Hey everyone! My name is Jina Kim, and welcome back to my channel. So today I'm gonna be talking to you guys
about something that you should know first, before coming to Korea. And I think it's not just about Korea. If you
want to stay in another country, I think it's really important to try to understand the culture, basic manners, and language.
Every if you stay for just a few weeks. I think you guys already
may (have) heard what Logan Paul did, in Japan, for his video.
Well, I watched it too, and I was really shocked. Maybe it's not about (a)
cultural thing. It's more about something that
every human beings should know. To avoid something like
that happening in Korea, I thought it'll be good to make a video about
what you should not do in Korea. Just, if you
don't want to look rude in South Korea, I think this video would be really helpful. So, the first one is about our hands.
What do you mean? What about hands? There are bad hands and
manner hands in South Korea. We literally say, "nappeun son,"
which means bad hands and, "maeneo son," which means "manner hands".
What does it mean? So bad hands are those hands that touch
some stranger's body and skin. Well, I think we Koreans feel really uncomfortable
when someone touches our skin or body,
even in between friends. So something similar happened to me when I was in (my) early twenties. So, I was at a
cafe with my friend,
and we were talking together. And there were two foreign guys sitting next to us, and
they just said hi to us and we said hi back.
And we began to talk together for a few hours, like,
three hours. And then I had to go back to my home early, so I told them, "Oh
sorry, I think I have to go. Bye" and then, they asked us to take
some photos together. And then I was really surprised because
that guy, the foreign guy, he put his hands around my waist.
What's wrong with that? At that time I knew that these guys, they
didn't mean to make us feel offended at all. So I was just smiling,
but at the same time, I felt uncomfortable. Yeah. That's true, so when you're in Korea, and if you want to take
some photos with Korean friends. Rather than putting your
hands on their shoulders, or putting your hands around their waist, just try this.
[puts two peace signs up]
Yeah, it's really simple. Right? We call it kimchi. Kimchi!
Yeah, something like that. It's really simple. Right? So, try this!
And number two! Number two is about our language. So I recently watched
this video, and I laughed like crazy! So watch this video first.
(Cashier is scanning item for customer)
Costumer: You are so beautiful
Cashier: Yeah?
Costumer: Don't you know?
Cashier: Yeah?
Costumer: You are so beautiful
Cashier: AHA...
Costumer: Don't you know
awkward pause*
Cashier: Its $10
Costumer pays cashier*
Costumer: You are so beautiful
Cashier gives item to costumer*
Cashier: Thank you, bye
Costumer gets angry*
Costumer: NH Bank (sounds similar to you are beautiful)
Cashier: Yeah?
Costumer: WHERE IS NH BANK?
awkward pause*
Cashier: AH NK BANK...
So, this clerk recorded the conversation between the foreign customer. And
somebody (had) made this into a cartoon. So the what foreign guy meant was, "Where's Noona
Bank?" But it sounded, somehow, like, "You are so beautiful."
So, yeah. It's about miscommunication, but, here he's saying something wrong. So he asked like...
Korean phrase* It sounds kind of rude to Koreans. Because in Korean there are
honorific forums. So we usually put "yo" at the end of the sentence. For example,
masshiso it means it's delicious but, we put "yo" at the end, masshisoyo.
So it's delicious in honorific form. So if you're using something like
Google translator, then you should be careful because sometimes they translate it into a
casual form. Number three is about shaking hands. Of course you can shake hands, if you
want in South Korea but, there's so many rules. If you're with older people, you should not ask
(to) shaking hands to old people first. Instead, you should wait until they
ask shaking hands first. And when you shake hands with old people, you should use your two hands.
So like this!
you know? you know what i mean.
number four! i found there are so many culture differences between korea and other countries
And this is one of them. so when i was in america i was at a restaurant and i finished eating and
I asked them to give me the bill. and then i had to wait until they give us back
the change in my credit card. and
then i could leave finally. so back then in america i was really shocked cuz
I had to wait so much time and i felt like i was wasting
my time. in korea it may be totally different because in korea time is really precious
So we always say something like, "balli balli" and it means
faster. Faster. Faster
So if you're in south korea, in a resturaunt
they will just give you a bill when you order some food. and then after you finish eating you can
Just directly go to the counter with your bill. and then you can just pay and leave. yea
That's all it's really simple. number five. it's about subway.
So when you're on the subway you will see some priority seats
for old people or disabled people at the side corners. but
we have another seat. they have some pink stickers. and it
means the seat is for pregnant women. so if you see this kind of pink stickers then
you better not sitting there. and in south korea, we respect old people a lot
So if you see any old people standing on the subway, then you better give your seat to them
But sometimes you will see some young koreans, who pretend not to see them and who don't
Want to give their seat to old people
If you see them just...
Ignore them because they are just rude or they're just tired. and number six. it's about smoking
Like ten years, ago i could, see a lot of people smoking in the street. but these
days, especially in Seoul, it's really hard
to
see some people like that. so in korea it's not allowed to smoke in the street or at a restaurant or at a bar
So there are some specific smoking area. so if you
smoke then just be careful. number seven. we koreans loveee drinking
We always drink, drink, drink
When we celebrate, we drink. when we're happy, we drink. when we're
sad, we drink. and there are so many rules about drinking. especially if you
drink with older people. where's the glass? when you drink with
your boss or older people or for your business
when you drink you should turn around your neck, and
drink, like this i
know it's hard
Just like shaking hands. when they give you, a drink you should hold your glass with
your two hands. not one hand. it's really rude i know it's really tricky and even for me it's
really hard to understand everything. so you don't have to know everything but these are just some basic things so
yeah. and number eight. i'm pretty sure you're not gonna do this but just in case. you should not
do this
yeah
Yeah, what does it mean? so in korea this gesture is
same as
your middle finger. number nine. there's one more rule when you are with old people at a restaurant. so
usually, the youngest one, they place
the spoons and chopsticks on the table
and same with the water. so if you are the youngest, then you should place the spoons and chopsticks
to everyone. and the next one it's really basic
There are so many restaurants in south korea that you should take off your shoes. so when you are planning to come to korea
you should bring some shoes that you can easily take on and take off.
So yeah. that's pretty much it for today. and i don't know
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