Few days ago one of my foreign friend ask me about “Your country is about to breakout the wars between South Korea and North Korea and why people so quiet?” He ask me about “Why? South Koreans also quiet and they don’t care about it.”

It’s a question that foreigners ask me a lot: “Why are Korean people curious about other people’s blood types?” ‘Psychology based on blood type’ is popular in Korea. The basic idea of this theory is that each blood type has a special personality associated with it. Here are some basic [...]

Today we are going to introduce one of Korea’s representative dishes… Ramen. Ramen is not a traditional Korean food, but following the entrance of instant ramen in the 1960’s Korea has now become the world largest producer of instant ramen. Korea not only produces a large amount, but there is [...]

There are several distinct features of a Korean style Marriage. The main feature is that a man covers more expenses than a woman. Traditionally once people get engaged in Korea, men are supposed to take care of the housing and women are supposed to buy all the stuff that goes [...]

There are a lot of shops in Korea that are open 24/7. There are a lot of stores that stay open 24/7 like convenience stores and Laundromats, but the most appealing places are delivery restaurants that stay open 24/7. There are a lot of restaurants in Korea that deliver food [...]

The rules to this game are very simple. You start from one and take turns shouting out numbers consecutively, but for numbers that have a 3, 6, or a 9 in them, instead of saying the number you have to clap. Also for numbers like 33,36, and 39 which have [...]

If you date a Korean, it can be a very interesting experience. When dating a Korean, there’s a lot of pros and cons, so people often say that sometimes it’s difficult to get used to the differences. Let’s find out what are some pros and cons of dating a Korean. [...]

Once something becomes a trend in Korea, it quickly spreads throughout the whole country. Of course, even in America trends last for a while. For example, in the 90’s GAP was popular then in the 2000s Abecrombie was famous in the East and Holister in the west. However, in Korea [...]

There’s at least one of these on every street you go to in Korea. They are lined up side by side, especially in crowded areas. They are stands that sell Koreas representative street food, 떡볶이 Spicy rice cakes, 튀김 fried foods, 순대 intestines filled with noodles, and 어묵 fish cakes [...]

Nowadays the majority of Korean people use smartphones equipped with 4G. Since people do a lot of things with their phones, you can easily see Korean people holding their phones at subway stations or bus stops. And it is all thanks to the fast internet speed. Wherever you go in Korea, [...]

Korean people enjoy drinking. When drinking, Korean people always play games. Learning a couple of these games will come in handy. Let me introduce one Korean drinking game. It’s 007 game. Practice a lot and try out with your Korean friends.  

Noe Alonzo is a YouTuber who loves Korean life and Koreans. He talks about a variety of situations in Korea that foreigners are surprised about. He went from Texas to Korea in 2011 to teach English. He has a Japanese girlfriend, so he wanted to go to Japan. But they [...]

Korea’s university system is quite unique. Let’s discuss some of the unique points of Korea’s university system. – Almost 80% of high school graduates go on to attend college. So naturally there are a lot of students in most classes. On average, there are about 30-40 students in each class. [...]

Korean people consider it rude to blow their noses in front of others. So when they do have to blow their noses they usually go to the bathroom or to a place without any other people. In a situation where its uncomfortable to blow their noses, Korean people just hold [...]

Foreign people often regard Korean names to be very unique. Many people share the same last name, and their first names are very shot. So it is usually hard for foreigners to pronounce and remember Korean names. 1. last names are passed down from fathers to their children. When parents [...]

Step 1. First, strike up a conversation. Korean people really like foreigners. There are a lot of Korean people who want to make foreign friends. Just go for it! Even If you start up a conversation on the street using awkward Korean, you can still easily make friends. The easiest [...]

Steve Miller might be the second famous foreign blogger in Korea. He was born in Arizona, and lived in Kyeonggido, Korea. He teaches English to university students. At first, he was called Bruce Willis because he looks like him, but now, students called him ‘Professor X’ after the X-Men. He [...]

Even though Korean people may like something, every now and then they have the tendency to pretend that they don’t Let’s take a look at some examples. Here, we have a group of friends who are working on a school assignment.  

Maybe Michael Aronson(마익흘) is a famous foreign youtube user in Korea. He is an M/V producer who makes variety parody M/Vs. Many Korean people celebrate his M/Vs. His first M/V of Korea is The Kim Yu-Na Song. He gained popularity from the Seoul Subway M/V. He said that the New [...]

There’s something you can often see when you walk on the streets in Korea. That is, guys carrying girls’ purses. Why on earth do Korean guys carry girls’ purses?