South Korea

It’s interesting how the Korean media has influenced many foreigners’ perceptions of Korea and its people. I’ve also personally met many online friends who want to date Korean men and fantasize about having such a relationship. Wake up. Not all men and women in Korea possess good-looking faces like the…

Yet is the key point here. If you don’t already know, Apple has launched its Apple Pay in Korea yesterday and some 170,000 iPhone users can’t be more thrilled. “Users can start paying with Apple Pay at convenient stores like CU or GS25, coffee spots like Paul Bassett, department stores…

This agreement by the right-wing governments of Japan and South Korea is a gross insult to the Korean victims of forced labor, which claimed many lives, by Japanese companies during World War II. — Relations between South Korea and Japan have been rocky since the former (before Korea was split into North Korea and South Korea) was annexed by the latter in the late nineteenth century. There are many factors at play in the political tensions between Japan and South Korea, one of which…

I honestly don’t recall where we had lunch but judging from the photos, I believe we were near Sindang Station in Seoul.

That’s because the Koreans don’t like it. Says who? Says the news. Having lunch with coworkers is frowned upon by both the MZ Generation and older generations, according to a report by the Korea Institute of Public Administration. The findings revealed that Gen Z, in particular, had a more unfavorable…