Why not Hong Kong or Taiwan?

>>2667887
that's awesome, you can get a flight to japan from there for less than 200 bucks. I recommend Osaka.

South Korea fucking blows, dude. I spent a week there and even that was too much. Complete waste of a trip.

>>2667887
>ordering delivery in another country
take a walk you fat lazy nigger

>>2667915
Certain things are just better by delivery, like packs of bottled water or bottled tea. That's just a fact.
>>2667908
I'm here for work but I'm trying to make the best of it.

>>2667887
Uber got cucked and I think grab broke down.

Honestly ordering deliver in Korea is brain dead stupid with how many shops are around

>>2668133
Nigger there are supermarkets EVERYWHERE. Holy shit you remind me of my coworker who went there and only shopped at CU24 and No Brand burger, not realizing 2 fucking grocery stores were right next to him,

Where are you living. Spent a few months there over the years, going back here in a month, probably doing the DN visa.

What prepaid visa/cc did you get, most those apps will show where they have deals and point out grocery stores and such

>>2668139
>Nigger there are supermarkets EVERYWHERE
Regardless, liquids are just better delivered because of how heavy they are. If I want a stock of bottled water, cool tea, or milk I'd have to take multiple trips to the grocery on my bike and carry it up to my room. In Japan, I could order such things and have the whole lot delivered to my doorstep where I'd lug it a short way to my apartment.

>What prepaid visa/cc did you get
Well, none. I have a prepaid currency card from back home, and I was given a T-Money card on-arrival but nothing else.

OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE

You can order delivery, just call or get the app and use a local number. If you want groceries order from the supermarket websites. I ordered all the time without a bank account, transfer money to digital wallet.

Koreans are very protectionist about apps. Whatever you're trying to do probably has a Kakao app for it (their version of Google's suite), which you'll set to english and then scratch your head while 80% of it remains in Hangul for some reason. I've heard Naver is more friendly to foreigners but didn't try it.
If you're not as much of a fat cunt as you sound like, Korea is great for hiking and being outdoors. Even the major cities often have nice accessible hiking trails, I've seen them in Seoul, Busan, and a few minutes outside Pohang.
Locals tend to be quite reserved but your best option to meet some is to go to a restaurant, eat dinner, and sit at your table drinking soju for another hour or so after dinner. Last time I did that my friend and I had three tables of drunken salarymen all come join us to talk because we were the only white devils they'd seen in Pohang during covid lockdowns. Devoted bars/pubs that don't serve food are seen as more of a western thing that you'll mostly find in devoted foreigner/expat neighborhoods, Itaewon being the most prominent.
In general, Seoul and its environs are fed up with foreigners. Outside Seoul you'll often be a bit of a novelty and will get lots of friendly smiles if you learn to say "hello" and "thank you" in Hangul, but for the most part they never had a reason to learn any English and will just shrug any attempt at that off. If you're black, you're gonna have a bad time. Many places will straight up tell you to fuck off and not even bother to make up a reason.
If anybody knows more about Busan, I'm actually about to be moved there for work and it's one place I spent very little time previously. Tell me about the neighborhoods, cool attractions, etc.

>>2668916
Can you explain in more detail, do seperate groceries have different apps? What digital wallet are you using?

>>2669155
There is EMart, HomePlus, Gmarket all have online shopping and delivery. You can set up kakaopay or go to a bank and transfer money to the account number for an ewallet which I remember doing for gmarket. So even without a Korean bank account, my account on the site let me open virtual wallets with any bank and you go to that bank and give them cash and send a transfer to your wallet, then use that to pay. You can only take money out into your bank so only add what you will spend. It's been years but it might still have this. Anyway at least get a Korean sim card. Tmoney can also be used to pay at convenience stores too like a bank card.

Where the hell can I get more protein/meat here?
I looked for a butcher but couldn't find any near me. All the meat portions at restaurants are really small too.

>>2669624
I swear to god, people on this board are unironically retarded. Korea is a country with one of the highest meat consumption rates on the planet and you can't find meat there. Or even walk to a convenience store, of which there are several within a 2 minute walk from wherever you are, and buy a protein shake or a boiled chicken breast snack.

Planning to spend a week during new year in korea. Anyone's got any recommendations of where to spend the eve? Mostly looking for either a pubcrawl, party or a club thing. Any recs on what to do around Seoul are appreciated too.

I've also read that its likely korean clubs will bar you for entering for being white. Is this true? Are there good, reasonable clubs to visit (not Gangnam)?

>>2670601
>I've also read that its likely korean clubs will bar you for entering for being white

complete fabrication, I was there for 5 months and neither me or any of my several dozen westoid friends were ever turned away for that. The only time I was every stopped from going into a club is because I was wearing joggers and a tank top, they were polite about it and simply directed me to the "hip hop" club literally next door. The only "racism" I ever saw was some drunk dickhead GI in line with me being turned away because he showed his military ID. I don't remember any of the club names as it's been several years but just hang out in Hongdae and you will find plenty along with tons of people partying and drinking in the street to chat to

>>2670601
Can agree with other anon, whites are fine if you dress like an adult and aren't clearly a nuisance. I have seen blacks get turned away from places though, even regular restaurants at dinnertime that had served me when I was alone.
I don't go clubbing much but Itaewon is specifically known for being filled with foreigners. That's your highest chance of finding people who speak English. Last time I went about two years ago a friend showed me a New Orleans jazz bar there called Boogie Woogie where the band were wearing 20s outfits and singing old jazz standards in great English - but when I walked up to them to say I loved it and lived in New Orleans, turns out they couldn't speak it at all, funnily enough. Very welcoming area though.
During the day the main old royal palace in Seoul is a fun visit. The US embassy is right out front between it and the metro station, I almost got pulled into a weird pro-US political rally they were doing out front by a Korean man dressed as Captain America.

>>2670648
>>2670605

What's considered Club wear there? I'm from Latin america so club wear is just jeans/joggers and a tshirt

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How hard should you looksmaxx before going to Korea? I heard that lookism is a lot harsher there then even in the western world.
Is it advisable to get a few cosmetic surgeries before going there? I'm gonna be there for a year for work.

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Any particularly good local beers I should try?
I tried Cass in 2 flavors but it tasted like piss. There was another with a "lemon" flavor but it was more "lemon rind" than lemon.

>>2669624
Are you serious? Go to Korean barbeque. The real question is where do you find prostitutes

>>2670858
head to the convenience stores and check for the craft beer fridge. They will have some different types that are pretty good. Cass and Hite are both pretty blah. OB Gold is not bad as a passable lager. A good pace to look for are "Beer Marts" which will have a bunch of fridges with random bottles, a little spot for buying snacks, and then a room full of tables to enjoy. There are also a few brew pubs around that are ok that also sell food.

>>2673006
that has been in a huge decline as many of the old red light districts have been cleared and built into condos. Also the old double spinning barber pole places have closed up as the gals have aged out.

>>2673013
There has to be an app or something to meet them

>>2670807
if you're white and have a crew cut and beard you're golden

>>2673068
I have neither thougheverbeit

>>2669082
>if you learn to say "hello" and "thank you" in Hangul

Hangul is the script you fucking moron.

>>2667887
>Its been popular among ppl familiar about Korea or east asia that many foreigners won’t be back to south korea once they experience the country one time while they repeat Japan over and over again

How do you like korea so far? Do you feel you would come back to korea once again someday soon?

>>2673236
i wouldnt bother going back unless i had a girl who wanted to go and then i would beat it out of her and still not go
not op

>>2673251
why?

>>2673678
i've never encounted a more boring people before. all obsessed with social media trends, being as fake as possible, and they even manage to be rude and arrogant about it all too but i guess that's just the territory of those kinds of people

>>2673692
Oh you're american

>>2673694
nope
where every other country i have been to has interesting parts of culture and history around every corner, korea has an "instagram cafe" and a photo booth in its place instead. you can't escape the shallowness of that place

>>2673696
I didn't feel that way at all when I lived there (granted only six months but still). Maybe you get access to different things if you speak a little Korean?

>>2667890
>Why not Hong Kong or Taiwan?
globohomo shitholes, especially taiwank

I am actually living in korea right now. I fucking hate it. I hate how racist this country is and I don't understand my job. I have been told "no foreigners" at multiple places all over this country. I also got banned from reddit for calling korea a shit hole. I am not sure what kool-aid people are drinking to love this place so much because I want some. I don't want to hate Koreans or korea in general

>>2675165
Are you black?

>>2675241
I'm [spoiler]indian[/spoiler]
Blacks seem to be the exception to the racism funnily enough. Every black guy, no matter how ugly is always surrounded by at least 3 korean cuties.

>>2675165
no one cares about you bro ur indian. u lost the genetjc lottery, everyone hates you accept it

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Maybe it's cuz I'm working in the boonies but I find people to be pretty friendly around here.
About as friendly as random locals I'd meet around Kyoto. Nice and safe too.
Also pretty open once you speak a few licks of their language to them... I understand more than I can speak, but it's enough to chat.

There isn't much culture though. It's just a "city". A generic, non-descript city by a river. You could go all over the world and find cities exactly like it but they might speak different languages.

>>2668300
>water's too heavy
You sound beyond pathetic.

what's the new burning sun nowaday?

The best description I've got for South Korea is, it's like Japan and China were merged. This was the country that would be produced

>>2675475
alot of korean culutural heritage was destroyed in the war, the north was almost totally wiped from the map, but the south as well lost a lot of history both from the nips and the korean war. Those small villages shouldve been the kprean equivelant of some old italian village with roman ruines but its all wiped out

>>2668139
>probably doing the DN visa
I was considering going there for a week or two in July. Do you have some good DN resources for Seoul? Where are you staying, are you joining a coworking space, etc? Would be much appreciated as a jumping off point to research further.

>>2679753
hate these obnoxious retards who reply to everything without saying anything substantive

>>2679763
>>2673678

>>2673236
I've been there 3 times since 2016 and will be going back again next year. The first time can be a bit awkward but when you learn some basic phrases and learn how to get around easily it's great. I am a bit biased though as I went to an international school and my best friend there was Korean, so I have him as a local guide for at least a week every time I visit.

>>2680214
Kek I hate white women so much it's unreal.

>>2680214
What the hell are you talking about? I'm not even a woman.

>>2680284
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>>2680374
certified white woman moment kek

>>2680374
>>2680375
>Posts exactly one minute apart in an otherwise dead thread
I've rarely seen more obvious samefagging

>>2679753
is this place famous? I remember seeing "The Host" (2006) and the big thing attacking exactly where this pic was taken

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>>2680393
this is some 4D aznmasculinity tactic to discredit a webm they dont want you to see

>>2667887
Most people limit themselves to Seoul, Busan and maybe Gyeongju, Andong or the DMZ when they visit Korea. Don't make that mistake. Here are some underrated locations that I would recommend visiting:
>Ganghwa island
>Seosan and its surrounding area
>Suncheon, especially the wetlands park
>Tongyeong and Geoje
>Gangneung and its surrounding area
Korea is the perfect country to rent a car and just drive to random locations. Every city, no matter how small, has affordable hotels where you can get a room at the last minute so you'll never get stranded anywhere without options. People are also extremely helpful and hospitable if you make even the smallest effort to speak some Korean with them.

>>2680374
I honestly can't tell if this is a woman or a "woman".

>>2680426
>>2680375

Is there anything to do during the rain besides go to boring malls?

>>2680749
Go to a spa, get drunk and go to karaoke, go to one of competitive Tekken arcades, go to one of the indoor archery ranges, etcetera

>>2680777
So no.

>>2680841
Explain to me why those dont count and be specific with real reasons.

>>2680420
Huh, an actual interesting post. Thanks anon, I will look into these as somebody who has only visited the places you mentioned.

Was pretty surprised at South Korea during my two weeks there. Seoul has some fantastic hikes but apart from that, it's like a glorified SEA country.

You can tell they've only become a wealthy country in the past few decades. Behind the high-tech facade of the big cities, it's a bit of a shithole. The streets smell like sewage, trains/subway straight out of the 60s, older generation hawking up phlegm and spitting it on the street. The older population in general seem to have that lingering peasant mindset. Genuinely felt like Thailand but with a bit more money.

It felt like

>>2680890
I'm not even sure what high tech facade you're talking about. IC cards for the subway? What exactly have you experienced is high tech? Rest of your post checks out with my own experience here.

>>2680875
he's not your therapist.

>>2680890
That's what I liked about it. Certain areas of Seoul and Busan have the futuristic metropolis vibe but the rest of the country feels like it's still catching up to the first world.

>>2680878
One more addition. If you visit Suncheon, make sure you go to Naganeupseong as well.

>>2680895
I mean, a bunch of buildings in Seoul are pretty futuristic, like the Lotte World tower, . Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul Floating Islands etc. And then in general there is like the business district which is very modern and stuff.
Speaking of tech... I mean that is quite literally one of South Koreas biggest money makers and claim to fame so it makes sense people might think it is high tech only to find out it is pretty rough in certain ways outside of the cities and honestly even within the cities. Your perception changes a lot once you arrive and go to the toilet for the first time...

>>2680939
I never understood the toilet thing that people are saying here. I travelled through South Korea for 4 weeks and there were clean public bathrooms everywhere. The only place I saw those SEA squatting toilets was in a village near Gyeongju.

>>2680939
>Your perception changes a lot once you arrive and go to the toilet for the first time
What are you talking about? I was in Korea and April and the bathroom situation was a lot better than in Japan for example.

>>2680939
>Speaking of tech... I mean that is quite literally one of South Koreas biggest money makers and claim to fame
Absolutely wild to think Samsung's revenue made up 22.4% of the entire country's GDP in 2022.

>>2680950
>>2680952
What? Bro their sewer/septic system is objectively terrible and outdated are you all crazy? Comparing it to Japan, literally the best toilets in the world?
Maybe you stayed at nice hotels, but the average Korean toilet cant even take toilet paper and you need to put your used toilet paper in a fucking garbage can in the bathroom.
Like
https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20181003000213#:~:text=Septic%20tank%20problem&text=This%20makes%20almost%20all%20Korean,odors%20rise%20with%20the%20temperature.
https://www.seoulsolution.kr/en/content/2373

>>2680950
The toilet in my hotel couldn't handle toilet paper, flooded, and filled the entire bathroom with my shit. This was 5 years ago so maybe Korea has advanced a lot since then. Doubt it, though

>>2681099
>>2681100
I loved in Korea as an English teacher for 18 months between early 2022 and and mid 2023. I've traveled through the whole country but never saw one of these toilets where you have to throw the paper in the garbage. The articles you posted are more than 6, years old, maybe things just got better in the meantime?

good day cunts. i'm going to korea in october and have planned the following route and timeframe:

Seoul (5-6 nights), Jeonju (3 nights), Gwangju (3 nights), Jeju (4 nights), Busan (3-4 nights), Gyeongju (3-4 nights), Andong (2-3 nights), Sokcho (3 nights) = 26 - 30 nights

What ya think? is that a good selection of places? i'd like to try and see a bit of nature, not just cities. I can do this in sokcho right? any other places good for nature? i've saved a load of places on google maps so i've got a rough idea of what i'm doing in each place. ta

>>2682714
I would choose Suncheon + Naganeupseong over Gwangju and Gangneung over Sokcho. Other than that, it's fine.

>>2682738
thanks mate. what are the advantages of suncheon & Naganeupseong over gwangju? i was planning on going to gwangju to see that bamboo forest just to the north of the city, juknokwon? Ok, gangneung is slightly less north than sokcho, which is good for me. will be able t see some nature there?

>>2675165
>>2675447
>I hate how racist this country is
people around the world see how you folk are in your homeland and want nothing to do with you. They look at you like some National Geographic exhibit. You're gonna have to looksmaxx and dress how you want to be treated. If you are going around like a generic Pajeet with sandals on, no shit people will tell you to fuck off. I thought some Indians had high IQ

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>>2682878
Gwangju just doesn't have much interesting things going on. It's okay for shopping, and has the bamboo forest nearby, but that's it. Suncheon has the wetlands park, some beautiful temples, a great food market and naganeupseong which is a preserved village from the Joseon era (pic related).

Sokcho is only famous for the nice beach where couples go to watch the sunset. Gangneung has equally nice beaches plus some important historical sites. Both places have some beautiful national parks nearby as well.

>>2683003
thanks for the info

>>2667904
>>2683176
why does this one country cause so much seething among the weebs, lmao. no other threads get these kind of responses. you are actually, genuinely sad and pathetic human beings. is "liking japan" your whole personality?

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>>2683200
Incels hate Korea because western women love kpop and korean women want nothing to do with western losers.
It's literally this simple.

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>>2681177
Every other public toilet in Korea has a sign saying not to throw the toilet paper into the toilet because it can't handle it. Have you even actually been to the country or are you just making shit up for no reason?

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>>2681177
>>2683204
I enjoy taking photos of these signs because it's fucking ridiculous to have that in the 21st century.

I love Korea and will defend it against the seethe and bullshit spouted in these threads, but their plumbing situation is really third world tier.

>>2683204
>>2683205
Kek, maybe I just didn't notice. I've been carelessly throwing paper in the toilets the whole time.

>>2673753
SK is 10x the globohomo shithole compared to those

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How common are the cults really? Can one entertain them by joining one or two meetings or do they make it extremely hard to leave?

>>2683220
walk up and down hongdae street a bit on your own and they'll find you quickly enough. the ones that approached me wanted to take me back to their house to dress up in the traditional clothes and perform a "traditional ceremony". i figured this would mean leaving my phone, wallet, passport i had on me all out of my sight, in some random building in an unfamiliar area whilst being heavily outnumbered. if you're gonna do it then don't have anything on you that they can get your real info on and just use fake info. it does sound like good fun, just be very prepared because these kinda groups know all these little tricks and have been using them for decades, they are masters of psychology and make sure when you cut them off they don't have any forewarning or expectation that you will do that, make sure you minimum change hotels too or do it on the last day you'll be there

>>2683200
You think those people are actual genuine posters? Come on now anon.

>>2675447
I know you're probably just shitposting but as a fellow Indian don't bother with Koreans they are the most fake and disgusting worthless sacks of shit on the planet, even more than Chinese scum which is an achievement
The irony of them saying some shit to me and they see my nice watch and then treat me like God makes me laugh, the same happens to their women when I even flex a little they immediately stop being cold and then I tell them the truth
that they're disgusting whores, feels great
If you actually want a nice place to go america is pretty chill, of course the people in this thread are just useless white supremacists with no achievements in their lives so they'll disagree but the vast majority of Americans are nice
Japan is chill too, takes a while for them to warm up to you but it's not as disgustingly fake as Korea, they actually have a soul here

>>2683438
One of the most delusional Pajeet posts I've seen in a while.

>>2683456
Imagine being a 150iq master race Aryan and knowing a pajeet has more money than you lmaoooo your seethe makes my day honestly

>>2683467
True keep seething then, the fact that anyone makes your life more miserable makes me feel better, ty
>>2683468
Why do I have more money than you then, shouldn't your superior Aryan genes make you successful at any endeavor you choose?
Keep moving the goalposts tho faggot

>>2683471
like i said in my previous post, who gives a fuck about money? very perceptive of you, great reading comprehension mate.

>>2683507
Keep moving the goalposts until you find something you're better at (inb4 I'm white therefore I'm superior despite having 0 achievements)

>>2683523
How anyone can say white people are the superior race when they see British behavior is beyond me

Holy fuck this thread

Korean women:
>dress semi decently and you can attract them
>be clean shaven with a decent haircut (no balding)
>be willing to spend some won about 100 USD worth and the night is yours
>have a job and house or apartment that is 100% yours back home and it's a huge plus
There you can now fuck 80-90% of the women you come across

Living/nomad
>korea is stupidly cheap by western standards a 1 month airbnb easily under 300/mo if you book ahead
>food is stupidly cheap just learn a few symbols or use google translate
>getting around via trains kinda sucks but uber is so fucking cheap compared to other asian countries
>bars are stupid cheap though often heavily gatekept from military/TEFL people, once they know you aren't that it's fine
>internet is rock solid but the Korean firewall is annoying without a VPN or just changing your DNS

I always love people expecting Japan 2.0 in Korea, it's not going to be it. Seoul has some decent parts but it's much more glaring of a asian country with trash, drunks, and rudeness all scattered through all parts of it. The worst part about Korea is simply how hidden every little thing is if you're a tourist it takes some time to realize how to network and be finding events. Probably the shittiest part of Korea is the weather along side the men being straight up incel tier about how korea #1, many times you will think you are talking to the asian version of pol.

>>2668877
this so much this

>>2683548
Based summary.

Korea's the only place in East Asia I've not been to yet, I get the impression it's going to be the hardest to socialise in and make friends / get laid.

I feel like the guys are super protective and it's hard to penetrate any group even if you know Korean.

I'm guessing this all depends, like Thursday Party is going to be level 1 but I think anything outside of those foreigner areas are going to be quite hard.

>>2683706
Thursday Party is OKAY just know it's infested with plebbitors, not joking every single TEFL is there. Itaewon isn't much better but you'll pretty much find out what bars are good, if it's a sports bar plebbit is filtered. Good pub I forgot the name of there everyone is drunk on the job cheap drinks.

>>2683710
Isn't like 98% of all foreigners in Korea TEFL though... You get the occasional people claiming they are models or doing social media but that's it.

Other than that it's all students.

>>2683706
>I get the impression it's going to be the hardest to socialise in and make friends / get laid.
I experienced the exact opposite desu. I found it much easier to make friends and get laid than in Japan for example.

>>2683706
he's wrong though
>There you can now fuck 80-90% of the women you come across
80~90% of korean women have no interest in racemixing

>>2683838
also should mention that the it's the ugly, "neurodiverse" outcasts of both genders that racemix in korea.

>>2683246
had this exact thing happen, didn't have to leave wallet/phone anywhere strange though. paid in cash(3000w) for a melon as an "entry ticket" and got multiple bottles of free soju + random fruit/snacks. told to come back to eat tteokbokki at a restaurant but picked up this was a cult after the ceremony. told not to inform others i came here, asked about religion, told the food wasnt poisoned.
only information they took up was birthday and name and i haven't been bombarded with calls/texts like some foreigners online. was a decent use of time apart from the t-money credits necessary to visit gwangmyeong. would recommend if youre bored of hongdae(which i was)

>>2673694
I'm American. Lived in Korea for a few years. It was kinda cool pre, and early smartphone. It is globohomo central now though. The people are turbo-NPC's who live for jewish trends. They are currently experiencing psychotic feminism even worse than the west is. It's crazy as fuck. It was cool when it was still seedy and nobody cared about it.

>>2684053

I'm learning Korean language, art, and culture because it interests me... I first visited last year at 28, but I know that if I stop my school and go again I will probably be in my 30s... I hope I won't be too old, stupid as that sounds lol

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>>2683839

>ugly, "neurodiverse" outcasts of both genders that racemix in korea

So where can I find these girls then :D

>>2683462
Money can't give you good genes.
Your kind is rotten to the core, from the culture to the brain.
>t.negro

>>2684664
Doesn't matter I still enjoy life more than you + I make you seethe which adds even more joy

>>2684730
>enjoyment
>pajeet
you have to redeem one sirs

>>2684830
Still enjoy life more than you
Best part is you have 0 ability to take it away from me
Even more nice is that it makes you seethe internally

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>>2667887
>Ro3K in the OP
Funny you should post that.

>Going around Seoul with a bunch of bros
>A Korean dude whos a friend of a friend is taking us around
>He mentions the Han River while making small talk
>I go, "Ah does it have anything to do with the Han Dynasty?"... Just small talk
>He explodes into a 10-minute, incoherent rant about CHINA, and KOREA WAS MUCH BIGGER
>Literally pic was his face as he explained nothing to no one.
>... We go back to walking around

>>2684851
Kek, very relatable. Koreans have a type of autistic nationalism that you barely see in other countries. I do sort of envy them for it though as most people in my country are ashamed of our history because of muh colonialism and much atrocities.

>>2683548
did you / do you live there?

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>>2683548

Can you meet Korean women online? I see that KakaoTalk has open chat channels, I figure you can meet some people there

where are the prozzies in korea?

>>2685832
haha absolutely delusional

>>2685832
>Most Koreans don't give a fuck if it means it's a way out of their hell dystopia and a shot at a life the USA
Most retarded post in this thread. The biggest group of immigrants in Korea is native Koreans born in other countries (China, USA, Japan and Argentina mostly) moving back to their own country. When I lived in Busan I knew several Korean Americans that immigrated there because big cities in America (most were from LA, SF or NY) are becoming unliveable.

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>>2685902
Tard. When I lived in korea, I met over a dozen koreans who wanted to leave. When I lived outside Korea, I met so many koreans on working holiday who wanted to leave, but couldn't leave for long.
hanguk jiok
> According to a recent survey of 5,000 persons, 75% of 19-34 year old natives of the world’s 11th richest nation want out.
> Eight out of 10 South Koreans aged 19 to 34 viewed South Korea as “a hell,” while 7.5 out of 10 said they hoped to leave.
> 79% of women want to leave Korea, as do 72% of men.
https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/922522.html

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Anyone here learning Korean? It's pretty interesting so far

>>2685832
>Most Koreans don't give a fuck if it means it's a way out of their hell dystopia and a shot at a life the USA
Just complete nonsense, fucking faggot LARPer. Koreans talk about leaving all the time but very few of them actually have any desire to do it. And those that do still wouldn't leave their families.

>>2686033
There is a chasm of difference between wanting to leave and actually being willing to leave. 99.9999% of Korean women would be ashamed/humiliated to date someone who isn't Korean (unless you're ridiculously wealthy). There's a reason every foreigner is dating whales and uggos; the actual attractive, high SES Koreans won't touch foreigners with a ten foot pole. Stop shitting up the board cunt

>>2686033
>Study from 2019 by the Korean gender equality institute, questioning only 5000 people
I don't doubt that there's Koreans that would emigrate to other places, but let's not pretend that this study is in any way representative of the general sentiment.

Seoul has remarkable public transport. Frequent and affordable. The interior design/architecture of the shops and cafes is Kino af. Their coffee is straight dog shit tho. What the hell

>>2686088
>99.9999% of Korean women would be ashamed/humiliated to date someone who isn't Korean
Spend 5 minutes outside in Itaewon and you'll see more Korean women with US army nigs than you can count on your hands and toes.

>>2686169
Low status girls with no better options though. Or rebelling against daddy. I lived there for three years when I worked for the state department and got laid fairly often; even had a few real relationships...but pretty much none of those girls would ever feel comfortable bringing me home to mom and dad. The one or two times it felt like a serious relationship, she was bullshitting her family (he speaks Korean and wants to get married and live here forever and apply for citizenship etc...). The dumbass talking about Koreans wanting to leave the country is a delusional fat larper. Obviously they all bitch and moan about their lives (for good reason) but when push comes to shove they're staying and you're not integrating.

The only girls you have a real shot at dating in Korea are legit iconoclasts and social pariahs, and they have their own issues. Not worth the trouble anyways since most Korean girls suck in bed. Some fun memories of fucking tatted up whores with daddy issues but honestly the psycho bullshit wears you down after a while. Or maybe I just got too old for it, who knows. One girl I was seeing on and off, I complained to her one night about a new coworker who was a little too flirty and starting to annoy me. She legit suggested that I take her out for drinks and drug/rape her to get her to stop. After a week or so she texted me one night randomly like "did you rape that bitch yet" and started a huge argument with me about it. Fucking nuts man

>>2686193
Holy fuck shut up English teaching faggot who lives in itaewon.

If you can play along with some girls fantasies about the usa and shit you'll getting laid fast. No one is talking about marrying and having weird gook babbies

>>2686195
lol, keep jerking it to kdramas bro. no one is fantasizing about you fag

>>2686195
No one fantasizes about living in the US. Visiting maybe. You legit said you could fuck 90% of Korean girls if you shave and dress nice lmao. 90% of landwhales maybe. Idk why you clowns post about countries you've never been to. Fuck off somewhere else sexpat loser

>>2686169
>Spend 5 minutes outside in Itaewon
Thanks for proving his point. Only low-status tramps go to Itaewon

>>2686223
it's also not true either. such couples are extremely rare. stop responding to the larper

>muh hekkin pure blood loyal to Korea citizens would never race mix!
Lmao no shit the amount of mixed people in a country where it's like 95% asian a minority would be race mixed. How fucking pol brained are you to think it is different in most places?

Korea has a very hard time attracting anyone foreign to move there, live there for a bit and you'll understand why very quickly. This shouldn't even need explaining. Compared to how easy it is for Koreans to move to the US or Canada for getting rich it makes no sense

>n-no one wants to move to the USA
Again get off pol or int or whatever, plenty do but most seriously are paycheck to paycheck in a dead end job no one would give them the time of day. Most who can move out and up in economics, do it.

Just because you struck out with women doesn't mean everyone else is or that "well obviously won't date me because the race thing."

Go back to the Thursday Party Reddit cope meetups where people who are mid 20's balding and mildly overweight who REFUSE the gym because "Oh I get my exercise by walking and biking sometimes!' have to jerk eachother off with these ill advised statements. It's so hilariously obvious to see who is a English teacher that is a big YIKES there, or in the military (similar YIKES), or went for a week or two on a Japan visa reset, did nothing but Itaewon and struck out

>>2686359
kek at this meltdown.
weirdest fucking retard i've seen on this board in a while

>>2686362
>meltdown

Not sure you know what that term means there anon

>>2667887
Korean women are phenomenal in bed. Anyone else notice this?

>>2686359
>but most seriously are paycheck to paycheck
Talking about Americans I assume:
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-statistics-2024/

Again, seriously, barely any Koreans want to move to the US. Prime time Korean tv shows frequently talk about all the problems in America like the fentanyl crisis and shoplifting being basically legalized in many major cities.

>>2686157
>Seoul has remarkable public transport. Frequent and affordable
The Seoul public transport was what I expected the Tokyo public transport to be. Those Japs really need to step up their game when it comes to subways.

>>2686408
there's no point in trying to talk sense into that low IQ spic

>>2686409

This... I enjoyed riding the Seoul subway much more than Tokyo's, less complicated and less nonsense to get tickets. On the other hand, the best public bathroom I have ever used was in Japan, it was clean like a private residence, heated seats, varied bidet settings, and even had waterfall sounds you could play through speakers as ambience...

>>2686408
>this bullshit again
You know that ENTIRE "paycheck to paycheck" study if you even want to call it that was an online questionnaire that didn't do any kind of formal background check on the data to confirm and was simply, as your article states:

>Forbes Advisor survey revealed that nearly 70% of respondents either identified as living paycheck to paycheck (40%) or—even more concerning—reported that their income doesn’t even cover their standard expenses (29%).

Yes I am glad dogwalkers who browse plebbit helped really put out there what the real world is like via a poll

There's loads of fuckin tourist attractions on Jeju. What are the best bits? I'm staying for 5 nights in October

>>2686572
Definitely climb the volcano and visit the lava tunnels. The other thing I loved was seongsan ilchubong. It's better to stay in Seogwipo than Jeju city.

>>2686574
ahh i've already booked in jeju city, fuck it. i do plan on driving down to seogwipo though.

>>2686578
It's not necessary to visit Seogwipo due to anything that's there, it's just easier to get to all the main attractions from Seogwipo. If you plan on renting a car it doesn't really matter that much though.

>>2683838
>80~90% of korean women have no interest in racemixing
Where did anon say anything about impregnating a Korean? Koreans will sleep around a bunch unless you look like a stereotypical funko pop collector or some shit.

>>2686572
Jeju guide, from someone who has been there 4 times:
Must do activities:
> Rent a car.
> Stay near Seogwipo
> Climb Hallasan
> Visit Seopjikoji
> Eat jeju black pork
> Eat at the Shilla buffett
> Visit the Manjanggul Lava Tubes
> Visit Seogwipo Olle Market, and eat seafood
> Have coffee at a cafe overlooking the sea, such as 애월더선셋
> Have tea at the Osulloc Tea Museum
Cool stuff:
> Hike Geomun Oreum (reservation required)
> Hike the Songaksan Dulle-gil Trail, you can do this and skip the Jusangjeolli Cliffs
> Visit the Cheonjiyeon Waterfalls
> Visit the Spirited Garden
> Visit the Seogwipo Jeongbang Waterfall
Optional:
> Visit Jeju Loveland, the sex theme park museum (not that great)
> Bonte Museum is cool
> Yeomiji Botanical Garden feels like it's from the 1980s, it's okay.

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>>2686572
almost all of the tourist attractions on jeju are overpriced junk aimed at scamming chinese tour groups out of money so focus on the natural sights
hallasan, is not a hard climb but expect it to take a long time so have the endurance for it. im fit and it took me 2h 45 to go up seongpanak trail and then 3h to go down gwaneumsa (those are the only 2 trails that go to the summit). if you aren't gonna climb it then i wouldn't even bother going to jeju at all
>>2686653
manjanggul lava cave is closed until next summer. hallim park has 2 caves you can walk through there and is a pretty nice park to spend a few hours at

>>2686643
they have no interest in fucking foreigners either. that's what racemixing encompasses. keep dreaming though. there's a reason foreigners are famous for getting the ugly ones. they get the outcasts that get passed around.

>>2686670
>they have no interest in fucking foreigners either.
I am sorry you are balding or just ugly then.

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>>2686789
just the brutal truth

>>2686803
is this supposed to be a flex or something?

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>>2686886
the brutal truth is that whites get the bottom of the barrel, no matter how much you larp otherwise

>>2686893
If >>2686803 is a picture of you then lol. Hit the gym instead of the female hormone pills

>>2686896
it's not me.
white men get the ugliest, trashiest, lowest quality asian women. sorry the truth hurts.

So are these insecure Asian guys itt, or dick-measuring fetishists? How can you tell the difference, I get confused sometimes lol

Such cringe itt lol... Asian girls have that nuturing side to them and girly cutesiness for their man that I love

Not hating on other girls, but that's my experience and i like it

Anyone been to Ham Ham Pang Pang? Planning on taking a day or two from my Japan trip this Fall to duck in and give it a look.

alright, i'm going to spend 1 month in korea. what local foods should i try? i will eat anything

also, what do locals eat for meals? invariably that's the cheapest food, i'm money conscious and to a certain extent don't really care/mind what i eat

>>2687158
Unless you are seriously a poorfag 10 USD a day is living rather well in Korea in terms of food. Just look for 1+1 deals or No Brand Burger, ramen is dirt cheap too. I usually spend about 6 dollars a day during lunch and get a fair bit of food even as an american. Biggest money pits are just AMERICAN STYLE food joints that are fairly common around malls.

For local foods just go find some bento box meal at a grocery store they are fucking everywhere. Fried chicken pork bowls kimchi+noodles and garlic is also very common

>>2687158
>also, what do locals eat for meals?
Noodle soups, rice dishes, lots of meat and pickled/fermented vegetables on the side. They also drink insane amounts of soju during dinner.

>>2687231

Makgeolli is personally my favorite, I love having it during meals. Found it on accident when I dropped into a random restaurant alone and they served it to me in a big bowl. Korean barbecue chicken is also the best, and for the life of me I cannot replicate it in my own kitchen. Korean food is so fucking good...

>>2669082
Comparing to seoul felt like in busan the cab drivers took longer routes on purpose to get a higher fare.

>>2686668
>almost all of the tourist attractions on jeju are overpriced junk aimed at scamming chinese tour groups
I was in Jeju when Covid had just started and Chinese weren't allowed visa free entry anymore. It was great, I had most of the tourist attractions all to myself.

>>2687972

Why do the Chinese like Jeju so much, when they have many more naturally striking attractions in their own country?

>>2687984
They can legally gamble there.

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>>2687345
>With regard to the moral standards, it has to be said that the Koreans are not very strict when it comes to mine and thine, they lie and cheat and that's why they can't be trusted. They are proud if they have cheated somebody and they don't think that's a disgrace.
This was written in the 1600s by one the first Europeans to visit Korea and it's just as true today. Kinda funny, they have a beer named after him on Jeju (the place he was shipwrecked) so I thought I'd try it. It didn't taste good, the date on the bottle was a few months prior and I'm not sure if it was a best before or manufacturing date but I like to think it was a best before date so I'd at least appreciate the irony

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>>2688060
maybe someone can tell me if this is a best before or manufacturing date actually

Is Korea (Seoul) appreciably different from Japan?
I live in Japan, but looking for somewhere to go for the New Year holiday.
Right now I'm thinking either somewhere new in Japan or Seoul.

>>2688166
Seoul, though different from Tokyo, is still just a big East Asian metropolis. If you already live in Japan and you want to go to Korea for something different, you're better off going to Jeju or even Busan or Gwangju and their surrounding areas.

What apps do I need for Korea? G maps doesn't work there right?

>>2688228
Naver maps or Kakao maps for finding places and public transport. Other useful ones are KakaoTalk (Korean WhatsApp) and Uber.

>>2688228
are you retards too stupid to use a search engine?

>>2688322
naa too lazy and i'd rather interact with another human for information.

ya know, how we have done things for thousands of years. you ask someone who with more knowledge than you in the subject.

ya fuckin nerd

>>2688445
not him, but asking someone is slow and inefficient so the search engine was made ya dingus

>>2680374
>just one race the body count for that year is 40
let me guess, she is going to tell people that her 5 digit body counts is not a factor why no one wants to marry her and why she can't bare kids when she hits the wall and need a man to take her

>>2688452
i'm in no rush mate. i can wait. i'm not going to korea until october

>>2687158
beondegi (actual bugs)
dog soup (tasty)
seonjiguk (blood soup)
gopchang (intestines)
spicy jokbal (pig foot)
The cheapest food is at the all you can eat buffets, best spots are next to college campuses.
>>2688166
yes, it's different. people don't act like robots in korea.
>>2688228
naver maps, kakao talk, kakao taxi, kakao metro is the best subway app

My girlfriend is traveling alone in SK for 3 weeks. I'm glad she's opening to new experiences like that and enjoying life to the fullest.

>>2688460
Don't forget the fried chicken feet you can buy at markets, and the still moving squid legs with sesame oil.

>>2688481
She's getting railed yknow.

>>2688481
t. bong yung

>>2668300
You can't carry water but you lug your fucking gut everywhere?

>>2668877
OPPAI GANGRAPE STYLE

>>2670807
Nose job minimum if you want to be let in places nicer then where the bums eat.

>>2667887

Hows the Esports scene in South Korea? I would like to teach English in South Korea. I have a keen interest in their Esports scene. Being a gaming nerd in Korea while living and working there sounds awesome. Has any anon done this? The goal is to work, save money and game. Maybe raise a family. Korean women are top tier and take care of themselves and know how to manage finances. I'm hot as fuck so finding one wont be a problem.

I'm in the islands in the Philippines right now adventuring ffs, but thinking of flying to Korea, and visiting some schools, landing a job, and nerding out at some Esports centers. Do Korean girls game?

How do I move to Korea without being an English teacher AKA loser?

>>2692892
They have a "digital nomad" visa. You need to be able to prove that you're making more than 60k per year to be eligible.

>>2667908
Care to elaborate? I was thinking of traveling to South Korea cause I heard they like Americans but what sucks about it and where would you recommend instead and why?

>>2692926
>I heard they like Americans
what does this even mean? 99.99% of koreans will just straight up ignore you and refuse to talk to you. they're an insular people.

>>2692988
>99.99% of koreans will just straight up ignore you and refuse to talk to you. they're an insular people.
Where does this meme come from? Koreans are extremely social compared to other east Asians. I was there in April and had no issue meeting people.

>>2693106
they aren't but ok

>>2693156
Maybe they just don't want to interact with you because you're brown?

it's painfully obvious that the idiots bitching about the most basic shit are absolute retards that can't figure out anything on their own.

>>2681006
Samsung chiefs must be literal gods. I wonder what they get up to outside the office in the evenings...

>>2684494
not in the Water Closet

>>2694651
there's barely any jeets. in contrast to Tokyo, most convenience store and restaurant jobs are done by Korean teenagers, many of whom are qt3.14s. the main immigrant groups are Chinese and SEAs but they usually just do some dodgy shit on the side and keep to themselves.

>>2694651
I live in a touristy part of Busan and might notice one jeet family per day. If you aren't literally at the beach like I am you could probably go a week or two without noticing them.
Korea generally doesn't depend on foreign labor much at all, the other guy is right. Even construction workers and minimum wage burger-flippers are overwhelmingly Korean.

>>2694651
Really the only place you run into them with any commonality is unless you go specifically to the tourist spot/hub of the city, airport/train station hub, or Itaewon; maybe around a college where an exchange student(s) are but that's really scraping. Even then unless you're right by Itaewon or in it, the numbers are stupidly low.

You're going to run into 5 dozen US military or English teachers before you even see a jeet, muslim, or the like. Its no joke that if you want to be one of the only if not the only white guy in town, just go to middle Korea.

>>2694702
>>2694699
>>2694651
This is actually not true, there are a considerable amount of jeets in Korea, but they aren’t convenience store workers like they are in Japan.
Jeets in Korea (along with other third worlders, like nepalis, North Africans, central Asians, etc) are mainly brought over as migrant workers, so you don’t really see them that much in big cities like Seoul or Busan,
However they are very very common in more rural/countryside parts of Korea where they are basically indentured servants, I remember seeing a lot of them in rural Gyeonggi-do and gangwon-do.
Even in the more mid-sized cities too, Ansan is famous for having a shit ton of jeets, Anseong had some central asian/russian hijabis, even somewhere big like around Suwon station is basically like new Delhi nowadays.
If you want that real Korea no-jeet experience it’s better to live in a less popular place like nowon-gu or dongnae-gu in busan then to go to the rural areas

>>2694651
I saw some jeets in a small factory town about an hour from Seoul, but nowhere else. There's some Vietnamese and Philippina women working as cleaners here and there and large Mongolian guys working construction. None of these groups are permanent residents though, they work for a few months and then go back to their own countries m

>>2692739

I am an English Teacher who games with my girlfriend constantly. It's possible, but Korea is not for the feint of heart. Don't expect anything to come easy.

>>2694649

The train stations make most places pretty accessible, but they run most effectively along the west side of the country, running quickly from North to South. Busses and taxis are pretty reliable and I used them for years before I got my car there.

I reccomended Boryeong. It's a sleepy beach town on the west coast. Perfect during the spring and summer. Easy access to everything. The winters are harsh though, dry biting cold. The people are friendly enough.

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People who lived in Korea, would you consider staying there permanently? Why / why not?

>>2695845
no, it's hostile to foreigners

>>2695971
>no, it's hostile to foreigners
I had the exact opposite experience, I felt like I got preferential treatment in many places. If you make the effort of speaking a few words and phrases in Korean people will generally find you very charming.

Is it worth it for me to check out Seoul for like 3 days during a month long trip to Japan? Or is it basically not interesting enough?

>>2695990
go for a week or don't go at all

>>2695990
If you've only got 3 says you'll barely be able to scratch the surface of what it has to offer. If you only want to spend 3 days, go to Busan instead, there's plenty of direct flights there from Japan.

>>2695971
Just learn the language faggot. Unless you are a nigger then you‘re cooked anyways.

>>2695971
in what sense

>>2695845
I'm not >>2695971 but I think similarly.
I loved the country and I probably would stay there longer, but the legal system is third world tier and actively discriminates against foreigners. If you even slightly annoy the wrong person, you can have your whole life turned upside down.

Recently I've been following the case of a guy on Twitter who stood up against his boss in Korea who was forcing him to do unpaid labor and various shady stuff. He got hit with completely made up rape charges, had to constantly show up at the police station for interrogation, was prevented from leaving Korea and had blatant smear articles posted about him in the press.
You can read more on his account, he posts about this constantly
https://x.com/airkatakana/status/1793495881192493110

If you read up on Korea they have essentially no freedom of press. The government sues everyone critical of them for "defamation" and can essentially do whatever they please. It is only superficially a developed country and is actually an authoritarian shithole.

The food is fucking fantastic though.

>>2675165
Fucking knew it wasn't just me with being on the receiving end of their asshole attitudes. They're apparently terrible to each other as well.

>>2696486
Definitely. Once you have gone to korea you will quickly understand why they are going extinct at a record pace. They are a very hostile people

>>2675165
>>2675447
>>2696486
>>2696501
I love seeing brown people seethe like this. I wish the West was just as "racist" as Korea so your smelly kind wouldn't be coming here.

K-pussy is life. K-pussy is perfection. K-pussy is my only religion.

Been here for a month to date. Hot as hell but it's been fun and the food here is great and decent priced compared to bongland.

Definitely a culture shock with how much safer it is here and the convenience of convenience stores (pun not intended) and the delivery service.

Has anyone got any tips or advice on optimising and getting the best out of my time here? I've been avoiding doing super touristy stuff, though wish it was easier to meet people here and make some local bros.

>>2697132
See
>>2680420

>>2697139
Thanks anon, I'm going through the thread, but checking this.

Luckily my gf planned out most things, but I'll point these out to her and get her suggestions.

Been to a few nice districts so far, heading to Jeolla-do this weekend for a trip. Probably one of the lucky few who doesn't have to pay for lodging.

thanks

>>2695845
Not been here for long (posted earlier) but no.

Nothing to do with being a foreigner as people are mostly nice.

>Weather can be borderline unbearable, even locals complain.
>Criminal system sucks, low crime but in the rare event something happens don't expect a favourable outcome plus it's corrupt as fuck.
>Taxes
>What >>2696141 said plus there was a big viral case on X a month or two back about corruption in the education system and how professors screw over foreign students let alone the local students (I've heard stories). As I write this, I realise anon quoted the exact story I saw.


There's a lot of upside, the people are interesting, the fashion scene is interesting and there's a lot to do and see, but the country though developing is somewhat collapsing too, speak to locals and they will share the same sentiment and most seem hopeless and stuck in a system they can;'t really get out of.

Being a foreigner, I've had preferential treatment and I'm not even white or a jeet, and even though a lot of people (location dependent) aren't used to seeing non koreans it's ultimately a non-factor in how it's not really worth it long term UNLESS you're wealthy.

There's a reason why digital nomads and young millionaires aren't flocking here despite it's surge in growth.

>>2675165
Ok I love korea now, friendship ended with japan

>>2683462
I'm rich AND women aren't globally disgusted by my presence. You'll never have that

>>2680374
How the fuck did that ogre manage to trick multiple poor korean dudes into sleeping with it? Even the ugliest man is korea is better than that

helloo

>>2697132
>I've been avoiding doing super touristy stuff, though wish it was easier to meet people here and make some local bros.
Korea is probably the single most difficult place to just meet people because of no bar/pub culture and their autistic obsession with eating only in groups.
That said, go to Itaewon and the western-style bars there will have people around. The locals there will have "gaijin hunter"-type personalities (both men and women), but it's likely the best you can hope for as a short-term tourist who doesn't speak Korean.

>>2695845
lads how do I have sex with girls like this

>>2693106
>no issue meeting people
how? where did you hang around? planning on traveling solo and i'm a bit worried about the social aspect since i can't speak the language.

>>2683438
Imagine a Pajeet fresh out of a call center wearing aliexpress clothes and flexing a Casio watch in Seoul lmao.

>>2698650
Fair point. I'm not a drinker but will definitely consider it. I probably will look up meet up or some shit.

Thanks anon.

>>2680108
BASED

>>2698660
hang out a GS 25 in a random town at night. Some random older dudes will befriend you and try out their English. They will then proceed to buy you drinks and drag you out to Noraebang complete with paid "helpers." Have the fucking night of your life. Happens all the time in Sweet SoKo.

>>2695845
I left after 5 years. I got married and got tired of the contract life. Got a real job with security and relaxed into North American life with my base K wife.

>>2688460
beondegi and makgeolli on the beach. Absolute perfection. Only topped by raw fish and soju. Busan Daeji Gook Bap. I miss my hometown so much bros.

>>2688166
Seoul sucks. I would head to Busan or Gwangju. Eat your face off and hang out by the sea.

>>2687160
that is pretty pushing it these days. Unfortunately a lot of the cheap options like market gimbap just are not there anymore as the old markets have been bought up and turned into condos.

>>2698660
Not that anon, but I'll green text how I made some friends in Korea
>Drinking alone in a small bar/restaurant near my hotel in Busan
>Group of 7 Koreans are celebrating a birthday and have a cake
>They have the waiter bring me a piece of their birthday cake
>I thank them in Korean and ask the waiter to bring them a bottle of soju on my tab
>They invite me over to drink with them
>End up spending the whole night eating drinking with them and going to karaoke and an arcade
I still speak to some of them to this day. One couple came to visit me in my country recently.

>>2675165
>indian
>calling anywhere a shithole
youre country is literally the biggest shithole on earth after Afghanista, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines.

>>2700078
>Just bee urself bro

>>2697606
Women live life on easy mode while men live life on hard mode.

>>2698651
Be a black rapper

>>2700078
thats cute desu

>>2683438
>but saar i have nice watch saar why I can no get bob and vagene korea full of bitch lasagna benchod whore who are the fuck

>>2701752
If everything sucks, usually it's you who is the problem.

Take a break. Detox from the internet.

>>2701752
>/pol/
rent free

>>2701752
then fuck off

Are tours to Panmunjun border village open?

>>2667908
>>2670648
>>2670605
I've been to every Asian country except SK, after having 4 ex Korean GF's in the UK I cannot for the life of me think of a reason to go there if we exclude partying and cooming.

Korean guys are extremely salty and jealous, I used to get death stares from them in London / Milan let alone in Korea itself.

Also from all the street interview channels, the expat community looks like it consists of extreme liberal Americans obsessed with Kpop and the guys always look like guys trying to larp as a Korean male it's really fucking odd.

Please somebody prove me wrong, so I can finally check it off.

>>2670807
lmao at Gen-Z's life

>>2702323
>Please somebody prove me wrong, so I can finally check it off.
Look up some of the places mentioned in this thread, SK has a lot of beautiful natural parks if you're into hiking. I also found the food to be amazing, very high quality beef at many BBQ places.

If you're just into cooming and partying there's better places out there though.

>>2702323
>Korean guys are extremely salty and jealous, I used to get death stares from them in London / Milan let alone in Korea itself.
How would you even know the difference between a guy from SK, China, Japan, Taiwan, or Vietnam?

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>>2702323
can't prove you wrong because you are right
>I cannot for the life of me think of a reason to go there if we exclude partying and cooming.
You can go there to see it before it collapses, because with SK being the leading state in pretty much any metric that could be used as a proxy for "collapse" (birthrates, rate of ageing population, polarisation of society, being on the frontlines of a cold war and needing to maintain a large military, unaffordability of living, so on and so on) that place isn't gonna exist in any functioning way within a couple of decades

also i got approached by more girls there than in the entire rest of my life combined but that comes under cooming i guess. kimcels and browns will cope but i just had to show up as a not fat white guy of average height (for a white) and light hair and eyes and not dress like a tramp

>>2702353
The real problem is that too many people live in and around Seoul and the government has waited too long before taking action to counteract this. The birth rate in some of the sparsely populated Southern provinces is actually above replacement because they have a much lower cost of living and better work life balance than the people living in the human bug hive that is Seoul. A decade ago the government started moving their institutions to Daejeon and Sejong city and are also pushing companies to move away from the capital, but it's all too little too late.

Spent a couple hours at the airport in Incheon and that was more than enough Korea for me. The guys are funny, they have such glaring inferiority complexes toward Europeans that they'll literally bend over backwards trying to flex any bit of power or status over you no matter how petty. The girls that are too poor to afford plastic surgery - which is the majority - are uglier on average than Japanese and Chinese girls. One of the few countries with truly zero redeeming qualities, I'm afraid.

>>2702388
Thanks for your valuable addition to this thread anon. I'm sure your 2 hour experience at the airport reflects what the whole country is like.

>>2702352
Because they were speaking Korean and they all have the same lego man hair cut pushed through H&M basics wardrobe.

>>2702353
Yeah my thoughts exactly. What are the majority of expats like there ? Are they as insufferable as I imagine?

>>2702859
Cant speak for expats, but the tourist scene skews heavily to fat, brown, and female

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I've been here for a few days and I'm already miserable.
When the fuck does this unbearable summer end? I despise heat and humidity and I can't sleep with an AC on.
Also literally 0 people here speak english wtf.

>go to korea for DN purposes
>mostly to reset visa cool downs on some countries
>cheap as shit cost of living 230/mo just outside gangnam for 1br/1bath attached
>free kimchi and rice in kitchen for ramen bowls at night when I work
>internet and utilities solid
>drinks are cheap Itaewon a shit but can be fun at times if already drunk
>realize how many sloots there are in Itaewon if
>keep dating / cooming expectations fairly low but do use bumble and tinder a bit
>fill it with selfies I took in other countries and a copy of my bio in Korean
>reasonable flow of girls
>HSR is enough to go see some interesting places
>gym maxx on cheap chicken and pork meals
>leave 30-45 days later rested for some place I want to go be more extroverted on

>>2703171
>Also literally 0 people here speak english wtf.
They understand English but they're afraid to speak it because they're scared they'll say something wrong and offend you. Just speak to them in broken Korean with some English mixed in and they will quickly become more comfortable in speaking back in English.

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>>2703171
>Going to East Asia in summer

>>2702353
>>2702323
Idk, every asian country has some culture, nature to see, and food to try out. I think it's worth going once in your life among other eastern asian countries for like a 1-2 week vacation, it's not even on the expensive side compared to some other places around the world. Seeing more and meeting more people will always broaden your horizons.

>>2703181
sounds pretty solid even for a long-term place to live

>>2683523
Kek, dude you're 5'4.

>>2704510
I wouldn't do Korea long term, while I like Korea it gets fucking depressing even if you find a routine of events and people to hang out with.
-all times of the year china smog can take the air quality to fuck you levels or mildly acidic rain
-korean women are insane levels of materialistic, they see how chinese act and double down if they know you have cash
-outside the main cities it's sometimes impossible to get service even if you know exactly what you need and want in korean
-food selection gets old faster than any country I know of inb4 just cook at home! I can do that anywhere
-drinking culture makes me question a lot of things about this country
-making friends is like a dice role only it's either a 0 or 10 if you get along as Korean's are either full pol incel levels or chill
-anyone who works here is probably an English teacher and desperate to get out of their field, military people are blow your brains out stupid
-korean firewall is not that hard to bypass but fucking annoying
-if you are a /fit/izen it's going to be rough
-trains are tedious
-if you are doing the ~180/days 2x90day a year shit enjoy many things being off limits still without an ARC
-it seems like everything fucking requires a homegrown app that is basically a shitty copy of some google app
-summers are brutal, winters are shit and lack snow in Seoul outside usually a small dusting, fall and springs are okay if the smog isn't flooding in

Housing is a crap shoot depending on what you pay. I've seen Airbnb's offer good rooms only to get there and realize the shower/bathroom room is communal(glad I had a gym membership). Other's the shower is in your pod with no real ventilation.

>>2705897
except for the weather these are very "first world problems" type complaints.
I only spent around 60 days in Korea so I don't know long term but I really liked it and I would go back. if they fix their shit with the chinese smog I'd even consider looking for a job there probably

>>2705940
That's fine if you want to label them as that, they were still things that you're going to deal with day in and day out unless you nomad bubble your stay.

>>2705897
>if you are a /fit/izen it's going to be rough
What? Korea has a huge fitness culture and luxurious gyms everywhere.

>>2705993
>Korea has a huge fitness culture and luxurious gyms everywhere.
Which ones do you recommend or have been in then? Most are focused around cardio and light weight exercises with a side of yoga. The ones with proper squat racks. not just 4-5 smith machines, or free weights that go over 30kg are often far between or have wonky hours. Don't even get me started on Korean gym etiquette being dogshit

>>2706182
I don't remember the names, but while I was staying in Seoul I went to one near Sinjeong metro station and the one I went to in Busan was near Gwangan metro station. Both marketed themselves with pictures of huge roided bodybuilders on their signs. I recognized one of the guys on the photos as a contestant of Physical 100.

>>2706260
So... you never went in an worked out in them? Check the equipment or hours? LMAO dude every gym is going to have buff dudes on it how much of a mouthbreather are you?

>>2706266
Do you have no reading comprehension? Those are the gyms I worked out at while I was there. Both had large free weight sections.

>>2706273
How do you go to gyms multiple times a week during a visit but forget the name...

Inb4 only used then once or twice

>>2706280
Why would I remember the name, is it that important? In both cases it was some Korean word written in hangul.

>>2706332
So you worked out at a gym or two, signed up for them, paid for them and don't recall the names of the gym.

K

Easiest dyel poster ever

>>2705897
>/pol/
rent free

>>2706334
>P-please spoonfeed me!!!
No.

>>2706861
Most gym's in SK require a Passport copy(if no ARC/local phone/work visa)+document sign up+payment and often a never ending flood of email spam to you. I am lucky and have anytimefitness so it's a non issue for me in Korea, but not being able to name a single name of the gym is kinda laughable given the level of effort it takes to sign up for one. Even the most foreigner recommended one, Seoul City Crew Gym, requires a fair bit of paperwork before you can use the equipment. This isn't the name of some random bar you had a good time at and forgot the name, this is somewhere you probably went to multiple days over probably weeks.

>>2670601
>I've also read that its likely korean clubs will bar you for entering for being white.
The korean man fears the BWC

>>2670601
>I've also read that its likely korean clubs will bar you for entering for being white.
Certain bars have signs saying that they will refuse entry to certain foreigners but that really only applies to negroes and Indians.

>>2706912
Not that guy but I stayed in Seoul for a month (mostly 종로 area) and there were plenty of gyms where you can just pay a single entry fee and that's it. They were not very new but some had a very nice bodybuilding culture and felt comfy.
Yeah Anytime would be easiest by far, but they had had very few branches there when I visited

>>2706861
you're a gook diaspora aren't you?