What no one tells you about living in Korea (racism, r*pe culture, dating)

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  @friesontheside_ · 3 years ago (edited)

  "Not every [Korean] guy is trying to make you a main character of whatever drama you're fantasizing about." lol well said!

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• LO

  @Louisamandison · 4 years ago

  I think its time as women we normalise pretending to know each other when we see another women in a bad situation just walk up and go, “hey, how are you? its been so long, wait… I wanna show you something I got.. can you come with me?” cause honestly as women we are struggling in almost every country and it‘s scary.

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• MO

  @moccisimo · 4 years ago

  It isn’t just the significant racism that bothes me- it’s the bullying. I’ve read cases of literal kids torturing other kids. To me that isn’t bullying but attempted murder.

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• SO

  @sophistoast · 2 years ago (edited)

  I live in paris and it's crazy how people don't want to talk about the crazy/dangerous/miserable parts of living in these romanticized countries/cities. Like Paris is dirty as hell, public transportation is packed/unreliable, theres crime, and lots of homeless people with mental disabilities that harass you, and people never want to hear about it and then get here and are incredibly disappointed.

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• YO

  @yomoychong7305 · 4 years ago

  A male Korean youtuber in one of his videos said: "Korea had rapid economic growth BUT NOT SOCIAL"

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• MO

  @motokiheights · 4 years ago

  I think it important to call these assaults what they are — rape. Nothing wrong with the word, only the action.

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• MA

  @mayybemaylay · 4 years ago

  You should put Korean subtitles on this so maybe Koreans can watch and get a reality check too

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• AG

  @agnimitraa · 1 year ago

  In south korea, secret cameras are a big reality.

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• SH

  @ShidaBella · 5 years ago

  I agree with everything you're saying. I'm a black girl that was living in Korea until recently. I had to move back recently but everything you said is basically what I experienced in Korea. I wasn't allowed to get certain jobs because I was black. I was told I had a good attitude for a black girl. Dating in Korea for me was horrible and humiliating. I was constantly fetishized as well but men never took me seriously. It was an overall horrible experience.

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• NE

  @neorbit808 · 4 years ago

  im so tired of people worshipping japan and korea as “perfect” countries without acknowledging that every country (yes, including japan and korea) has their dark sides.

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• NO

  @noeffort8427 · 4 years ago

  As a Korean who’s been abroad pretty much my whole life. I’ve been through some shitty situations. The usual Asian slurs. Whatever. But it’s just appalling to see how xenophobic and bigoted my own people are towards others. The blatant discrimination and the bystanders who don’t take action. The fetishization of white people while they look down upon every other ethnicity (even their own). The horror stories I hear from exchange students and expats are abhorrent to say the least. Korea needs to catch up culturally. We aren’t a hermit kingdom anymore.

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• MI

  @MissKhvibliani · 2 years ago

  I live in the Netherlands, I have met amazing Korean and Japanese people and I have always looked at them as very polite and kind people but they told me how it really goes down. How much hate and jealousy there is, competition, gossip, racism etc. Korea is just being way too romantisized as you have said, while a lot is literally made.

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