What's Your Biggest Culture Shock in South Korea? 

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

I agree, other vids are usually people from USA so it was nice to see a difference 👍🏾🇬🇧

@@keturahleecoulibaly9267 THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

@@basugunja I see. Though I was only agreeing to the comment that it's nice to see people from other countries in the video, but I understand your point too as i went to a uni with mostly south asian students and they dressed very well. 👍🏾

For me, it’s three QTRs and so the year is over 15,000 at 12credits. Thankfully I have my Veteran benefits covering it. 😅

Their average income is also half of the US. That matters a lot. Though the cost of living is cheaper in many ways.

no frs i was shocked i was like i wish i would be paying that 😭

I can have only 2 courses in the semester for that amount 🙂

Agree. I WISH uni was that "expensive" in the US. 😢

as a French, you were really lucky to have a random person helping you with your big luggage. It's really unusual especially in Paris.

​@@pikoche6406 maybe he was a tourist? I donno, when i travel i help people with the luggage if they allowed me, especially staircase, because i had similar experiences with my luggage being so heavy for me before. And they might not know that i am only a tourist 😊

Yes, that was generalized bullshit.

Yes. They must have had bad relationships and thought that it was normal. It definitely isn't normal and especially not in all Europe. If you like someone, you don't date anyone else. But when you don't really like them and you keep them around for "the benefits"...

And I thought I was crazy for strongly disagreeing with her (living in Germany also)

She said she's from Canada in the intro, but then speaks for Germany and all of Europe because she moved to Germany or something? I think that said more about her than Germany...

That's actually not so strange , in Germany in the fifties Korean came as contract workers. And the Korean community in Germany is the largest from Europe. So Germans citizens are used to Koreans . Like in the Netherlands we are used to Indonesians and Caribbean people , the Dutch colinezed them over 300 years. And we had contract workers from Turkey and Morocco. Maybe we feel connected ? And the culture is not strange to us ?

Germans are everywhere

@@lotusflower3405 cha boom

And they all speak English so well!

@@slc4226 They do 😂😂😂

즉 자기주관이 없다는 것이고 자랑스러워할 민족국민성특징이 아니며 오히려 부끄럽고 수치스러워야 한다고 봅니다.

한국인은 자아가 없어서 바람부는대로 삽니다

Agree

Exactly! And they were just saying hello. And she was judging them for their pronunciation. It sounded funny to her so they were making fun of her. Too self centered to realise that probably the English of older people is just not that good - which is normal for a lot of non English speaking countries.

If somebody gets in your face … maybe not. I think she’s talking about people invading her private space when she’s on her way somewhere. Other girls have talked about Korean old ladies touching their hair and picking lent off their sweaters without introducing themselves. This is something that young Koreans also do not like.

Yup, also funny thing is she's the same type of person that would later complain Koreans just keep their distance from you.

Yeah the French aren’t known for their manners

So true…and he should talk to some plus size folk. We are not treated the same as skinny folk, especially if you are female. I can’t tell you how many times Koreans looked through me and my plus sized friends as they chatted up my thin friends. I can tell you no one ever helped me carry anything that I did not pay to have carried either.

I agree. It would be a very different conversation.

@@adeleennis2255 People assume that if u r fat, u r physically strong enough to carry heavy things.

In Korea ,or other east asian contries they love to subtlety brag ,,for status quo... The french are the most practical Europeans,,they know how to handle their money well, of they want Chanel or Dior, they just buy it without using credit cards. And if they want famous brands,,I think the french prefer to buy Chanel or Hermes.

@@VICTORIA-M-A yeah. I think the same that people love to brag. From what you said, French people do not buy much luxury items like Asians is it.

Sorry to interrupt but people in Korea are not that friendly some are but not all I really like Korea and Koreans are good looking but people are not that good there

Koreans are very racist to Indians...search on youtube

@@CW-rx2js yes they are also racist to Pakistanis as well

Same here❤😊

I live in Panama and my whole career is around 600 dollars so even 1000 would be expensive for me lol

Some couples are still ashamed of their public skinship, while others are not. It's case by case, and the atmosphere in Korean society changes quickly.. I think Not only the couple culture, everything changes quickly..;

When I visited back in 2019, I was shocked by the couple culture as well. While there was no PDA, the matching outfits were plentiful!! Boyfriends taking pictures of their girlfriends, holding their bags, etc. Couples in Korea become a blended unit.

I also didn’t see any PDA but an awful lot of matching outfits and boyfriends taking pics of the girlfriend too 😂 I saw more skinship between young guys

Couples hold hands and arms in Seoul in the streets as much as in EU in my perspective but in Korea you don’t see people French kiss on the street. Also EU men are more reluctant about being cute in public.

LOL, there’s many couples in Korea meanwhile it’s the complete opposite when I lived in the Balkans. There’s way more women than men so you mainly see many pretty, single women out and about lol.

Facts 😂 I'm from New York, went to Korea for study abroad. They do walk slow lol and its frustrating sometimes as we New Yorkers brisk walk too🤣

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

Canada everything more expensive than korea I am going to Canada this August. I paid 15,000 for tuition.

Do you live in canada or where do you live? I'm going to go to Vancouver.

@@user-bodyfulness Yes I live in Toronto! I have never been to Vancouver but I know it is more beautiful there. Enjoy!

highly recommend, I just left yesterday. Had a blast

@@RandomShowerThoughts im curious ...which city did you visit?

@@AriCarli I arrived in Seoul, stayed for a week, went to Busan by KTX train and then went to Jeju by ferry (took 12 hours). I took a plane back to Seoul and then left yesterday. It was a blast, I loved each part that I visited. For Jeju you need a car, I rented a bike and just rode around the country side.

@@AriCarli let me know if you have any questions

@@RandomShowerThoughts wow thanks :3

I’ve lived in SK for 5 years. It’s true that pple don’t hold doors, talk to strangers causally, or say thanks you or sorry very much. Edit: They do look down on foreigners but also up. The media here has been educating people in wacky ways so that fetishizing foreigners and stereotyping is very normal.

I lived in Korea for a bit, so in broad strokes there are two types of 'foreigners' those that integrate (learn the language, try to meet friends, not fck buddies) then there are those who lived in Korea for many years but can't even speak the language except for a few phrases. I found out the latter likes to complain, blame things on racism etc. Overall pretty chill country, not perfect but better than most i've been to.

They're nice to you if you are white .. if you are Indian or black, it's a different story....they don't even allow you to enter nightclubs..they literally have huge signboards outside clubs saying "No Indians allowed"

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

저 헬로우 말투가 딱 우리나라 할아버지들 영어할때 말투랑 똑같아서 저도 웃겼어요 ㅋㅋㅋ 무슨 뉘앙스인지 알거 같은…

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

as a european i don't think this is true,but it depends on the person

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

I was also wondering where those 6 euros came from. 😂

@@lilkirsche maybe she was in Till Schweiger's restaurant lol

@@Sabrina-nv5ge OMG 😂😂😂😂👍🏻

I'm from Europe as well and I was rolling my eyes at the girl too... I thought mutual exclusivity was what most people did while dating here

@@catalincc643 yeah. It was never a thing in Europe to be in open relationships that much, idk where she got it from

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

Yes 💕🥰 very nice

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

Ikr !!!

same in Ireland, just make eye contact and someone will give you a nod of the head or say well

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

Nice 💖

A bottle costs around 3-3,5 euros in restaurants. 6 Euros maybe for a noble restaurant 😂

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

Thanks a lot! I appreciate that.

Me too 😍🤍💜

THE INDIAN LADY SAID IT WRONG SINCE I MYSELF AM AN INDIAN WOMAN WHO ALWAYS DRESSES UP AND WEAR MAKE-UP WHENEVER I GO OUT. AND NUMEROUS GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA DO SO.

No she means that typically you would date someone a few times and get to know them before becoming "exclusive" and "in a relationship." But it's very different in Korea because there is no "dating" phase. You become exclusive bf/gf first and then get to know each other. Thats why you can hear people saying here that there are so many couples in Korea... and generally relationships don't last long just because to them a "relationship" isn't necessarily deciding to commit long term but deciding they like each other and want to go on a few dates and see what's up

You seem to sound very arrogant to me ( Westerners should learn from “ Asians” ) :( well Japan and South Korea are more advanced and richer than Portugal :) thanks :)

Not for wearing masks. I do believe in getting the immunity healthy. Because that’s what fights off infection. Also people need to have manners how cough, sneeze, yawn without spreading their germs. Masks hides the face and I rather see it.

I'm living in Portugal right now and I agree, I wish more people wore masks like they do in Korea/ other Asian countries.

I hate it too Sadly it's common, I'm a guy & find it disgusting

No it’s not normal here

She talked generalized bullshit. 😂Just because she does it, doesn't make it normal here. It's unusual in Germany.

Cries in £40500/yr tuition fee in the uk💀🫠

but how do you guys pay for it? did you take out a loan?

Why the hell is it so expensive there? Is it the same amount for all universities, or is it just expensive for the top tier ones?

I agree the acceptance that foreigners seek from Korea is naive. It's a mix of self entitlement for some. Those people believe that they should automatically be accepted because they either live or vist there and the Korean people should be grateful. Then there's people who just want a genuine connection with the people but fail to understand that it's not impossible but if you dont speak the language and understand the culture norms you cant expect much out of it.

And why do you live and grew Up in france if you dont hace french blood, its seems to me that you are Hypocrite, when you say that foreigners cannot live in france, but koreans if they can live in another country, what a hypocrite of you

I am a Jamaican living in Germany and I must and do accept the fact that I am seen as a foreigner. I think it is stupid for the Europeans to want that which isn't true for even themselves. It's diffrent in Jamaica because of the size of the island and the fact that the island was shared with two different race and culture before it was colonised first by the Spanish the the English. The English had brought people of different races and culture and all placed them there and some how they accepted the fact it is better to get along than to fight. They inter-married and shared their cultures over hundreds of years. And even though the greater numbers are of African desendance they themselves were from different countries in Africa spoke different languages and had different appearance. They had one thing in common and that is they will not be enslaved to the British. The others that weren't from Africa also shared this opinion but the Africans were the ones who fought because they were treated poorly. This common goal united the cultures and this is true " should you ever visit Jamaica no one would look twice ". It's more likely they would think you're Chinese because we have a lot of Chinese living there. First when you speak and the accent is out you will be welcomed. Everywhere you have nice and not so nice people, I think it's the same in Korea or anywhere else.

@@celianeher7637 Why Chinese? No European in your country should be looked as a Chinese because racially and even visually Chinese and Europeans look different totally. You Jamaicans should understand this.

You ARE European if you're: born there; and have a citizenship. Not being seen as French is pure unadulterated racism. Regarding Korea, just because you're a foreigner doesn't mean discrimination or second class citizenship is okay, such as not getting into certain clubs, foreigner prices, etc