Guides for living and working in South Korea.
One of my earliest memorable experiences in Korea was an old woman yelling at me after I threw a bag of trash onto a garbage pile. I couldn’t understand what she was saying and had no idea why she was upset. When I told my coworkers the story, we worked out that I hadn’t disposed [...]
South Korean cuisine is notorious for being super spicy. When I first moved here, I felt like I was literally surrounded by spicy food. At the time, I had no idea which options were available to me, so I tried my best to enjoy all the extremely spicy food I ate at restaurants; although, I [...]
The first time I experienced culture shock in Korea was when I walked into a Korean grocery store. I had no idea how different Korean grocery stores would be from grocery stores back in Canada. I couldn’t believe that there were whole aisles dedicated solely to ramen noodles or instant coffee. I ventured over to [...]
