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Author: Urs Raebsamen
Publisher: Hollym
Pub. Date: Dec 2023
Pages: 192
Dimensions (in inches): 5.55 x 8.5 x 0.63
ISBN: 9781565915176
Language: English
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  • PREFACE 10

    CHAPTER 1 ARRIVING
    The First Very Temporary Arrival in 2002 / 13
    Of Aggression and Friendliness / 14
    Cats Are Trouble / 20
    How Not to End Up in an Expat Bubble / 21
    Flamenco in the Wee Hours / 23

    CHAPTER 2 BBALLI BBALLI (QUICK QUICK)
    Weddings / 29
    At the Hospital-Common Sense Is Not So Common / 31
    Technology Supports Speed / 34
    Reverse Culture Shock / 37
    Counterculture / 38

    CHAPTER 3 AMERICA’S INFLUENCE AND DEMOCRACY IN KOREA
    Not in Kansas Anymore-Or Rather Not in Europe Anymore / 44
    ‘Be Careful Out There’ / 48
    East Meets West-Sometimes with Bewilderment / 49
    Baseball-Crazy, But No Craze Displayed When Cheering / 50
    The Fight for Democracy / 51
    Fairness Versus Negotiation / 56

    CHAPTER 4 THE WAY TO A MAN’S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH
    Humble Culinary Beginnings / 59
    Na Zdarovye-Korean Drinking Etiquette / 62
    How Not to Die / 64
    The Creative Side of Drinking / 66
    Hoesik-What Koreans Do When They Don’t Work Long Hours / 68
    Letting One’s Hair Down / 70
    A Wealth of Culinary Surprises / 73
    Where’s the Tea? / 78
    Prove Your Chopstick Skills! / 81

    CHAPTER 5 HOW TO SURVIVE AT WORK
    Looooong Working Hours and Few Holidays / 87
    It Starts at a Very Early Age / 95
    Morning Gymnastics at Work and Other Health Programmes / 98
    Fun and Games / 102
    The Importance of Hierarchy / 103
    How to Tell? / 105
    ‘You’ve Got the Wrong Rank! Or the Wrong Age!’ / 109
    Authority Works Better Than Sympathy / 110
    When Respect Is Expected, But Not Deserved / 112
    The General! / 116
    A Befitting Set of Wheels / 117
    Envy Culture / 121
    Today’s Youth… / 122

    CHAPTER 6 OF FRIENDS AND DAILY LIFE
    Making Local Friends / 127
    The Third Gender and the Conservative Side of Society / 130
    Hot Quickly, Cold Quickly / 135
    National Pride / 136
    Cleanliness and Recycling / 138
    Winter and Heating / 140
    Fans, the Silent Killers? / 147
    Making International Friends / 149

    CHAPTER 7 THE LANGUAGE CHALLENGE
    Objectively Difficult to Learn / 153
    There Is Hope-the Ingenious Writing System / 157
    Educated Guessing Gone Wrong / 161
    English-English Translation / 163

    CHAPTER 8 THE NORTH
    From the DMZ / 167
    The North in the Media and in the Public Perception -Western Media vs Korea / 169
    Experiencing the Real North / 170

    POST KOREA / 187
    NOTES / 190
 
 

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