Culture Shock From Living In Korea?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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