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  • How To Korea - Episode 21 - AI, North Korea, China, World War 3, Conspiracy Theories, Nukes

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In this episode, we take a break from our history coverage and have a full-fledged tinfoil discussion regarding conspiracy theories and interesting theories regarding the future of AI and the fate of the world as we know it.
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696
    Episode 21
    00:00 - Introduction
    02:15 - Apple AI
    04:10 - The Scary Side of AI and Technology
    06:00 - North Korea & China Conspiracies
    07:45 - Tourism in North Korea
    09:15 - North Korean Propaganda Balloons
    11:05 - Nukes in South Korea
    11:50 - Russia, North Korea & the World
    15:30 - Nuclear Arsenal around the World
    18:45 - Czech President Forecasts World War 3
    25:00 - Living in the 1990s
    26:47 - 3 Body Problem
    28:49 - Artificial Intelligence
    33:10 - Conspiracy Theories
    43:25 - The Forgotten War
    47:30 - Korean Presidential Impacts
    48:00 - World History
    51:20 - DMZ Defense Preparation
    51:42 - Trash Cans in South Korea

    58 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 20 - Korean History Part 3

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In this episode, we continue our exploration into Korean history, discussing the Korean War as well as other predominant news that happened in Korea this week. Tune in to refresh or learn your Korean history and as always, feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696
    Episode 20
    00:00 - Introduction
    03:50 - Recap of Joseon Kings
    08:10 - Queen Myeong Seong
    10:08 - Korean Nobles
    13:54 - KPG (Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea)
    15:59 - Buldak Ramen Gets Banned in Denmark
    19:07 - Ahjummas
    22:08 - Cheating During Mountain Hiking
    24:52 - Korean History Recap of Last Episode
    26:50 - The Korean War
    33:32 - Theories on Why the Korean War Happened
    41:18 - Korean War Begins
    48:30 - Unification of North and South Korea
    49:52 - Tourism in North Korea
    51:25 - Guerilla Warfare During the Korean War
    51:59 - North Korean Propaganda

    55 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 19 - Korean History Part 2

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In this episode, we continue our exploration into Korean history, discussing mostly the Japanese colonization of Korea and the division of South Korea into what it is today. Tune in to the next couple of episodes as we discuss Korean history so that you can learn a bit more about the country before deciding if you want to make the move!
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696
    Episode 19
    00:00 - Introduction
    00:12 - Addressing Comments
    02:49 - Cultural Appropriation & Mingling
    04:47 - Korean Geography
    05:56 - Oil Findings in Korean Oceans
    07:17 - Dokdo Island
    07:48 - Korean Relationships with Japan
    08:30 - Japanese Annexation of Korea
    19:13 - South Korean "Comfort Women"
    22:32 - Japanese Annexation Continued
    23:30 - Gyeongbukgung
    24:00 - Japanese Annexation Continued
    30:44 - Korea Fights Back
    35:12 - American Politics
    38:44 - The Division of Korea
    45:00 - Kim Il Seong and China Relationship

    50 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 18 - Korean History Part 1

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In this episode, we do a deep dive into Korean history, starting from the very first Korean man. Tune in to the next couple of episodes as we discuss Korean history so that you can learn a bit more about the country before deciding if you want to make the move!
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696
    Episode 18
    00:00 - Introduction
    02:37 - Reviewing Comments Left on Shorts
    07:00 - Discussing Korean History
    08:29 - Learning History as Adults
    12:47 - The Next World War
    14:08 - Korean Memorial Day
    16:04 - A Bear and A Tiger
    21:33 - The 3 Kingdoms
    25:42 - Chinese Invasion of Korea
    28:03 - Goguryo
    29:04 - Joseon Dynasty
    30:43 - The King Born from an Egg
    32:28 - King Sejong and Hangul (Korean Language)
    35:43 - Historical Korean Bureaucracy & Cultural Development
    41:37 - Public Servants in South Korea
    44:20 - General Yi Sun Sin
    45:36 - 200 Years of Peace

    48 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 17 (With Amy Melhuish)

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    We have a guest speaker today, Amy Melhuish, who speaks to us about her experience living in South Korea as a foreigner from South Africa. Be sure to tune in to understand the perspective of a South African woman living in South Korea!
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696

    Youtube: @howtokorea1

    00:00 - Introductions
    04:14 - COVID experience in South Korea
    08:22 - Lack of common courtesy in South Korea
    11:35 - The strength/weakness of the South African passport
    17:02 - South Africans as cheap labor in South Korea
    21:14 - Teaching in Thailand
    23:40 - Korean CSAT(수능) tests and special needs in South Korea
    30:00 - Taxi experiences in South Korea
    34:17 - Tipping in South Korea vs South Africa
    35:30 - Life in Thailand
    37:48 - Studying Drama Therapy in England and working as a therapist in South Africa
    40:16 - Teaching in South Korea
    44:21 - Missing South Africa
    47:17 - Meeting the friendliest lady in South Korea
    50:08 - Getting homesick
    54:59 - Vacations in South Korea are ridiculous
    58:14 - What some English academies are really like in Korea
    66:53 - Why are Non-Americans asked to speak with American accents
    71:53 - Things to do in your free time in South Korea (Cycling, F54, snowboarding)
    77:57 - Korean food experiences, COVID and taste buds and strange food

    1 hr 28 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 16

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In today's episode, we discuss housewarming parties and gifts in South Korea and what you can do to prepare gifts when visiting someone's home for the first time! We then discuss self-checkout stores in South Korea, which truly speaks to the security and safety of the country once more.
    If you are a frequent customer at a shopping center such as HomePlus, Emart or Costco, make sure you sign up for a membership because you'll be surprised at some of the benefits and discounts! If you've lived in South Korea for a little bit, you'll notice that fruits are ridiculously expensive in South Korea and you'll want to try to get as much of a discount as you can. On that note, we speculate about why fruit prices are so high in South Korea and how that has an effect on the diet of the country.
    Finally, we discuss two big tragedies that happened since the year 2000, including the Itaewon Halloween tragedy and the Sewol Ferry tragedy. To find out more details, visit the links below as Rotten Mango does an excellent job of going in depth into explaining what truly happened during these tragedies.
    Mentions
    @kenjikundesu
    @rottenmangopod
    Links
    Itaewon tragedy
    https://youtu.be/F3sIDvFh3Os?si=9EdTfW5nt1-yfHXs
    Sewol tragedy
    https://youtu.be/VMs5bTRjjeI?si=J1wesvtDbj99QD6W
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696

    Youtube: @howtokorea1

    Episode 16
    00:00 - Introduction and responding to comments
    06:01 - Housewarming gifts in South Korea
    13:51 - Self checkout stores in South Korea
    24:40 - Memberships from a big marts like HomePlus
    27:17 - Why fruit is expensive in South Korea
    35:10 - Itaewon Halloween tragedy
    46:48 - Sewol ferry tragedy

    1 hr 15 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 15

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In today's episode, we start by talking about a very controversial topic, dog meat. We talk about the reasons for why people consume it and the background behind how it became a source of food for South Korea. We then briefly mention a new coffee shop that's been popping up in Ulsan, "Galvat" and the amazing flavor of its coffee.
    As usual, we react and respond to the comments to our videos (Thank you for the comments, regardless of the nature) and speak briefly about forex trading, stock trading and the Bitcoin/Ethereum and meme coins boom in South Korea.
    With summer coming up, we discuss the popularity of ice cream in South Korea although it seems that it's popular all-year round, not just during the summer and then we dive into some hilarious spelling mistakes that Koreans make with food and menus.
    Our next topic speaks about the blind date and arranged dating/arranged marriage culture in South Korea and how you can experience these first-hand in Korean Dramas or "K-dramas" as they're popularly labeled. A word of advice, anything and everything you need to know about Korean culture, you can learn from K-dramas. (Albeit, a bit exaggerated)
    We finally discuss MBTI and blood types, and how Koreans are adept at using them to determine the type of person you are and the way it has intertwined into Korean culture.
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696

    Youtube: @howtokorea1

    00:00 - Introduction
    01:55 - Dog meat consumption in South Korea
    09:29 - Galvat coffee chain in South Korea
    10:21 - Reaction to video comments (trash in Korea, food waste, trading in Korea)
    16:27 - Forex, trading in Korea, stocks, bitcoin, etc.
    18:14 - Koreans love ice cream
    25:28 - Soondae and related Korean foods
    29:11 - Blind dates and arranged dates
    37:55 - Learning Korean Culture through K-Dramas
    39:55 - MBTI and blood types regarding personality

    55 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 14

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In today's episode, we have quite the variety of stories. We talk about putting your business listing up on Naver Places, and some answers and experiences regarding Naver blogs and scam callers. We then divert straight into the topic of the Shincheonji Church, and the controversy they had during the COVID-19 outbreak. We also talk about Jehova's Witnesses and their role in South Korea, and a little bit about their religion based on our personal knowledge and experience.
    Then, we discuss the monitor-state of China and the presence of the social credit score that is being reinforced in China currently, and the surveillance technology of South Korea and how everything you do (almost everything) is monitored very closely, so smile for the camera!
    Given the nature of the topics that we discuss, we proceed to talk about superstitions and shamanism in South Korea, and some of the strange foods that we've tasted and experienced here. Naturally, we transition to a ghost story from Ian and an experience with God with James and how some of these instances and supernatural experiences may link with night terrors.
    A final comment to leave you with, is "Don't take candy from strangers" and it seems to apply moreso to adults (especially women in South Korea) than children. Be careful what you accept from strangers in South Korea!
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696

    Youtube: @howtokorea1

    00:00 - Intro
    05:44 - Naver Places, blogs and scam callers
    10:26 - The Shincheonji Church
    11:54 - Surveillance in Korea and China’s Social Credit Score
    15:23 - back to Shincheonji and Jehovah’s Witnesses and religion in Korea
    20:56 - Shamanism and superstition in Korea
    24:58 - Superstitions and strange foods in Korea (when is it okay to eat certain foods)
    41:02 - Ian tells the story of when he saw a ghost in South Africa
    50:20 - Ghosts, shamans and night terrors
    54:19 - James reflects on him getting a sign from God
    61:38 - Reflecting on todays episode
    67:24 - Don’t take candy from strangers

    1 hr 11 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 13

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In today's episode, we start by discussing and amending some statements on a previous video, especially when it comes to the success of foreign companies like Starbucks and McDonalds in South Korea. For the most part, foreign companies struggle to succeed in South Korea but there are obvious exceptions like Starbucks.
    We briefly discuss Asian zodiac signs and their relationship with Starbucks merchandise, and how Starbucks is adept at adopting to the country that they're present in, when it comes to goods and merchandise.
    Until recently, you would've find it impossible to find a public trash can in South Korea but Seoul has started this movement recently and we talk about the benefits and potential pitfalls that this move may encourage. Along these lines, we talk about the presence or lack thereof of rats and mice in South Korea, as well as the presence of cockroaches and bugs in South Korea. It's also very common to see many stray cats here as well, and you'll quickly start noticing that there is an amazing number of wildlife just running about in South Korea.
    We then discuss the prevalence of drugs in South Korea and how the South Korean government is offering a large reward to people who submit tips leading to the arrest of drug dealers and brokers, and shift our attention to other crooks, namely JMS who has been extensively covered in the Netflix video "In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal", and the various religious groups in South Korea along with their recruiting tactics. (Be careful, they're very friendly and they get to you without you suspecting a thing)
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696

    Youtube: @howtokorea1

    00:00 - Introduction
    02:11 - Foreign companies that are doing well in South Korea (Starbucks, McDonald’s etc.)
    07:13 - Asian(Chinese) Zodiac and Starbucks merchandise
    08:29 - Trash cans in South Korea and littering
    16:16 - Rats or mice in South Korea
    18:50 - Cockroaches and other bugs in South Korea
    27:55 - Stray cats in South Korea
    31:35 - Drugs and rewards in South Korea
    36:29 - JMS church in South Korea
    53:54 - South Korean religious groups and recruitment tactics

    59 min
  • How To Korea - Episode 12

    Join us today on another episode of How to Korea, the best podcast in South Korea, where we tell you what it takes to live in South Korea.

    In today's episode, we start off by responding to comments on our previous videos. As always, all your comments and feedback are motivational and helpful so keep them coming!
    The Korean population, as you may be aware, is declining at a rapid pace and the projected growth of the Korean population is slowing down, almost to a standstill. South Korea is trying to adjust their policy for foreigners to make it more attractive for foreigners to move to South Korea, which may eventually lead to greater inter-cultural integration in South Korea.
    While speaking about foreigners, we dive a little bit into the current price of the global currencies at commodities. Due to the instability in the Middle East, gold prices have been fluctuating for quite some time now and is creeping toward an all-time high, if it hasn't hit it already. Further, the value of the Japanese yen is declining at a rapid pace and is at an all-time historical low. Only time will tell how the currency will fare in the global market.
    We share our thoughts in the current situation in the Middle East and shift back to South Korea, where we discuss the hierarchical culture and the use of formal and informal language. In a sense, South Korean has two different cultures and two different languages. One is used for friends and people who are younger than you, and one is used for your bosses, co-workers and people who are older than you. It gets complicated quickly, but it's very interesting because it shapes the culture and mindset of the South Korean people.
    We dive into how education and income can dictate someone's hierarchy as your occupational and educational standing are strong factors in dictating how people treat you. It's the same in other countries, we believe, but it's a bit different in South Korea due to the formal/informal culture mentioned in the previous note. It takes time to get used to and you may never get used to it while living in South Korea, but you'll definitely start noticing the differences in terms of behavior and vocabulary when you start adjusting to life in South Korea.
    We go a bit further into South Korean culture with a discussion about the beauty standards and desirable traits in South Korea, and how skin care and taking care of your appearances are one of the top priorities in South Korea. We then divert to more entertaining options like fortune telling in South Korea and South Korean comedy. South Korean comedy is an interesting area because the comedy doesn't translate so you may not find it entertaining, but you'll need to understand the language a bit to catch the nuances that garner the laughs of the audience. It's similar to how if you went to the movie theater in South Korea and watched Deadpool, and found that you were the only person laughing at some of the jokes because many of them got lost in translation.
    If you've liked this episode, please leave a comment and subscribe so that you can be notified when our next episode is live! We upload a new podcast every week on Sunday at 2 P.M. (Korean Time). If there is a guide that you want, feel free to reach us as follows:
    IG: @howtokorea1
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553899179696

    Youtube: @howtokorea1

    1 hr 11 min

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Embark on the ultimate Korean journey with us! Join Ian & James on "How To Korea" as we discuss tips and tricks for navigating your life as a foreigner in South Korea.