外国人が言う韓国の長所と短所

-What are the positive and negative aspects of living in Korea?

Positive: nature here in Gwangju is fantastic, so much green and very clean (minimal air pollution), very safe to walk anytime of the night, convenience stores abound, transport system is efficient, good internet access, the variety of the cuisine is something to enjoy if you are fond of chilli hot food. So many places to go and things to do for as long as you have a good sum of money (mountains, rivers, beach, island, natural parks and themed parks), although you can also travel on a shoe-string budget if that is the case and if you do your research well, so better be prepared. I like their saunas or jimjilbang (sleeping room), public bath house and a place to spend leisure time with friends or family where everyone could sleep and snore at the same hall/rooms together. These places have internet access, big TV screen, sporting facilities, massage, restaurant and other amenities to while away weekends. These places also get popular during winter time. People are highly educated and very well informed (politicized even), many are environment advocates and fond of hiking and other sporting activities.

Negative: few people speak English so automatically the labels of food and establishments names are mostly in Korean or Konglish (Korean-English), the wash room is for washing not bathing. Most Korean apartments do not provide for a shower space. So you get to wet the whole wash room floor when taking a bath. I think the design was meant to maximize space and to make use of public bath places or saunas, so it is normal to see people carrying their basket of toiletries on the street. Litters of variety ads and flyers on the street, on your mail box and posted on your doors, it becomes an eyesore and so much garbage. So much food wastage in restaurants. Koreans are not fond of doggy bags and perhaps they find it too cumbersome to put all those numerous side dishes in a doggy bag so leftovers are thrown into the garbage bin.

장점:자연이 훌륭하다, 녹색이 많고, 매우 깨끗하다, 밤에도 거리가 너무 안전하다, 편의점이 어디에나 있다, 교통 시스템이 훌륭하다, 인터넷이 편리하다, 적은 돈으로 많은 자연을 구경할수 있다,

단점:한국인은 영어를 못한다,

맞다 ^^ 한국의 자연은 풍부하다 ^^