Tag: Korean Social Culture

Why Hiking Groups in Korea Have Long Had a Reputation for Affairs

| CuriousGeorge

How about meeting here on Wednesday, September 30th, sometime around 2–3 PM instead of tomorrow? I have a work meeting tomorrow, so I won’t be available during the day.I looked around and I think this place would be a good spot for us to meet and film. It doesn’t necessarily have to be Wednesday either. […]

The Empty Chair: What a Seoul Language Exchange Taught Me About Nunchi

| CuriousGeorge

There is a particular kind of social lesson you can only learn in Korea by sitting at a table long enough. It happened one evening at a language exchange in Seoul. The event itself was typical of dozens of gatherings around the city. Koreans came to practice English. Foreigners came to practice Korean, meet people, […]