Comments on: Beware the ‘Ugly Korean’

By: amy

amy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:29:02 +0000

I am Filipina and I have to agree that some Koreans really must know their place when they go to another country.
I am married to a Korean and I have met a lot good Korean friends.
However, some just make me want to commit a crime (but I won’t ^^). I want to teach them the Filipino culture about “pakikisama” when you’re a visitor. They should adjust to our culture and not the other way around.

By: dda

dda — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 05:57:59 +0000

It’s always dangerous to generalize, of course. I know quite a few decent Korean men, who not only behave as gentlemen in Korea, but even better outside. But the social pressure to do like everybody else, esp the elders, is quite strong. It’s easy to fart, spit and swear in public if 99% of the male population is doing it too…

By: Heeyeon

Heeyeon — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 02:36:44 +0000

Ha HA.. Yab. I’m always embarrassed when I watch Ah-ja-shi and Ah-joom-ma behaving badly in other country. I don’t know why people change their character after getting married. I will be a joom ma someday too.

By: andrew

andrew — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:43:02 +0000

its the korean “ah-jyuh-shi’s” (????????흹).. they’re notorious for being rude and arrogant. theyre an embarrassment to koreans - i wish i can just beat them with a broomstick to teach them some manners..

By: dda

dda — Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:25:02 +0000

I think the experience depends on which end of the stick you’re at. In France and Spain, you’ll hear a lot of nasty comments about the ugly Germans and Dutch, especially during the summer months. Being at the receiving ends of plane/bus/train/carloads of thirsty, horny and socially repressed tourists is not an enjoyable way of making money. It’s interesting to note that the general opinion in France on Japanese tourists is quite different than that on our “friendly” neighbours… Our Korean hosts too tend to behave adequately when visiting and/or living in France, would it be only because dissing the locals is life-endangering, especially in the two regions Koreans are to be found, Paris and Aix-Marseille.

Korea exports planeloads of tourists all around the world, but especially in south-east Asia, and I have seen my share of incidents with the locals. Amusingly enough, the two countries where I still have to see any misbehaviour from Korean tourists entering the country are A) Singapore (surprise!) and B) Japan (again, surprise!). Korean scorn for uniformed, authority-carrying people seems to shrink and shrivell away there.

By: L Grant

L Grant — Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:12:57 +0000

I don’t know much about golfing in the PI, but I do golf a lot in Thailand. I have played with Koreans and played behind and in front of them. The problem is not with arragonce, it is ignorance of golf. Most Koreans play only one or two rounds of golf a year. The rest of their time is spent at the golf driving ranges. The pros teach swing technique, and swing technique only. No one ever teaches ettiquette or rules. When I take time to explain golf to them, they are very thankful and say that they didn’t know about that. The good news is that recently “Golf Digest” is being translated into Korean and they have a lot of golf ettiquette information in the pages.

By: shin jong il

shin jong il — Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:59:38 +0000

ugly korean = ugly american.

same thing.