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> Culture really matters I agree with you wholeheartedly. The cultures of SK and the US are very, very different. Particularly, south Koreans are all united by
by betwixthewires 5y ago
> Culture really matters
I agree with you wholeheartedly. The cultures of SK and the US are very, very different. Particularly, south Koreans are all united by being under the constant threat of devastating war as long as almost any of them have been alive.
- sho_hn 5y agoWhich is also something that you rarely feel in daily life, although it does certainly have impact on society (mainly in terms of a period of mandatory army service for young men, similar to many European countries). I'd say the War on Terror or the Cold War had a lot more presence in the US.
- NoImmatureAdHom 5y agoIDK, there are scares every so often in SK. I remember being told to carry my passport and a couple thousand dollars in cash + memorize your color-coded evac route by the Embassy during one such crisis.
- sho_hn 5y ago"By the Embassy" is the critical point there though. Did your Korean friends?