travel to korea

Korean Cafe Culture: Why Nobody Will Ask You to Leave

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Korean cafe culture has one detail that startles almost every foreign visitor within the first week: people leave their laptops on the table and walk away. Not tucked under a jacket. Open, unlocked, screen glowing, next to a phone and a wallet, while the owner goes to the bathroom two floors down. Nobody watches it. … Read more

Jjimjilbang Etiquette: What Nobody Tells You Before Your First Korean Bathhouse

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Korean jjimjilbang common area with visitors in matching cotton uniforms resting on a raised wooden platform beside three heated kiln rooms

Jjimjilbang etiquette confuses most first-time visitors, and the confusion usually starts at the front door — with your shoes. A jjimjilbang (찜질방) is not one room. It is two completely different spaces sold under one ticket, and almost every mistake foreign visitors make comes from not knowing which space they are standing in. One half … Read more