Start Here: This page organizes the key posts on this blog so foreigners can understand daily life in Korea through unspoken rules and social logic.
Many confusions in Korea come from small assumptions: home boundaries, building systems, indirect norms, and everyday social expectations.
How to use this guide: Start with the reading order below. If you only read a few, read the first three.
Recommended reading order
- 1) Home boundaries: Shoes Inside Korean Homes: The Rule Foreigners Misunderstand in Korea
- 2) Building systems: Korean Recycling and Trash Rules: What Foreigners Often Get Wrong
- 3) Social logic: Nunchi in Korea Explained: Why Social Situations Feel Different
- 4) Service expectations: Why Service in Korea Feels Kind but Distant to Foreigners
- 5) Friendship hierarchy: Korean Hierarchy in Casual Friendships: What Foreigners Misread in Korea
What this blog focuses on
- Unspoken rules (home, shared spaces, daily routines)
- Social expectations (indirect norms, group comfort, role clarity)
- Practical cultural logic without stereotypes
New here? Start with these three
- Shoes Inside Korean Homes: The Rule Foreigners Misunderstand in Korea
- Korean Recycling and Trash Rules: What Foreigners Often Get Wrong
- Nunchi in Korea Explained: Why Social Situations Feel Different
Bookmark this page. This guide will be updated as new posts are published.
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