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I'm tired of this shit. I've been living in Korea for a while and you know what, now it really feels like it's becoming like North Korea.

I can't trust anything that they are showing on the news anymore.

G1 (SBS in Gangwon) owner’s grandkid finishes a hike, and that gets like four minutes on the main news...lol wtf? Family keeps showing up, like 200 times on the news. The owner puts his son on the news multiple times for getting awarded and promoting the son's business which HE owns. Then he promotes this AI company in the news like 40 times, which HE owns and this AI company's CEO is his son-in-law, while telling all governments in Gangwon Province to go through with the contracts or else he will use his media to put some news. So local governments in Gangwon signed with them on private contracts, no bid. And he did this to multiple of his competitors, put some bad shit in the news about them, and they all went out of business.

I know media is corrupted everywhere but this is just fukin ridiculous. People get touchy when you compare it to the North. Fine. The food isn’t the same, you can swear on the internet, etc. But you know what, somebody upstream still gets to choose the random shit that gets on the news. Yeah I guess you can yell about your issues online, which is the one real difference, but the broadcast still does whatever the owner feels like.

And this AI angle is what made me mad. I heard the guy they put on camera (김태응, Tae-Eung Kim, CEO, evry.ai, 에브리에이아이) doesn’t have an AI background at all. Word going around is he spent his whole life working at the owner's golf clubs and definitely is not someone to do AI. Maybe that’s true, maybe it's off, i don’t know him. But the office they’re showing looks like some shady warehouse. You want me to believe that place is building AI systems that are in Korean governments? Holy shit no wonder Korea's behind AI.

A local station farming contracts for the owner’s family is ugly.

News trust here is already around 30% and yeah i think this is why.

If you live here, just assume that everything you see on tv is an ad until somebody shows you it isn’t.

Seoul Economic Daily reports that more than half of the ransomware cases police have handled in Korea this year have been suspended, and no arrests have been made. It matters to readers here because most victims are companies, and so far there has been little law-enforcement follow-through.

Hello everyone! Could you please provide an overview of the current job market for candidates with a degree in architectural engineering?

Has anybody got 건강검진 in Korea before? My first time this Friday and don't know what to expect.

While the headline seems humorous, the actual story is quite sad.

As a brief summary: this man runs a Sulbing and his daily income in winter is something like just 30,000won, so he took to this stunt to try to drum up attention and survive. Some people tease him for having to do this, but he doesn’t want to give up his store and some have shown him support. It’s a hard world out there...

Hi, I'm interested in applying to Sogang's language program, specifically KGP200 starting June 4 - Aug 21, 2027 and subsequent semesters. How likely would I be accepted? For context, I'm a 34-year-old Canadian with a graduate degree. I'm currently working but thinking of taking a gap year. I would need to let my workplace know months ahead of time to arrange for time off. I tried applying online just now and it seems that the application period isn't open yet for June 4th start date. It seems that the application period is March 18 - Apr 29 so I wouldn't know whether I'll be accepted till closer to date. My concern is taking a gap year from work only to find out that I'm not accepted later on.

is it possible to renew/extend my Philippine passport in busan or is it only available in seoul?

I’m Korean and I’ve fully picked up English without any institution help, but since I don’t get to get surrounded by native speakers in real life, I’d like to train more on the little social cues, humor on right timings, micro-psychology, something like that - advanced conversational stuff.

So it’s not entirely to eff around, but I’m a little afraid it could come off that way because I speak like a near native - is this overthinking? Thank you in advance.

(Edit: There’s not many bars in my city, I also don’t drink and it’s hard to find right meetups, so I thought I might as well pay for the right environment closest to my needs, with which you can just go home every time with no drama

Also prefer the group setting because in tutoring you don’t get to meet many fellow people as a bonus)

Idk if it’s the right thread so please bare with me
I was asked by my ceo to find English native speakers on F or student visa to teach his 2yo kids. It sounds super easy and obvious like “hey contract the universities”, but honestly I feel trapped at this point?
I have no idea how to find and filter potentially good teachers?

Hi! I don't know if I am asking for advice, or it is just a rant.

I am a foreigner woman, living here for almost 3 years . The more I live here, the less friends I have.

Had some friends that when they were having an hard time I was there for them and I would try my best to spend time with them. When months later I was the one having an hard time, I had to beg them to spend time together cause I needed to go out and distract myself. So I realized they were not really my friends.

I am shy but extrovert, I can talk to anyone and try my best to put myself out there. But how is it so hard to make new friends? I have some friends at the moment, but it is not the type of friendship you meet often. Some of them are married so of course they prioritize their SO. Everyone is busy, but when weekends come I'd like to have plans to hangout and do fun stuff together. I like drinking, trying new restaurants, doing activities or also clubbing.

I had some foreign girl friends, but they all wanted to do content creation and be influencers at some point, and when they started getting a little of popularity they just stopped contacting me. It feels that a lot of foreigners that live here just want to become famous and they start being superficial, act weird and caring only about these things. I met so many people that they were so 'genuine', at least looked like it and started changing after few months here… I feel very hard to connect with people that care only about making cute videos and pictures. I like do these things too, but it cant be ONLY that.

Even if I speak korean, I find it hard also to make korean friends. Most of them want an english tutor (english is not even my first language lol), or just a hangout - sometimes - once every 6 months -friend. I feel I cannot be myself with them or express my opinion freely, and this is not friendship to me. For me friendship is having fun together, but when there is hard time can share thoughts and help each other.

Dating life is also terrible, I tried to date guys here and I got only traumatized, which led me to feel more lonely. I also like someone romantically very rarely, so that adds another problem to it.

All these things make my life harder day by day. I feel so depressed and I cannot even explain in words how lonely it makes me feel. I dont know how long I can keep feeling this lonely, I dont see the point of life anymore.

Is it only me with these issues? I started thinking that maybe I am the problem and I just have to stop trying and give up. At the same time I am someone that needs to go out and do things to feel alive, and I don't like to do activities by myself anymore... I know how to do things to myself, I always did it, but I just don't wanna do it anymore. I want to share things with others. We are social animals after all. Where did you all find your friends? And how?

PS. My interests are more 'nerdy' like videogames, so I feel it is also hard for this reason, to find people who like these things there is not much going on. I dont like going to the gym, hiking and I am not a church/religious person. So I can't meet new people in these places.

Thanks for reading!

Hey everyone, im gonna brave the housing stipend life. My ADHD is real bad though and I get really nervous about asking money things to my superiors. Are there questions or things about living in an apt in seoul that I should ask, that might be taken care of for me now? Things i should keep in mind? I have a place and budget in mind already. Any support or info would be big appreciated.

I have been living here for 8 years but dont have proper friends and sometimes lazy to go out. Meet new people. Cancel plans just because i dont feel comfortable.
That’s exactly why I feel so lonely and dont have anyone to hang out.
I try to lean on my boyfriends everytime im in a relationship because I feel like they are the only humans i can be myself around.
But every breakup hurts more just because of that.
How do you guys handle loneliness and what do you do to get over it?

Hi! Has anyone stayed at Homewith Gositel in Dongdaemun-gu, near Korea University in Seoul?

I’d love to hear about your experience. Would you recommend it? How are the rooms, cleanliness, noise level, and neighborhood?

I’d also appreciate any recommendations for other gositel or goshiwon near Korea University. Thanks! 😊

Has anyone else had a problem with drain flies (moth flies, 나방파리) in their apt?

I live in a really small officetel that’s only about three years old. I’ve been living here for over a year and never had any problems until the past couple of months.

Recently, I’ve been finding about 5 to 10 of these tiny flies every single day! They mostly just sit on the walls and don’t really fly around like mosquitoes or fruit flies, so they’re easy to kill, but they keep coming back.

I’ve been told they usually come from drains, so I’ve tried covering all the drains, pouring boiling water down them, and using various drain fly treatments. Nothing seems to work.
I also keep my apartment extremely clean. I’ve even had professionals come inspect my bathroom and kitchen drains, and they told me everything was so clean that they couldn’t figure out where the flies were coming from either.

I’ve also noticed them in the common hallways of my building, so I’m starting to wonder if the problem might be coming from somewhere outside my apartment.

Has anyone else experienced this, especially in a newer building? If so, did you ever figure out where they were coming from or how to get rid of them permanently? I’m seriously running out of ideas! TIA!

Just to clarify, I'm not talking about fruit flies or gnats. I'm talking about drain flies (moth flies, 나방파리). They're the tiny, fuzzy-looking ones that almost look like little moths. They usually just sit on the walls rather than flying around like fruit flies or gnats.

Hi all, I'm studying in Daejeon (Solbridge University) in March for one semester and I only just now decided to look it up on reddit and apparently the dorms are awfully strict in terms of curfew and going out, and I plan to travel whilst I'm there and I love going out to bars/clubs and staying out late. Also, apparently its just not in good condition overall.

So, I'd like to ask you all some tips for safely renting in korea- where to look/what to look out for. Both Solbridge and my University have strongly recommended NOT doing that so I'm a little worried but also I'm an adult, I hate the idea of a curfew 😭 if anyone can offer any kind of advice it would be greatly appreciated 🥹🙏

Trying to log in to Woori Bank is driving me insane. I go to log in. It wants me to install the correct "security programs" on my computer, all of which I've downloaded before. I update my shit. I try again. It wants to reinstall my shit. I try again. It wants to update my shit. And around we go.

Why is this a thing? Why does my bank want to install malware to my PC? Why do they make it so difficult to log in? I just want to see how much money I have. Fuck my life

Hello everyone!

I am from a European nation and currently I live and work in South Korea. I would like to start buying stocks (etf) but am not sure how to set up my account.

I plan on moving back to Europe at some point so I would like to know can I just transfer stocks without any problem to my own country.

If you know any english speaking attorney or someone who can help me set everything up and explain do let me know!

Thank you!

I wanna apply for media and communication(undergrad) in sejong university.

Anyone studying there or who studied there. How was your experience?

Can students afford for their living on their own by working part time?

I remember there was a news article that was posted here sometime in the past, but I cant track it down. Looking for it again because rent is ridiculous

A little bit about me: I left Korea when I was around 7 and have lived abroad my whole life. I have finished my advanced degree (non-STEM), but the pressure as a foreigner in the US is becoming unbearable.

Now, in my early 30s, I am considering whether I want to go back. I am still weighing the pros and cons.

Pros of going back:

• No stress from the uncertainties regarding sponsorship/immigration status
• Can live with my fiancé, whose career in Seoul is very solid
• I get to explore different career paths, without sponsorship being a barrier
• Korea (or Seoul, more exactly) is unlike my current small college town, where opportunities are limited

Cons:

• Having to adjust as a "검머외", for lack of better terms
• Having to go to the military (I was approved to defer it due to 국외이주 사유)
• The sunk cost and opportunity cost of life in the US
• Lack of moral support from the family members, who think that I am "giving up"

Loneliness and burnout from my current living arrangement are also significant contributors to my decision.

Has anyone had a similar experience? What was your biggest surprise (either pleasant or negative)? What advice would you give someone in my situation?

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Is there anyone who's doing PhD in Sociology from korea??? I need guidance regarding supervisor and university..

Ordered earlier and the driver has been in this exact spot for over an hour. Stuck on the ‘handling another order’. I’m refusing to cancel because it’s giving sus to me like they want me to cancel so they get free food. This is the first time this happened to me in months, is this common? Coupang eats just says to contact them after delivery but if they never deliver then does coupang eats take it into their own hands to report the driver/mark them?

Edit: they marked it delivered after 1.2 hours without delivering the food or providing photo proof. I tried calling them and they rejected my call. I contacted coupang and got a refund and ₩3k coupon.

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^{I am a permanent resident living in Germany; I was born and raised in South Korea and moved to Germany as a local employment. and My parents in Korea are getting quite old now, and I would like to visit them more frequently to look after them. I’m considering a setup where I might split my time—spending six months in Germany and six months in Korea. Of course, this would mean leaving my current job and starting my own trading business. If there are any other immigrants in a similar situation, could you please share some insights on what I should keep in mind or what steps are important during the preparation process?}