreans being rude. And I can't believe that she's thinking saying "bless you" is or should be a common practice all over the world, and not doing so is being rude. But she's super young, so I'm not gonna say much. She will learn what diversity is in the years to come--not just in racial terms but also understanding how customs can differ in different places.

[@ko-Daegu]

"bless you" exisst in a lot of countries around the world

[@xin8929]

@@ko-Daegu I think they meant the customary of saying “bless you” when someone sneezes. It’s not really a thing in Asia unless you speak English

[@ampa4989]

I agree. Koreans were some of the kindest people I've ever known. I lived there for a bit, and my mother came to visit. We traveled across the country and stayed at two different small hotels outside Seoul, and one owner drove us a half hour because he said my mother's too elderly to bother with a bus. Then in the second one, the owner fed us dinner and breakfast because we checked in so late that few restaurants were open, and she could tell we were tired. The next day when we told them we're leaving because we were just passing through, she tried to feed us lunch! I said there's no way we could accept so much generosity. At a third one, the owner gave us ice cream bars out of her personal fridge when we came in from sightseeing because the day was so hot, she said. A restaurant in Incheon made a simple dish for my mother not on the menu because she was having an upset stomach and little appetite. As a side note, I had a slightly unpleasant encounter with a Korean American hotel owner in Jeju. She was rather quite rude. In any case, Koreans love families and respect seniors. It is a very special place, especially if you can speak the language a little bit and venture outside Seoul.

[@wtsontvnic]

u should ask korean americans what they think of korean beauty standards. like do they feel out of place when visiting

[@maybritt6457]

No we don’t. We’re relieved because we automatically blend in and aren’t treated like aliens. Whether we conform to beauty fads isn’t that significant. I feel I belong regardless. In the west however no matter how long I have lived here I am always treated like a foreigner. Overweight white women are obsessed with my body and cannot stop making passive aggressive remarks about my body. If I could get away from that for one day I’d be very glad!

[@youtubecommenter37]

The answer is a resounding yes

[@maybritt6457]

@@youtubecommenter37 we think westerners think and act the same. They’re uniformly loud and believe they’re unique.

[@okazay]

We do, and Koreans from Korea can almost immediately tell we’re gyopo from our style

[@nicoleraheem1195]

@@okazay Interesting

[@theyuriii]

I lived in Korea for 6 years and half , and I would honestly say I prefer korean American guys open to everything and real to everything, and the fact the he says do u like me or like jimin , it’s sad actually cause I’ve seen lots of girls trying so hard to get an Asian boyfriend no matter what is he from just asian that would have 1% vibe of kpop idols , and I would recommend u guys to avoid these people toxic asf haha I enjoyed the video 👏

[@hannahwalmer1124]

Falas português?

[@theyuriii]

@@hannahwalmer1124 nop Morocco 🇲🇦

[@KangInSoon808]

As a Korean American adoptee, this was so interesting! I always wondered how I would be treated in Korea not knowing how to speak the native language. I would love to hang out with all those interviewed! 🥰

[@Wouahlala]

Dont worry people are nice even if you don’t speak well Korean. I have way more good experiences than bad ones

[@도리-w5o1d]

@@gillove189no you might tell with their styles but you won’t be able to distinguish by thier bare face and same clothes lol I’m Japanese btw

[@joon2611]

@@gillove189 아니요 교복만 봐도 일본교복치마는 더 긴경우가 많고 한국교복치마는 더 짧습니다. 그리고 미국에서 사는 일본인 중국인 한국인들을 구분하는건 어려워요....... No, just looking at the school uniform, Japanese school uniform skirts are often longer, and Korean school uniform skirts are shorter. And it is difficult to distinguish between Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans living in the United States...

[@shemac1482]

I had a Korean adoptee as a detachment sergeant on my forward surgical team and his vibe was so similar. Once at a training exercise we had a gather round with some command sergeant major to discuss expectations of the rotation. At the end another one of our sergeants turned to him and said, "the sergeant major was eye fucking the shit outta you. He kept staring wtf?" To which my detachment sergeant said, "he's probably wondering why I look asian as fuck and my last name is Bennett." I died laughing.

[@sc1217]

I love the adopted guy. He is funny and seems to have such a great personality

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

TBH I think all of them are adoptees only he said he was though I’m probably wrong

[@AmandaNicolexo]

Reminds me of a friend of mine, he’s ethnically Korean but born and raised in Brazil so culturally he’s a Brazilian. His mannerisms, his accent- 100% Brazilian. I think it’s so interesting

[@seoul73507]

The Korean adoptee guy was soooooooo funny!!!! I would hang out with him!

[@AdventurousDana]

Agreed! 🤣

[@adrianvasquez254]

Yup he’s 100% American lol I hope he stays in Korea., though. He’s a cool ambassador.

[@matth1641]

The dude with the white shirt was funny af.

[@Hiyeee]

Omg this is the best video ever. I am Korean-Texan and I relate to this video so much. Especially when I go visit my family in S Korea. lolol

[@kelseylelei]

i know its not the same but as an African American kid who grew up feeling detached I heavily related to this video. the feeling of being pointed out for being western without even saying a word is insane I'm always like wow - sometimes it feels like you could do it all and still not fully be accepted

[@TheDreamBlog]

It's good to hear Korean American perspectives finally...Thank you. And a polite request to gain more perspectives from Korean Americans who have lived here for more than a few months. I understand they're harder to find and detect.

[@AlbertKimMusic]

I'm really lucky that my grandma taught me Korean in a very early age so that I'm fluent in both, lots of people in Korea freak when I simultaneously switch without an accent 😂

[@eventplanner461]

Hi, first generation American here. And though I'm Cameroonian American I relate to this video a lot! Being born in the US, I do go through this thing where I'm too African (Cameroonian) to be American, but culturally too American to be Cameroonian. This is apparent especially, when I travel to Cameroon to visit family members. It doesn't help that I have an accent and can't speak French fluently yet because my parents never taught me, though I'm in the process of learning. But I learned to accept my cultural experience and don't feel the need to explain myself to other native Cameroonians. I will get those stupid whitewashed comments, but I just roll with the punches I guess.

[@catalinarossi]

That’s very ironic they say you’re whitewashed when they speak French a European language 🇫🇷

[@eventplanner461]

@@catalinarossi Lol, yeah it's funny when you think of it. But thanks to colonization French and English are the official languages, with a side of pidgin(which is basically broken English spoken in the accent). Thankfully, I understand that one.

[@asianamericancasestudies6434]

The identity by "where you are born" is such BS, and it was used by white people to justify robbing native Americans of their land. Always remember to support your own people of Cameroonian--the fact that black people are still being lynched after living with white for hundreds of years as "Americans," prove that you shouldn't identify yourself with "citizenship" or where you're born, just like you tell people your pet dog saying things like "I have a Chihuahua," you don't say "I have an American-born dog," do you?

[@BTheTrue]

Yeah but you have several ethnic Cameroonian languages not just the 'official' french in Cameroon. Can you speak your actual native language?

[@eventplanner461]

@@BTheTrue French and English are the active native languages of Cameroon. Those two languages are the official languages of the whole country. However, there are also languages separated by the village you are from. Bambili, is where my family specifically belongs to(I also have some Bamileke roots as well). As for that language, I can't speak it either. We also have pidgin which is spoken by a lot of West African countries. That is the language I can understand. However, my American accent is thick with that one so I don't speak it often. But I can understand it, and I had a funny moment where I caught someone talking crap about me in pidgin until I responded back.

[@dhsauno]

I'm a KoreAm adoptee and while I know we all go through very similar feelings of not fitting in, I get so heartbroken when I hear other adoptees referring to themselves as "whitewashed." I hope all fellow adoptees are able to connect with our Korean culture and embrace it without staying away from it due to past trauma. It's a tough journey, but it's so worth it.

[@propertymanager9149]

adoptee and diaspora/koreanamerican are completely different

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@propertymanager9149 true but there’s even some mixed Koreans that feel the same way as adoptees

[@williamegnever3831]

Do you like connecting your roots?

[@formerschoolguy1496]

I'd say I only know Korean at an intermediate level. But just because I'm descended from such, it doesn't mean I can automatically blend in whenever I travel there. At first, I stuck out like a sore thumb because I wore tracks or sweatpants. A lot of the locals were able to tell that I was a foreigner. But once I started wearing pants that look like blazers and imitated the Seoul accent, most weren't able to pick up that I was a foreigner unless they really paid attention. Luckily, most of them didn't. Still, whenever I go there, it's only natural that I can't help but feel like not only a foreigner but an imposter.

[@iamgroooooot]

I wish I have a friend like the guy in a white shirt. He's hilarious! 😂

[@brooKlynKiteflyer]

I myself as a korean american, i would totally want to live in a town adjacent to smaller city with korean nature surrounding the city. i love love love korean nature and country people and korean traditional markets lmao

[@411faithhopelove]

I moved to a small city 4 hours away from Seoul. I love it here. It’s never crowded…anywhere. We have mountains and the ocean isn’t too far away.

[@jdm4087]

Wow, I thought the girl was Ashley B. Choi, who is a former Kpop idol. She looks and sounds a lot like her. They're both from around the same area (NY/Jersey) too.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@russenterprise6502yeah

[@cee_el]

Except Ashley is like 30 and this girl is a high schooler haha

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@cee_elyeah but she’s in college actually

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@cee_elyep but Ashley don’t look like it 😂🤣

[@worshipthecomedygodseoeunk4010]

as an adoptee, when i tell people in korea or even in ktowns in the u.s., that i can't speak korean, or they start speaking to me and i just look at them with a blank face, they give me the most confused looks ever lol but sometimes they get really hostile. one time at a gs25 the worker threw money in my face. another time, the airport lady shouted at me to take the picture, first in korean then in english. in ktown LA, an ahjumma told me that i'm bad at korean. people didnt want to ever help me when i spoke korean, and they often thought i was lying about being from the states. but when i only spoke english, they always helped me and were much more friendly. i also get laughed at when i try to speak korean. so i tend to not want to ever speak korean around any koreans. when i stick to english, even if i learned a lot of korean, they are much more responsive. they still ask me "are you korean" but i lie to them and say no. telling them im adopted always ends up bringing a lot of hostility, shame and guilt. I want to learn Korean, but I also don't want to deal with that shit. So its a huge barrier for me to learn. Unfortunately, even when I refuse to speak Korean, some also hate that too because i guess in their eyes i have a superiority complex. sometimes i just want to shove a picture of my family in their face and tell them to fk off. I dont know how other Korean Americans who dont speak Korean can deal with this. I always wanted to befriend some but don't really have the opportunity.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I’m so sorry u have to deal with this. Hang in there it’ll get better

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

There’s lots of Korean adoptee communities on Facebook and insta and whatnot

[@phyllisloconte8780]

Very interesting take on this issue. I love Korean people as an American of French descent. My Ob Gyn doc a few years back is Korean. I miss him since he retired. Wish I knew more Koreans personally. Additionally I love the Korean dramas and series that carried me through the hardships of the past few Covid years. Bless you Korea!!!

[@wussrestbrook1200]

You are not french you are just American

[@sssparkle]

@@jamesnoh1999I’ll check it out 😂😊 I love k dramas. My fave so far, I do have a list 😂, is The Crowned Clown. I like the historical series but I watch all different kinds 😊

[@shaynewheeler9249]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GuranPurin]

The Koreaboo thing is honestly not talked about enough. I feel like American girls think they're doing these guys a favor by showing interest in them because of K-POP when that's all they care about. The image and "prestige" of saying you're dating a Korean when you really don't care that much about the individual at all. I was surprised when he said he didn't get that much attention when he literally looks like the ideal boyfriend for a Koreaboo. His only "flaw" is that he's American and Koreaboos want the authentic Native-Born Korean.

[@elangbam3115]

You are twisted there is nothing wrong with girls loving another cultures. It's not always fetish and if it's a fetish. We all have fetish and there is nothing wrong with that

[@GuranPurin]

@@elangbam3115 Fetishizing human beings is disgusting and if you don't see anything wrong with that, you're gross and part of the problem. If it was a brown or black woman being fetishized, you'd call it racist. When it's an Asian man, suddenly it's acceptable and fine.

[@aidennam4641]

As a korean american I agree with your statement. I had people who made fun of me and called me squid game man or bts. I had k-pop stans being so interested in me when I can't even name one person from BTS. We Koreans made k - pop for ourselves and we enjoy our culture but the world seems so see that as a very strange thing.

[@elangbam3115]

@@aidennam4641 you are wrong. The world loves K-pop and Korean man. If you don't fit the standards then I don't know but here in India, we love Kdrama and K-pop and girls really want to have Korean boyfriend experience and a lot of them also marry real Koreans from Korea. You just need confidence in your own heritage and cultures.

[@aidennam4641]

@@elangbam3115 that's not what I mean. K pop is made by koreans and were at first mostly for us Korean ourselves. Eventually k pop started to become more famous.

[@charach7855]

I guess this is life. When we are only exposed to 1 culture, we probably feel belongs to the community but our mindset somehow is all kind of similar. When we start to get exposed to different culture, it takes time to adjust and understand it but when we do, our mind kind of get widen up or we become more open minded. We start to take in both cultures and find out that some new culture is better then the old one and some old one is better then new one and these will effect the way we think. After we are living in both cultures then we become somehow feels like we are in gray area because we become the mix culture and the community of the old culture and the new culture cannot fully understand us. Well at least that is what I feel. The people that mostly understand me are the people that are in the same situation as me (in the mix culture).

[@wutianzhou9531]

Are you Korean or Korean-American or a different nationality?

[@lizzie404]

Great video ! Genuine question for the Korean Americans ? I like East Asian makeup but I never wear it and I NEVER tell korean Americans I listen to kpop because I don’t want to come off as a “koreaboo.” As well I’m learning Korean and I feel that once I say this it’ll leave a bad impression. Sometimes I feel as we all are labeled as “koreaboos” when for me at least there is a clear difference between someone who genuinely knows about the culture and someone who simply just likes kpop.

[@Yuunarichu]

I'm not Korean myself, but I'm a different Asian-American myself. It's cool knowing you want to explore their culture more. I tell you this, you can briefly mention your interests in the culture, the key rule is to never associate the individual with the interest itself. Keep it separate, show them things in your interests in relation to things you know about them. For one thing, I post on my Instagram TikToks of people not washing their rice, a sacrilegious thing in many cultures. You aren't aiming for anything/implying this is weird or whatnot, because it's such a general thing and not focused on a person for their culture specifically. Another thing, ask them about their culture as a Korean AND American/Canadian/Australian or whatever - as someone trying to make more Asian-American friends it feels nice to hear the dual worlds we grew up in, not the more foreign one being discussed. You're showing you're interested in learning more about their culture than trying to show you want to talk to them solely for the fact they're Korean. Koreaboos will just adopt a cultural aspect they don't have a full understanding of and project this on themselves to be more Korean. They aren't bothering to learn what goes into/the mindset of the average Korean, they only like it because it fulfills their fantasies.

[@Jjangbunbun]

just do what u want why waste life worried about what others may think

[@joon2611]

I'm not Korean-American, I'm just Korean,,, but Koreans often don't know what koreaboo is, so no one sees you as koreaboo even if they like K-pop in Korea...! But I don't know what Korean-Americans are like(?)🤔

[@sssparkle]

@@Yuunarichu interesting comment. And about the rice washing! I just made sushi rice last night and gosh multiple rinses plus soaking for 30 minutes per instructions. But perhaps it’s because it’s a thicker rice. Not sure. I’m sincerely interested in learning about the culture. I think for many- K-pop, K dramas. have opened up a window of interest & appreciation. That is good all the way around.

[@Kiesha-ov2ju]

The whole Koreaboo thing is so disgusting and I don’t get people that go out of there way to date an Asian guy only because of things they’ve seen in kdramas or kpop but also because of the whole “koreaboo” thing if your a non Asian girl that just likes kdrama or kpop your almost automatically seen as being a “Koreaboo” it’s sad as for me I like kpop for the music and kdrama because the shows are good now if I were to mention these to friends that don’t like that stuff they think I must be fetishising Asian people like what?

[@Kiesha-ov2ju]

It’s almost like it’s impossible to just find Asian guys attractive like you would anyone else and if I do “it’s because of kpop“ I will never understand this as I like every race and am in to all kinds of other music but for some reason liking kpop stands out as something bad

[@bluerose8165]

Yeah I know that feeling. I am also the same amd I actually wanted to learn Korean but bc of the whole koreaboo thing and the other stuffs it sort of made me back off. I still learn it but it just doesn't rub me right that I can't enjoy a language freely. I mean there are other languages that I am learning wich are French and Spanish and I like it. People who are genuinely interested in a culture can not even enjoy it anymore bc of all the extreme people that make everything seem bad.

[@darlenedevegan7401]

It's cuz Korean guys are so hot and most of them are beautiful! I've known this for over 20 years but it seems like America is just catching on now! and they're very clean and generally stylish unlike most American men LOL

[@darlenedevegan7401]

I think there are so many better looking Asian men than any other nationality. Especially South Korean men are generally very handsome. Almost pretty!

[@minionlover2742]

@@darlenedevegan7401 This is very fetishist sounding 💀

[@wonderstruck.]

Homegirl from NJ is hella suburban and sheltered lmao. Try doing that “can I borrow your phone 🥺” shit on the streets of a city like NYC. They’ll ignore you like they do the dozen scammers asking the same. Also being mad that people wouldn’t say “bless you” to her. An English phrase from a Christian history. In Korea. Absolute main character syndrome

[@Looshlee621]

The guy in the white shirt just emanates a cool personality

[@NaeMutt]

That's very interesting thing to me, actually we have had some images for Korean Americans or 유학생 in Korean media especially in the korean media (more Americanized fashion style, rich, handsome and cool etc...)but now I actually see them they look very korean (fashion, hair, make up... literally how they look) besides of white shirt guy ㅋㅋㅋ. that's very interesting to me

[@youSupaflyy]

It's kinda weird cause I'm a Korean American that CAN speak a decent level of Korean and can eavesdrop conversations and whatnot, but I'm also a total Texas-raised American sweetheart and dress/communicate as such wearing henleys and flannel and birkenstocks and shit. I'm even proficient in both French and German and have travelled to Europe a LOT so talk about identity crisis yeesh also, bro in white is a mood

[@squishyhanjisung7330]

1:55 i understand why people just assume he is korean LMAOO he has the style and the hair that is common in korea 😭

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah I’m sure that’s the only trend he knows outside of Kpop

[@Mrs_JK]

"Do you like me or do you like jimin" I bursted out laughing at that part 🤣

[@alexpaik2983]

I have so much social anxiety going out and attempting to explore Korea on my own because people have the expectation of me being fluent in Korean. I'm afraid of the judgement I'll recieve for not knowing the language, and it sucks because one of the biggest reasons I'm here is to learn more about my culture and work on my fluency. I grew up in a Korean household back in the states, so living here has been reminescent and unfamiliar at the same time. I love the food, the history, all the places, but blending in as a KA has been a double-edge sword. I understand there are people that are nice and accepting of gyopos, but it's still very intimidating. Sometimes I wish I was just a straight-up foreigner, so people can at least automatically assume I don't know anything.. Anyone else feel this way?

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

All I can say it just go for it. I know ur scared but maybe before u go visit some Korea towns and go on social media and make some half Korean friends or something. Unfortunately wish someone could tell me the same about Mexico and Spain.

[@ElwynnForest]

I’m Korean American and also part of the Air Force family and when I went there due to PCS to Osan, it was very interesting 🧐 because though I was American 🇺🇸, my own American military buddies would cat call me in Korean thinking I’m a Korean girl. Or they’d say things like, “Anyeong ha se yo!” “You’re English is so fluent!” 😅 Also I worked at a Korean company (a popular K Clothing brand in Gangnam) and let me tell you, even though my Korean was fluent, I didn’t know the cultural mannerisms and company culture so was always looked at differently. Like in America, you can go directly to your supervisor or boss to ask a question and discuss things. But in Korea, you need to discuss it with your fellow employees and not even bring up the issue to the supervisor because it would be “bothering her.”

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@ElwynnForest yeah usually Koreans outside of Korea or foreigners in general are called Gygopos

[@kimberlykaminski2115]

Great to see a Korean adoptee here! I'm also from south Jersey and Korean adoptee! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@sydneykowalski1272]

I relate to that guy that is Korean adoptee, I’m a Chinese adoptee and i totally get it, when I was in china I felt all the same things as him

[@Yan.808]

white dude shirt has me dying the whole video😭

[@nicoleonpolef1926]

fav character, he need his own KZbin channel

[@RecreationGamingTV]

Agreed.

[@K-newborn]

@@zen42208 I like he too sides with his white friends and identifies as american, no officer i dont know those gangmembers

[@Fari-100]

Yeah, he cool as hell 😅 I think he's well grounded now despite the little identity issues he might have grown with. Good attitude laughing about it. But he might not realize how unique and really cool he is 👍🏽

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@Fari-100exactly

[@linguaphile808]

Super interesting watching the 교포 video first and then this one. You can't plop yourself down in Korea and expect to magically soak in the traditions, culture, and language just because you have Korean blood. You have to want to be there to connect on a deeper level. The girl mentioned that she's used to saying stuff like "bless you" after you sneeze. That's not a Korean custom. It doesn't mean that just because people aren't saying, "bless you" that they're going out of their way to be rude.

[@jellyjelly8525]

Jerry is so calm and gentle when interviewing! I love your soothing voice !!

[@alanterry8679]

I love it! The vibe in this video is so chill😎🙌

[@lodeci]

“Do you like me or do you just like Jimin?” 😭😭😭

[@lea9977]

My ex said his mom married an American during the Korean war and she came to America to California. Guess later on, she met a Korean man in America, who wooed her away from her marriage, where she had to biracial children, and basically abandoned them to start a new life with the Korean man. They got married, and had my boyfriend, who was a 1st generation Korean American. Their home life was so broken though. He spoke about the abuse in the home, and their loveless marriage, and how she wanted to leave her new husband but refused to for a very long time. Anyway, my ex felt so much guilt for his dad taking his mom away from his half siblings, that years later, he moved to Houston and lived with his half brother.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Dang that’s so sad

[@sdubs]

"not the philly area, but the shore." hahahahahaha

[@hihellokitty85]

Her hair is dyed, not natural blond. It's very easy to tell. Not sure why some got confused.

[@Hqkskrinf]

I find Korean Americans to be chill and fun to hang out with but I also see the kind who expect they receive some sort of elite status just because they can speak English. They are the obnoxious kind who like to brand themselves as foreigners and use that as an excuse to not respect Korean culture or behave according to Korean societal norm. Coming from a full-fledged Korean living abroad.

[@JN-ny3ky]

100% !!

[@nsekma6780]

Its interesting to see other peoples experience resonates with you. I find it hard interacring my extended family and peopsle from back home but also i cant 100% relate to the people where I live. Side note why do the Americans like to say "like" after every single word?

[@Shining3737]

It’s a filler word. A bad habit. But also, every language has some sort of filler word or sound but it depends on how bad your habit is I guess

[@KevinSmall]

White shirt dude for the win LOLL

[@emzet_]

I guess it was random, but it’s nice to see adoptee representation in these kinds of videos:)

[@HereGoesKevin]

Bro they are Korean Americans living in Seoul, Seoul is not the embodiment of the whole Korea. I'm a Korean American living in a smaller City, I live in Gumi where there is no Subway and it's literally like most areas in America where you have to travel car by car, it's frustrating that there's no Subway here. I came here to Korea back in 2019 from NYC, My Korean is way better than when I first came here, I think it's because I lived in a smaller City and you are really going to be forced to be more assimilated to the Korean culture & language, I wish I had friends like you and like the guy in the white shirt 😆 I rarely use English here in Gumi unless I'm on the internet or talking to fellow americans which rarely happens cause most foriegners are in Seoul or Busan.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah but most Koreans think the U.S. is just LA and New York and such

[@saintseer9578]

3:39 oh bro straight from California “yeah hella” 😭

[@iSee109]

I like the Korean dude. He kept it real.

[@iSee109]

Actually, I like both of these Koreans. The girl said some really true stuff. Then again, I would guess the dude is Japanese. And the other dude who was mostly quiet seemed pretty much over Korea.

[@tisser-k9d]

@@iSee109 They are americans.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

They’re Americans bro

[@thandotshabalala5041]

“Everything is like a fun fact.” Dude in the white t shirt funny af 😅😅

[@pinkypilot]

Now this is one funny interview. The guy from N Jersey is hilarious!

[@cassydominick7438]

Guy in the white shirt "DO you like me or JImin" LOL !! He's hilarious

[@meccacamille1218]

Yoooo my mans in the white shirt killed me with “YOUR BROWN” ❤

[@411faithhopelove]

I’m a Korean American, but spent half of my life in Asia and I’m also a geriatric millennial so my views may differ from younger Korean Americans. But 20 years ago, it was all about Japan, anime, sushi. You still have a lot of Japan lovers out there, but it’s mostly older people my age. Now seeing Korea get its own sort of fame, I really don’t mind Koreaboos. Who am I to judge anyway. I think it’s cool that people can get so into and are open to a culture completely different from their own. Living in Korea now for the past 10 years, Korea has really changed in a good way, in part because of all these foreigners. It forced Korea to open up and slowly change to accept people of all races. This needs to happen and I am grateful for the people stepping out of their comfort zone to learn about Korea all the while also teaching Korea about their culture (which is very much needed in this society).

[@dionpearse2377]

Those two guys are chill 😎

[@SnwBrdnSOB]

I am a Korean American and I travel to foreign countries a lot for vacation and I never wanted to travel back to Korea. I was in Korea for 2 years and being a Korean American with my Korean language not being 100% you get judged a lot. Being an Asian that doesn't speak Korean, they judge you a lot negatively. People are not as friendly to yoy either. Now I will say my friends who were non asians, they got treated better.

[@musiclover6842]

I like the personality of the guy on the left. The other guy who said do you like me or jimin that line really took me out.

[@rubikscube6722]

Look how many people walk! Love it…so healthy!!

[@John-wb6jv]

You are in Korea, so they will speak to you in Korean. Also, being a Korean-American runs in a spectrum. Some stay connected to the culture and the language; and some don't or situation didn't allow.

[@John-wb6jv]

@Ashk3486 dude, the video is literarly about korean Americans. Nothing about white or black. Ofcourse, they won't speak in korean if you are white or black.

[@Frankygotdatbag]

It's pretty funny seeing what it's like for a Korean in Korea that can't speak Korean and how Koreans interact with them 😂

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Nah F’real

[@jungkookbiased2507]

3:25 I loved that part I don’t know why, it was so funny

[@eventplanner461]

In regards to Koreaboos and fetishization, it can go both ways. I'm a black woman, and I wouldn't want a guy to fetishize me for stereotypes. Like Hip Hop and Rap are nice, but I also like other genres too. Or the over-sexualization stereotypes with twerking, or big bums, titties, hour glass figure. Like yes all of those things are nice, but there's more. I'm a human being. So I can relate in that sense. No one should be reduced to their race, or nationality. That being said, just because a minority or POC is liked by another race it doesn't always automatically have to be a result of a fetish. If a person is attractive, they are attractive regardless of the race. You cannot tell me there is one race on this planet that has no beautiful good looking people period. Also, a person can just simply like K-Pop or K-Dramas, or just be interested in the culture/language. I got introduced to KPop by my friend, for example. She loved BTS and Black Pink as well as others. Personally, I didn't care for either groups or any of their songs. But she got me to listen to Monster by Exo, and ever since then I was hooked. And Kai was my favorite (cuz that man is hot and can dance his ass off). I also didn't care for K-Dramas until Squid Games, truthfully speaking. Then I got all these other K-Dramas recommended on Netflix and yeah I binged watched them, because they were good, interesting, and had amazing plot twists. Do I wanna learn Hangul, sure, just like I wanna learn French and Spanish. I don't like all Asian men, but if an Asian man is good looking and just so happens to be Korean unless his personality is crap there shouldn't be an issue. Kai from Exo is hot. So is the athlete Cho Gue-Sung, or Cha Eun-woo, Ji Chang-wook, Lee Seok-min, Kim Mingyu, the list goes on. But do I expect regular people to be like celebs, never. I also don't expect all Koreans to be good or perfect in all aspects of life. There is a whole other side there of xenophobia, rigid beauty standards, and an extreme conservative society that can be a bit off putting to say the least. Anyway, sometimes it's hard to publicly talk about these things with other people as a non Korean because I don't wanna be labeled as a Koreaboo just for liking Korean related things, whether it be music, food, shows, or just people in general.

[@eventplanner461]

@@jamesnoh1999 Right now, my favorite K Drama would have to be either Flower of Evil or Alchemy of Souls. This isn't a K-Drama, but the J-Drama Alice in Borderland is 10/10. That drama surpasses Squid Game imo.

[@eventplanner461]

@@jamesnoh1999 Alice in Borderland gets more intense as the show goes on. Episode 1-2 was the lightest. Nothing really happens until episode 3. I'd highly recommend reconsidering. I would say the season finale of season 1 and 2 especially, really messes with your head. Alice in Borderland is actually a dystopian version of Alice in Wonderland. I never heard of Sinner, but I'll have to check it out!

[@sssparkle]

@@eventplanner461 I appreciated your long post. I agree with the K dramas. Sometimes it seems it can takes 3 to 5 episodes before I am fully in. The ones that happened within two episodes are pretty rare and yet I get so excited that I’m already engaged 😂 I personally loved the crowned clown amongst many others. I think your recommendations are in my “to watch” list 😊

[@mikkokim5998]

I wish there were a few more interviewees of different age ranges and jobs/backgrounds. For example, someone who's there for work (not school) will likely have a totally different perspective. Or perhaps a Korean-American person who married a Korean citizen? That could be an interesting perspective. Though I get it's probably difficult to find people to interview. Thanks for the video! Nice work.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

There’s this Japanese one called Takashi from Japan and he’s interviewed many people of various backgrounds, races, mixed ethnicities, etc in Japan and in the U.S

[@nyasha3416]

Im in love with the boy in a white shirt.....his pulling me in

[@quaniggalusquangledanglema5774]

how old are you

[@K-newborn]

@@quaniggalusquangledanglema5774 im old and thought he was funny in a dumb teen way.........Koreaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i wanna go to the parks and suppport bacchus

[@DanielleBaylor]

I was just making a joke with my recently divorced friend. Like hey, you'll bounce back. Koreans are trending right now.

[@Papalapotato]

Hahaha the white shirt guy is too funny

[@microcosmos7]

The white shirt guy saying “Do you like me or do you like Jimin?” 😁😅😂

[@marymaranan3641]

My friend is also a south Jersey Korean adoptee!! What small world!

[@maxisatube]

I’m half Filipino half Korean but born and raised in America. I think I look more filo than Korean (curly hair, dark skin, short, etc) but Korea and korean culture has always been super interesting to me. I wonder what other people like me have experienced when staying in Korea, because I really want to go someday

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I honestly recommend watching the half Korean vid here

[@Jukuuuuu]

need a part two asap

[@merakim1824]

I would reconsider for the host making that comment about when the guy in the white shirt is saying there are assumptions made and the host said he could be Japanese, Chinese, they're not the same.

[@eternalptgmx]

white shirt kid is just a whole vibe lol i'm laughing

[@cherruchung682]

WHITE SHIRT IS SO FUNNY LMAO

[@DjKiller_B]

Like like like like like like like like like : this is how you know somebody's American like like like

[@sunshine1004]

I DIED LOL I started hearing people using "like" when I moved first to CALIFORNIA. Never heard that out when I lived in one of the mountain states. It was a spam interjection of "like," "hella/hecka" everywhere.. very frequent Guess over the years, it spread to other states too

[@joshuak8982]

I knew how bad korea was when I got discriminated as a Korean american myself😂😂

[@monologproject]

"I listen to Jimmy Buffett sometimes" 😂😂😂 That guy has such good vibes

[@nathanmerritt1581]

It soinds like the Korean American girl is not having such a good time in South Korea. She just doesn't really sound enthusiastic like the others. And complains more to.

[@cocaineminor4420]

I swear it's always the Korean American girl having a hard time in Korea

[@Naruto-bp6hm]

korean society is more harsh on women than men. also if you're born to korean immigrant parents youre expected to be more aware of the culture and customs so you can't pull the 'foreigner' card like most other people. i wish people did more interviews of asian americans in korea than the same obviously non-asian foreigners all the time. we have our own experience because we're the mix of being raised in an asian household but growing up in a western society but no one ever cares because they think that just cuz you're asian you won't be treated that differently.

[@Naruto-bp6hm]

@@გმადლობთ 남자는 2년동안 복무를하고 남은 인생에 남성을 편애하는 사회로 돌아가게 됩니다. 사회기대를 말하는겁니다. 여성들은 사회적인 압박에 더 많이 직면한다는거 부정할수없는거죠. 내 여사친들이 가족 모임 가고 아들이 아니니까 다른 가정꼐서 무시를 당할때가 넘 많습니다. 한국 여성들은 수치심 받지 않고 싱글맘이나 성회롱이나 낙태에 대한 이야기하는 게 편해요? 아이돌중에도 이중잣대 있어요. 여성 아이돌이 몸무게를 신경써니까 몸도 망할때가 많고 대중이랑 네티즌한테 남자들은 특별한 것들에 대한 비난이랑 악플 받지 않는 반면은 여성들은 많이 받죠. 이런 기준이 여성보다 남자한테 더 느슨하잖아요. 그 직업환경은 남자들이 선택해서 하는 것입니다. 그리고 그런 직업환경은 누가 만든거죠? 여성들이 만든거 아니잖아요.

[@maybritt6457]

@@cocaineminor4420 In all frankness, she doesn't sound like the most analytical person. None of her answers sound well thought out.

[@잡았다요놈-y9w]

@@Naruto-bp6hm 도태녀 ㅎㅇ

[@TropicalPianist]

On the road to great things

[@Pamela-zv1ln]

A little overwhelmed 👍👍

[@claudialinton-martins1133]

Loved this interview

[@박종혁-x7s]

that korean looking guy literally looks like Super Korean and he just mentioned that he knows few korean words but I could here his Korean accent when he was interviewed. chaotic..

[@Shaw2184]

dude in the white shirt is hella funny.

[@sammysworld5485]

As a Korean American, I haven’t been back to Korea since I was five but when I ask my older brother about his visit back to Korea he always tells me not to go bcz Korean ppl are mad rude.

[@411faithhopelove]

Nah, I feel like older Koreans in the states are way more old fashioned and rude than Koreans in Korea. Like they took the old Korea with them and stayed like that. Even the way my mom speaks is super ghetto compared to the way people speak in Korea. I was shocked when I came here and realized that Koreans weren’t all like my family lol.

[@suchhun]

Food seems cheaper because they got that "American money" 💵. Korea is expensive for fruits&veggies

[@K-newborn]

asians in america have orchards and gardens on a 2 story property

[@djmeredith6520]

I enjoyed shopping in Seoul, and living in Marriott Dong Da Men. But I cannot imagining life being a Korean living in Seoul, after all, we have all watched the movie "Parasite". The social hierarchy is a serious problem in korean.

[@Mel-rj3tj]

This one wins the funniest video for the year 😂 Korean Twinkie wins 🎉

[@user-bn8tk4md6b]

0:58 that's so racist bruh he looks Korean straight up! Just coz YOU can't tell the difference doesn't mean all east asians look like

[@munax-pd9tu]

He could easily be Chinese

[@MrXyzasdf]

@00:16 He probably just recently moved to California, because no native Californian would refer to their State as Cali.😂

[@Emyrtemoc]

Cali or West coast is the term. Cali native here.

[@daeyounglim1310]

To be fair though, those merchants in Seoul subways don’t give two shits about whether you can speak Korean. They *will* try to rip everyone off if you come off naive 💀

[@jordy8g]

The guy in the white shirt is so american bro 😂😂😂

[@AhloiFTW]

White shirt guy carried the american spirit the best haha

[@DulyNoted505]

Well, like, you can, like, tell, like, he’s, like 💯 AMERICAN!!😂😂😂

[@darlenedevegan7401]

I'm from California as well yes, very chill.

[@baddie21358]

99% of women in california don't care about Asian men

[@Narywho]

Dude in the white shirt got me crying 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@DMZ509]

Being a native Korean, I can definitely say Koreans take huge huge pride in being Korean. It is because if the long and proud history of the nation. If you do the study you will find out we were like no other country in the world. That is the core that holds this country together , and actully is the cultural mental powerhouse of the nation. If I can try to honestly explain, if you have some kind of genetic Korean in your blood but dont have these core historical knowledge in you, it will be a bit, not disappointing, but it feels kind of wierd and sad, almost. Because it feels like you are missing out on the greatness of your identity. So be proud. I know you are whitewashed or whatever but u can be proud because you have Korean in you. As a kid I had chance to take all three of the Korean, US history and World history classes, but dont be fogged out. You will be amazed.

[@ball3067]

This wanna make me go to Korea

[@gabriellep9866]

👍Your content is always interesting.

[@justicewillprevail1106]

I’m Chinese from Taiwan. When I go visit Taiwan, ppl always try to rip me off as soon as they know I’m from America too. Especially like taxi drivers.

[@cee_el]

But you said you’re from Taiwan?

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@cee_elyeah but there are some Chinese living in Taiwan