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By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Nour M. Aldemrdash
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If I have to choose a place to spend an amazing vacation, I would never hesitate to recommend Korea. It’s not just the beautiful nature, the traditional lifestyle and the arts and heritage, but technology and development of the future, too. In every street or neighborhood you can feel the energy of the people. I guess every country could change and be affected by the different societies around it, but this fact I never noticed in Korea. They still respect every single piece of their heritage and every day my passion about this country increases more and more.
If you are planning to visit Korea soon, you must know the most common mistakes that non-Koreans always make without realizing why they get a bad reaction after doing it.
Greetings
Greeting methodologies change from country to country. Some people shake hands, some kiss the air next to the cheeks and some hug each other as a way of greeting. In Korea, you don’t need to do any of those things. Just bow as a symbol of respect. Women always put their right hand over their left hand on their belly and then bow. Males do the opposite by putting the left hand over the right hand. That’s a better way than being embarrassed when you open your hand to shake hands and nobody gives you their hand.
Polite conversation levels
Most people watch Korean soap operas and listen to Korean pop most of the time using the casual form of the language. Once they meet a real person, they directly say, “An-nyeong,” which is not polite at all to use with a person who's not close or with a person who you meet for the first time. To avoid this problem, you have to speak using the polite form: “An-nyeong-ha-sae-yo.” If you're speaking Korean or if you just know the greetings and common phrases, you must be careful to always be polite, especially with people who you are meeting for the first time and with anyone older than you.
Extra respect for people older than you
In every country, we respect grandparents, but in traditional Korea it's extremely important to show respect to anyone older than you, even if only by one year or one month, starting with your behavior itself, especially with people you don’t know. Remember never to sit in the elderly seats on the subway, even if they're empty and there aren't any old people around. It's just better if you leave it empty or you'll get a reaction you might not like.
Do not ever eat first when you're eating with a group, or even pick up your chopsticks, before people older than you, unless you're with close friends. In Korea, the older person always starts eating first and only then can the other people start afterward. Even if you're really hungry, you have to be a little patient until the older person picks up their chopsticks first.
Eating in groups
Leaving the table before an older person is totally the wrong impression to make. If you finish your food early, I’m afraid that you have to wait until everybody finishes before you get up. Or just put your chopsticks and spoon down until the older person gives you permission to leave.
Also, the concept of sharing food can’t be ignored. If you're eating with close friends, they can simply taste your food or share your dish whenever they want. It’s not rude. That’s just a special way to express love between people and in society. Sharing makes people closer. So once you buy something to eat, remember to offer some of it to your friends first.
Writing in red
When someone is dead, they write their names in red. So if you're sending an e-mail or a greeting card, don’t write the name in red or you'll be shocked by their reaction.
Receiving something with one hand
This seems to be a very important note. Never receive or give something with only one hand, especially not only the left hand. That's considered to be rude behavior and disrespectful if the person is older than you. So you always need to give or receive something with two hands, even if you're pouring water or handing over a gift or something.
Shoes in the house
It’s kind of a bad impression when you enter someone’s home with your shoes still on. People spend a lot of time cleaning their houses, and especially the floor, because home life in Korea is usually centered around the floor. The dining tables are usually low to the ground, so people sit and eat on the floor. Some people even sleep on the floor. That’s why when you enter a Korean home, you'll notice some slippers for visitors. When you take off your shoes, you can wear the slippers to walk around inside the house or apartment.
Home visits
If you're visiting someone’s home for the first time, don’t go there empty handed. Remember to buy something useful or suitable for your first visit. For example, people use an incredible number of paper tissues in Korea. It might be strange to take a few boxes of tissues with you when you have lunch at someone’s house, but in Korea this is kind of common, especially in a new house. Visitors always take tissues or cleaning products as house warming gifts.
Tipping
The best thing about visiting Korea is that you don’t have to tip all the time. If you're visiting a restaurant or hotel, remember to not leave any tip for the workers. If you want to express your thankful feelings, just say some good words, that you really appreciated it, and that you loved what they did. Or maybe you should learn how to say thank you in Korean!
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