Would Korean Girls Marry Foreign Guys? | Street Interview
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0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Have you ever dated a foreigner?
3:05 - Differences between dating Korean and foreign men
7:00 - How important is Korean fluency in dating a foreign man?
8:32 - Would you marry a foreigner?
9:37 - Key criteria in choosing a marriage partner
11:45 - Challenges in marrying a foreigner
13:54 - How would your parents react to you marrying a foreigner?
15:32 - Korean dating culture tips for foreign guys
19:49 - Closing remark
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What is it😊?
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Just so you know that Foreigners are not just Caucasians. Other ethnicities like Chinese, Japanese , other Asians basically are foreigners too.
who dates asians unless he has deep pockets?😅
How about the brown people?
East Asia is pretty cut off from the rest of the world. Most don't even know brown people exist.
Most korean women really don't care of Chinese and Japanese. Caucasians are like standard foreigner in korea
@@AGSA5 it doesn’t matter what colour . As long as they are not Koreans, they are all foreigners…
funny story, my American dad fell in love with a Korean lady 30 years ago and so I grew up hearing him speak Korean and surprise local laundromat cleaners by communicating with them. Though he ended up marrying my mom, he would always reminisce about his time in Korea fondly and say he wanted to go back. I always thought speaking Korean was cool, so I finally had my chance to study abroad for 6 months and chose Seoul. I learned the basics and during my first month in Korea, I met my bf. His English is nearly native level, very few Korean people speak English, let alone that well, so I got lucky. Fast forward, we're still dating 5 years later and I speak high intermediate-level Korean, and no, I still don't get inside jokes and puns so there are times my bf is disappointed that he can't share memes with me. Initially, we fought a lot and had many misunderstandings but we learned how to better communicate and resolve those differences. Overall if you put in the work to learn about the culture and mentally assimilate then it's pretty nice living in Korea, you don't even feel like a foreigner after a while. There are certain downsides, however, such as needing a reliable partner as banking/taxes/laws/insurance can be tricky to understand without help, and you may end up feeling overly dependent as a result.
Wow! Thank you for sharing this story. Korea is indeed a nice place to live.
Bro's dad is missing the Korean girl 💀
@@zapxcerothe one that got away lmfao
Wow you live a very fun life.
Hahaha I love this kind of personal life history and sentences
Respect and understanding along with trusting each other will go a long way regardless of cultural issues..
Compliments from Australia!!
agreed
It should be a given that early on, language barriers and cultural differences would be the most difficult things to understand and get used to. But if a couple can learn to understand these differences and accept the differences, I think a relation like that could work out; even marriage.
Usually when a couple being together long enough, they can communicate with each other in one or more languages.
Learning new language could be hard.
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It is not only differences in culture, it is also differences in values. Compatible values is probably the most important for long term relationships.
Stop trying to push your woke interracial agenda.
I wish there had been a question of what they would be willing to compromise if they were in a relationship with someone from a different culture.
In East Asia when they say foreign 9/10 they mean white guys.
In this interview they didn’t even say what type of foreign but one girl said Chinese Australian
No.. In Korean, a foreigner means 'a person from outside'. Non-Koreans are called foreigners.
@@user-iq6df3hh1w I’m not talking about the literal translation I’m talking about what they imagine. The first thing that comes to mind in East Asia when foreigner is mentioned in dating is white guy or white girl and it’s usually a blonde person with blue eyes from America or Russia.
No girls Trina date a man from a lower income country than their country. It is natural. Easten Asia is not a melting pot that all race work together. Most of foreigners in Korea come and go. They always have to remind the fact that they might have to move to the husband's country. It is not easy to give up ur job and move to a country with lower salary. This is reality. No girls in the world usually do that. And since developed western counties are 'yet' white dominant(soon it wont be), it is natural that they usually end up marrying white guy from developed countries. Just like Japanese are at top 5 most married partner for Korean females, average income and development similarity is the key rather than ethnicity itself. No matter how they are white, you won't find many Korean girls marrying eastern European guys.
@@life_is_a_myth what kind of stupid narrative they are 😤
Great video and excellent interviewer ❤
hmmm
the weight-thing...Isnt it vice versa. I have heard that koreans are pretty direct when it comes to commenting on appearance. Many english teachers have told a story how their korean friends notice and mention their weight gain right away.
I am quite certain that "I am fine" in a wrong tone is a sign for men to run in every corner of the world.
I was just about to say that. Westeners don´t care about it that much. And Koreans can be quite rude and direct as well, so I´m assuming he was chinese or something.
Cool interviews!
Great video and interviews.
5:15 As a girl, it was surprising to me when a female friend texted to check if I got home safely. Before that time, my dad would usually pick me up if it got dark, so I didn't get into that habit.
It was weird, but nice.
This was a fun video.
I see
I found this really fascinating and so interesting. All I can say is that I think korean attitudes to relationships and fidelity and honesty is so lovely to see. There are a lot of fake men out there in the world wherever they hail from but there are good people also. Mutual trust and respect for each other is key. Falling in love is the most wonderful thing and sustaining it. A woman is not a man's possession and she is equal and never evet his servant or housebound or just a baby machine or told what to wear or cover her head ever!!
everything you just said goes both ways, nice misandry !
Awww... was expecting Kei to be doing the interviewing... more Kei !
kei is half japanese, so I don't think he can do the interviews with native korean speakers without being able to speak korean fluently
I am a NZer who married a Korean. She had had two children with a Japanese guy. They divorced and later I married her. We lived in Japan so the mother and father and kids each had a different mother tongue: Korean, English and Japanese. We communicated in Japanese. One of the hardest things was that neither I nor my wife could talk with each other's family; my family didn't speak Japanese or Korean, and most of hers didn't speak English or Japanese.
Finally...!! A Light-Hearted content!! just like when AB first started... please do more of this... been following AB for a long time... since Kei was still with his long hair... 😅
Yes!!
As a Dutch person I also like to set things straight wether or not we are going steady or just dating.
Don’t think that is typical Korean.
Thanks Asian boss, this was useful to know. I originally started following as I wanted to know how well a Korean girl would fit into my extended family. I had almost zero knowledge about Korea and my first impressions were concerning.
19:00 this girl thinks only Korean women do the ‘I’m fine’ when they are secretly mad about something. Pretty sure that is universal to all women, everywhere 😂
Unfortunately true
She’s very intelligent I feel like from how she articulated her thoughts but you’re definitely right haha. Idk if it’s a bad thing she believes this but more so her just not actually having the experience to know this of foreign women so she may just be so polite that she’s giving them the benefit of the doubt that they actually just say it outright that something is wrong ya know?
Apologize if that didn’t make sense as English is not my native/first language/tongue ❤
It's not a guys job to decipher if your gf is fine or not. Communication is very important no matter what country or culture. If a girl can't communicate if she's fine with something or not/how they are truly feeling. Then they should not be surprised when things don't work out. Anytime I get into any relationship I always tell my partner that Im not a mind-reader and I'm not going to sit here and analyze you 24/7, either tell me when you have an issue or this relationship isn't going to work
It is give and take. Can you tell if your boss is pissed with you, or are you that dense? People have different attachment styles. This explains why people break up or get fired.
I know what you mean dude, but many people are brought up with different values/expectations. Don't be surprised if things don't work out if you go into a cross-cultural relationship with this mindset.
@Xinbaba 100 percent true. However that's not a cultural issue, that's an individualistic issue based on how you were raised. I'm a very vocal and straightforward person (which has nothing to do with my culture), my partner doesn't need to be, but what they do need to is acknowledge and accept that communication and respect are the cornerstones of any successful relationship universally. Avoidance, lack of Comms, and deflection lead to resentment, miss communication, and eventually breakups. If my partner is not used to this for whatever reason that's fine but they need to progressively and actively work on that, or else why even be in a relationship with me that I know will fail.
@@jeremygallardo8096 westerners tend to be vocal and straightforward, but I hear you.
That's high context culture for you. Being straightforward is an invitation for argument in Eastern cultures which prefers to keep harmony for the group, because they value a group of people more than an individual. So they have to read the air and conform to somewhat rigid social norms, but it keeps general peace. It's not wrong, just different, just like western low context culture that heavily relies on verbal communication isn't wrong, just different. International couples need to make steps towards each other, it's egotistical to expect only one person to change.
Good street interview.
Interesting video.😊
The key to anything. Communication. For me it worked. Both sides have to do it
13:00 The girl saying foreign guys are too direct in their speech, like I've literally been called fat so many times by koreans. Not just saying fat, I've had my belly poked and grabbed saying that I should lose weight. Even some people that I had just met and didn't know for long. Koreans are wayyyyyy more direct especially about physical appearance issues. I never once had that problem with foreigners
You are really right…
And? Have you lost the weight yet?
that korean beauty standard doesnt translate to western standards in any event so they should reign it in a bit commenting on appearance
Awesome. Back to the important topics here on Asian Boss 🤩
Absolutely loving the Australian accents :)
She asked good questions.
Mutual respect for each other and sharing similar values I'd say are keys to staying in a long term relationship. Racial difference does not really matter because when you love each other you don't see the other belonging to a different race.
Very true and well said!!
The part that matters is the relations between the 2 countries.
If lets say before the war a Russian dated an Ukrainian. That might cause the relationship to split apart.
@@pxndaa So what you are saying is the respective families should blame each other for the actions of their governments. Yeah, that logical....SMH.
@@ericswanson411 Yeah that exactly what I said... SMH🤦♂️
Bro really just decided to completely miss the simplest way to interpret my comment and pretend I'm the one that imagined the outrageous point.
You would naturally support your own country, so you would be one two opposite sides. It's that simple bruh.
Who said anything about governments?
so true
Now i know more about Korean dating culture,thank you
Also when you say foreigner I believe there are different levels of foreigner ,many have many traits similar and many will be completely different with lots of different traits.
25 years married to the most amazing and beautiful Korean woman. I'm from South America living in California where I meet the love of my life. She didn't speak english and I didn't speak Korean, but she carried a Korean-English dictionary in her purse all the time, and that was our little secret. We had difficulties and misunderstandings all the time, but at the end of the day it was the most exciting experience we ever had. We embraced each other cultures and customs and made it work very well, we both come from big families, and when we traveled to meet our parents and siblings we were so fortunate that it was love at the first sight from both sides. Sometimes love is in the places that you least expect, and you have to travel great distances to find it.
That sounds very romantic. Her effort to learn english made you both happy. I'm glad.
"we were so fortunate that it was love at the first sight from both sides."
- "Your soulmate will be the stranger you recognize."
"A twin flame relationship occurs when two people come together and feel as if they have each encountered the other half of their soul. When this occurs, there is such a strong connection that it is impossible to conceal it."
I laughed at the end when the girl said that Korean women don’t usually mean what they say while western women do 😂
Women saying they’re fine when they’re clearly not is a universal thing so don’t worry about it 😂
I think some of what she was talking about was the concept of nunchi in Korea - people guard expressions in their face, so for foreigners they're much more difficult to perceive, so you need to be more heightened in looking out for indications that people are upset.
@@chipd4911 after having watched like 400 kdrama I have become an expert in Korean faces micro expressions 😂
For long-term relationships, the couple should share a mutual language or it'll be extremely difficult to bond. Unless the foreign guy can converse in Korean or the Korean girl can speak English, it will likely not work. The phenomenon of interracial marriage is much more prominent in the West since the language barrier is less of an issue and East Asian countries like Korea are very racially homogenous so the perception of beauty is different.
I read that BTS quite popular in the west, and many white girls marry boys from Japan and Korea.
@@asianprince8718 Japanese and Korean boys have always been popular with Eastern Europeans, but only until fairly recently have other white (and black) girls looked for serious J/K partners. In fact, South Korea and to a slightly lesser extent Japan have higher rates of "sex tourism" for women than men, which had been unseen in history as usually men are the ones going abroad looking for a partner
Ok but who said he was Caucasian? Foreign can mean anyone who isn’t Korean. Also, some of the women interviewed already speak English and other languages.
@@MamaW42 I wonder are there some Eastern European men like Japanese and Korean girls like white men from the U.S. and Western Europe?
Yes and no. What makes a long-term relationship work goes beyond language into patience and values.
that english speaking girl is literally a foreigner herself lol
Wow thank you for this great, very insightful content! I actually learnt about Korean culture and their ways of thinking thru this video. Well done! 👏 I would appreciate if you could also do a video from the Korean men's point of view. Similar interviews ~ so that we get POV from both sides 🙏
I was in Korea in the '60s when things were much different than today. But, I learned a (very) little Korean language, participated in rice planting, cabbage harvesting, visiting historical locations, etc. I really enjoyed my time there. There was a girl I liked very much back then, but I knew she would never be comfortable in the USA, and I was very direct in telling her so from the beginning. This lady was from a village just south of the northern border of South Korea and would probably not believe the people you interviewed were actually her countrymen! I work in my retirement in a senior home and met a resident there from Korea, born in the '40s. She speaks little English. Her husband has died. I guess she dated her boyfriend for decades during his visits to Korea, before they eventually married, and then she moved with him to the USA. They never had kids. Her family in Korea has all passed on from my understanding of her story. I feel so sorry for her situation. She has nobody close to her that I have noticed. I have to be very careful she does not confuse our professional relationship with a personal one. I have an Asian wife, in the USA, and she not only is NOT ok with my having close female friends, but is happier if I cannot remember any other females' names, except for verified relations! I really enjoyed your video. You have some very smart and perceptive interviewees there!
Stephen, thanks for sharing. I read that some Americans are not ok with Korean food because of too spicy. Do you like Korean food? Have you tried ramen in Korea?
@@asianprince8718 I think I would have been more receptive of kimchi (winter and summer versions) if I had not watched it being made, and buried, etc. However, I go a few times a year to Korean restaurants when I spot them in my travels. It is more than just food, but an experience in communal eating. I can remember riding a bus down the old MSR, sharing a seat with chickens and some kids eating dried octopus or squid like candy! I can still remember their smiling faces trying to tear off a bite. Talk about your culture shock! Also, back then the only Korean cars I can remember were Sin Jins (sp?). Homes were heated under the floors. Lots of changes in Korea I can see from the available videos!
@@asianprince8718 2nd part of your question. I ate Ramen all the time there, but mostly the more tame level of chili spices. Once I even made it with wine when all the water pipes were frozen. Edible, but not recommended!
@Stephen Mitchell
I see. I didn't experience any culture shock when traveling to Korea. They have a similar culture to my place.
I didn't eat much kimchi whenever I ate at Korean restaurants, I actually liked their drinks.
How old are you now? My grandfather was in Korea during the 60s too. He told me it was a very very poor country.
7:32 Didn't expect this kind of an answer but it was a very positive surprise
8:03 Also this was a fantastic comment
good transition
I'm not Korean but I totally agree that disliking fermented bean is a disqualification.
What that girl said at the end, so true. In the West, it's normal to go days without contacting someone you're dating. I mean... yes, everyone's different, but I grew up very much like that. After we ended up dating we'd contact each other more often, but when dating, I didn't contact the girl for an easy three to four days. Had I contacted her often, it would've been looked at as "not manly" or "clingy" as if I didn't have my own life. If I were dating a Korean girl she'd probably think I didn't like her or wasn't interested, but I'd be at home thinking I'm giving her space. haha!
I personally was never cool with this, like sure if we went on one date you don't have to text me non stop, but if we've been on like 3-4 dates and we clearly like each other, I think it's time we considered it a relationship and we could talk as much as we want. I think there's a difference between being clingy and just showing the other person you're thinking of them
@@bluekitteneyesI do think, however, that texting your girlfriend when you wake up, go to such and such a place, and sleep as a bit weird.
As a man, I spoke to my girlfriends daily. We're busy people with busy lives, and texting is the easiest way to communicate. having someone in your corner is so important.
Messaging her often gives away that you have less options than she does. Once she catches on, she'll leave.
@rizkiramadhan9266 that's stupid af. Perhaps if you're not dating, sure maybe. But not if you're actually dating.
I love this video Koreans I'm coming learning about culture and language I will be fully prepared that's was an awesome video thanks guys
17:39 This is so untrue. Me and my boyfriend text each other at least three or four times a day. Being 2 to 3 days without contacting your partner at all it’s pretty weird, even though it’s not the end of the world.
18:06 But this is also too extreme. It’s like you contact your bf all the time and to me it would be so frustrating. People must find time to disconnect from technologies too 😅.
But.. Koreans do like that a lot… I mean almost..
No matter who you get together with--even from the same culture--there will be conflicts and misunderstandings, and Western women also sometimes say one thing but mean another--and many Western men complain about this! lol However, if a man and woman of different cultures find each other attractive enough to try to make a relationship and marriage work, I think both are more willing from the start to allow for those differences and try to make compromises and adjustments along the way. The fact that many international marriages seem to be happy for both partners demonstrates that this is definitely pssible if both partners are willing to do this.
Interesting video. I’m Palestinian-Bulgarian from a mixed Muslim-Christian family. "Where are you from?" is always a difficult question for me to answer. I’ve never felt fully accepted in either the Bulgarian or Arab community and sometimes I've encountered racism and stereotypes about my background. Being mixed has its challenges, but in recent years I've come to appreciate the beauty of it. I realized that being mixed is one of the main reasons why I get along so well with different people, regardless of how different they are to me, where they come from, how they think and which religion they follow. Being mixed is a true blessing that makes a more well-rounded and tolerant human being.
Based. Do you really not identify with one side more than the other?
I am Romanian and it kinda made me feel sad when absolutely no korean I talked to knew about my country , all they said was "OO rOMaNiA, where is this country"
But I am starting to accept it lowkey and that being an american is a privilege..
@@ioanbogdanmorosanu4754 nah mate. Being white is. You come here to the east and you'll be treated like royalty, we don't care if you're from Romania.
@@ioanbogdanmorosanu4754you live in America or Romania? If you’re American that’s how it is for all of us mixed people. My family is extremely mixed on both sides and I have always been asked “so what are you?” I’ve always identified as “other,” “two or more ethnicities,” or I check each ethnicity. If I am forced to choose ONE, I “decline to answer.”
The past couple of years has been quite interesting for me bc I am getting a lot of younger people TELLING me I am “white” and “white passing.” It’s so bizarre but they are so clueless and trying to TELL me what I am and erase my history. Racial politics have been so ridiculous lately. I’ve never identified as white but now I’m being identified as white without any consideration that I’m mixed.
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The Fashion in this video. Oh my~
I believe that everyone has their own preferences when it comes to dating. When dating a foreigner, you must familiarize yourself with their own cultures, traditions, and beliefs. However it isn't all the time where Asian men/women are compatible with those of foreign blood, and that may be because they would have these tendencies where they would clash over some things they don't fully agree with, etcetera. Anyway, if you feel the need to be with someone who's of different origin from you, then just go for it. Who knows where it may take you.
Usually if the foreigner is from a country that dont share the values, and both love their country it will not work either.
The most in-depth interview of this kind I've seen. All the others interviewing Asian women and men about dating foreigners are all the same:
Would you date a foreigner? Yes.
From which country?: UK, America, Italy, Spain, France, Australia, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Canada.
What do you like about them?: blue eyes, blonde hair, tall, muscular, gentlemanly, pale skin, slender nose, big boobs
Thank you.
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Just plain and simple: white people are the preference.
Great video. I know this is an older video, but I had to comment. The girl that said girls from Korea might say they are fine, but not be fine, but that other women from other countries will say they are fine and mean it is, soooo wrong.. All women here in the US say they are fine, but mean you're supposed to read my mind and know I'm not fine, cause I don't want to admit it.. I want you to guess to show me you know me well enough.. 🤣🤣... I love women, but I think this is universal with all women.. They don't even know how they feel!
Again, great interviews.. It's very interesting.. I knew GI's when I was in the Army many decades ago that married Korean women because the American men were in the Army. They always told me if you get a Korean girl, she will be so loyal, but if you make her angry, she will be a devil.. 😜.. I think the language barrier would be too hard to overcome unless we both spoke one of the others language really good! Korean women are so beautiful as well as Chinese and Japanese.. I think Korean and Japanese especially are just lovely and beautiful!
Regards from the Midwest USA
Tim
Korean Women Are So Wise How Could Any Korean Man Go Without One Of Them
Language & culture go hand in hand; they are both necessary for mutual understanding.
And values
That one girl in the video said it very well;
Culture is in language. Actually, language is part of culture., but thats pretty much saying the same thing.
These women express themselves quite well and seem fairly worldly. They have great style too.
Probably common good but it seems best if both partners try to have some interest in the other ones culture while at the same time be very lenient for breaches of said cultures by the other. Because in essence you two live in a third culture you create out of the two inherited.
I am a caucasian who was born in Malaysia and been here all my life. I dated a Korean girl who grew up in Malaysia as well and it was one of the most fun relationships I had. I think open minded and respectful to each others culture is important. Both must be adventurous.
Caucasian or anglo?
@@user-vd9pf6pu3o may i ask what exactly "caucasian" means? im from turkey and my friend is circassian so just like you said, i've always thought caucasian means those like chechen, georgian, avar, ossetian, lezgin, circassian... but i see a lot of people using the term "caucasian" on youtube comments and i dont get what exactly they mean. do people say caucasian for white people in europe too???
@@aysenceliker In north america, caucasian is used to describe and refer to white people, so anyone with roots from europe,
@@shukriiii oh i got it now, thank you
@@aysenceliker During the early 1700s, Caucasian was just used to describe people from the Caucasus. What changed was that around the late 1700s, European scholars thought that white people originated from the Caucuses because that’s where they thought Noah’s ark landed, so the scholars thought they were descended from the Caucuses. Also, at the time there was a popular stereotype that people from the Caucuses were very beautiful and I guess the white Europeans wanted to be descended from that. Obviously this is not true because humans originated in Africa but the term stuck and from then on it just became a term white people use to label themselves.
I find it more interesting that this question could be a topic in South Korea. Because marrying foreigner for people in other countries is not seems like a big deal enough to make a whole discussing about it. So I get the sense that it is a separate trend. In Korea, they kind of separate people who date foreigner and people who date Korean and that it is strange enough to make whole discussion about it.
Sorry, do you mean Koreans dating foreigners seems very rare now?
@@asianprince8718 from what I understand, it is not rare? However, because Asian boss cover this topic, so I curious on why it is important/noticeable/strange/interesting enough about marrying a foreigner for Korean that this story need to be covered. Bc in any other countries, marrying a foreigner is just that marrying a foreigner. I guess that there is some kind of subtle context of Korean society that I don't understand.
@@asianprince8718 It's a bit of a sensitive(?) topic and I don't want to offend anyone but it's true that there is a stigma in Korea about a woman dating foreigners. One is that they're just looking for hookup or being used as a fetish because how can you connect on a level when your cultures don't mesh at all especially if they're just visiting? Kind of like an outcast, similar to how a Westerner who loves anime and Asian culture is the weird weeaboo in America. Like they're free to do what they want, but there is a judgement there from others. But similar to stigmas against weebs in America, these stigmas are being erased
It is probably because you live in a multicultural country and foreign couples are common. In Korea the population of foreigners is about 5% and Westerners are only about 1%. It's a very homogeneous country. It hasn't been a few years since Korea received attention and the number of foreigners began to increase rapidly. So it's a very new phenomenon for them.
@@Unknown-un5pu Actually foreigners are 2% in Korea. If that 2%, half are Chinese. The other half (1%) are mixed not just with Westerners but also other Asian, Africans, etc.
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According to what they said, feel like the thoughts of Korean women are similar to many Chinese women.
In East Asia countries, guessing what are women’s real thoughts in a relationship is hardest, especially for western men, I think.
No
Chinese women all have different thinking
Not all the same
Nope they are definitely different.
I found Korean girls they seemed more open minded from this video yet actually I think they are just more educated in very much different way than other Asian countries.
I dated a Korean girl back when I lived there and they are very cool, not as traditional as I thought lol if you know what I mean, the girl I was seeing is from Uijeongbu and I had the best of times with her, we talked about having a serious relationship but due to work at the time I could not commit but thinking about it now I think I would macth very well with her culture and how they see things, especially when it comes to my professional life, Private Equity can be a pain in the butt and it takes the right woman to be with me.
I'm Korean American able speak Spanish , I'm dating a Argentinian American BUT she can speak Korean as well ... She studied and lived in Korea for 5 years ... Actually had more common with her than a Korean who can speak English as second language
Dear Sir,
Thanks for sharing. I happened to come across some people of my country and they have American wives. According to them, it seems there could be a obstacle that some of their parents don't prefer interracial marriage because of different cultures or ideas. Have you had that situations before?
@Violet Crown
In the past, it is rare for a couple that boy was Asian and girl was white. Now it should become common in America ?
Fianlly a change. Normally is white guy asian girl, which caused massive gender imbalance. Good to see asian guys dating out more, to fix the gender imbalance.
@@asianprince8718 it remains uncommon, but interracial relationships in general are still not as common as America might portray to other nations. For sure though, especially in the younger 2000s+ generation, there seems to be a lot of interest in Asian boys (but specifically pretty Korean, Japanese, and Chinese boys and pretty much in that order unfortunately). I think that if you're top 10% of attractiveness of any race, your race does not matter at all for dating, but the 90 percentile of Asians in America have it tougher than the 90 percentile of White or Black in America based purely on perceived attractiveness, whether due to cultural or societal beauty standards. Kpop Idol or KDrama actor style is definitely trendy now though and is a bigger pull for many women nowadays.
@Mama W
I see. Right now in America, a lot of white girls are dating Korean boys by that order?
as a korean nzer, international marriage in korea is still low compared to domestic marriage but the trend is increasing a bit. among the international marriage, more korean men date foreign girls than korean women dating foreign men.
its really depends on individual and their preference. for me, my parents forbid us to date foreigners and want us to date korean women bec of cultural and language diff. thats why mum and my older bro fought alot bec he dated and married to foreign girl.
What if the foreign girls can speak Korean? Would your parent accept ?
Where was the foreign girl from that he married?
if they speak korean and understand culture then maybe. mum said that dating white girl would be preferable if we were to date foreign girl.
girl is from Thailand. he dated lots of girls from diff countries even korean girl but she was gold digger who want expensive jewellery etc so he married to thai girl
@@koreankiwi4400 do you see yourself, marrying a Korean or foreigner?
The similar values are probably at the highest issue there since the cultural differences play a major role in the relationship. The second is family, then social status and money. As long as the korean men and women eventually date and have offerings rather than leading the demographic to have a lower birth rate, which leads to the decline in the korean race.
Even with the same native lenguaje, men struggle to understand women. We process thoughts very different. So, having a foreign couple just means paying more attention.
It's curious how latins weren't considered on the conversation.
What about not so young people? Even with a little story behind, everyone deserves an opportunity.
7:30 yo legit Papago saved the day when I had to resolve luggage issue with the flight attendant that couldn't really speak English and I can't speak Korean. The translation worked surprisingly well and she was writing full on sentences in Korean.
Seems local Korean girls have high demand for constant connection and pampering. Respect for age hierarchy (anyone older than you) is understandable as a culture. But the high degree need for attentiveness is something guys need to keep in mind.
Couldn't agree more..the list that they've expected earlier just not equal with their beauty😅
*Personally, i'd go with philipines girls
Foreign guys are known to flirt with Korean and seeing others too.
They think they date those guys but no.
@@SuperGeneration10True. I actually think Japanese are the most beautiful followed by Korean and then Thai. However, a lot of Americans (even Asian american) will sometimes not be attracted to Southeast Asians at all, and will find them to be lesser than East Asians. I have no preference over one Asian or another, and I find them all beautiful in different ways. I will say I always thought of Thai women as cute, Koreans as beautiful, Indonesians somewhere between the two, and Japanese somewhere in between cute, beautiful, and sexy. I know those are kinda synonymous but also a bit different in meaning.
3:43 I laughed a lot watching the second girl. she is somewhere in horror movie mentally, then she wakes up realizing she is in front of camera then slowly fading in her mind again :D :D
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So for s korea only usa is a foreign country?
Of course they wouldn't.. and that's what I love the most about Koreans.
What I find do strange about this is many of the concerns raised in this,within the UK, British women would have exactly the same with fellow British partners
괜찮아요! 한국 사람은 영어 배울 수 있고 외국인도 한국어 배울 수 있어요. 조금 어렵지만 할 수 있어요!
In East Asia when u talk about “foreigners” it’s always white dudes from the west…
And?
Don’t read if you hate meta-comments.
I think that because you are catering to a western/English-speaking audience, you guys are a lot more diplomatic with how you phrase things. But in real time, the questions you ask are a lot more forward. For example, you will type “Westerners“ in the subtitles, but the interviewer said “white people“ in Korean or Japanese. I’m what ppl would call a black person, who understands bits and pieces of both, so it’s kind of awkward engaging the comments since I’m an English speaker who knows that it’s not really talking about me as often as it appears LoL. It doesn’t take away from the enjoyment I get out of watching your videos nonetheless!😊 (I’m aware that you can say “white guys“ because Japan and SK are less sensitive, but also… more sensitive? See “rules for eating, gifting, and greeting” for details.)
Sorry, trying to understand you. Do you mean calling people white or black is quite offensive in America ?
What are the formal ways to call them?
@@asianprince8718 I think he’s saying that the video doesn’t refer much to him because the interviewer said “white people” instead of westerners in general, however the op commenter said he’s black so the answers may not apply to him much?? Not sure though.
@@kozuta8858 Yeah but most westerners are white and the term ''the west'' refers to western europe and west of europe, who first established western culture and are white. I get why they say it that way.
@@50shadesofgday64 ohhh, makes sense. Sry I'm also asian and I don't know much about that topic xD
@@asianprince8718 No need to apologize, I appreciate you for wanting clarity, it’s better than assuming!
🤔Hmm… I guess I would say that in the context of this video, mentioning race would be seen as more crude, or uncouth. It’s like… It’s not universally BAD but it IS still risky and will solicit a negative response if someone makes a video in English saying “how many Korean women have dated white guys?” It’s genuinely frowned upon to bring up certain issues directly. With America being such a heterogeneous country(culturally/ ethnically diverse), the culture has learned to find more subtle ways to refer to things. Im getting ahead of myself, let me answer your question. In a formal setting, a white person would be called Caucasian, a black person will be called African-American. If I am talking to someone about you, it’s kinda ok for me to refer to you by your race, “what’s that guys name? I forgot. You know, the Asian guy?” but there are lots of times where due to American customs, I will simply PREFER to refer to you by an article of clothing you wear frequently, or a common behavior you exhibit. Western cultures tiptoe around more sensitive things, I’m not sure where you’re from but if somebody is bigger, your culture will likely call them fat, sometimes to their face! In America people will saying “she’s big-boned, im looking for plus size clothing, etc.”
it very hard find koreans in international dating site anymore , okcupid moved korea from they list some reasons
Interesting.
I would hate to have someone constantly texting me throughout the day. So clingy
Since when all Korean women are like that? Haha they all seems differeny
In Germany it is seen as being to clingy when responding to fast so in our culture it kinda established itself to wait a couple of hours until responding. I myself actually hate that and always respond as fast as possible because whenever I don't respond when I see the message I forget about the message and don't respond at all...
It is also really common nowadays to get ghosted and that's probably one of the reasons why people get ghosted.
In Japan as well. Usually people wait for days to reply messages. No wonder Japan and Germany are good friends.
@@MaximSupernov dangerous friendship too at times...
Going steady, I hadn't heard this in a long time, that's what we called it here in the U.S. when I was dating, sometimes we would give the girl a going steady ring. Now they call it going out.
was anyone else astonished how articulate these women were?
A lot of the issues they had with foreign boyfriends are the same in almost every culture. A girl doesn’t want a guy to go stay with a girlfriend who lives by their selves or constantly go places without telling you where they’re going or constantly going places without you, etc. etc., there’s no difference in a lot of that stuff is that’s not allowed in the United States either if the girl is smart! Otherwise she just might end up being used. You want Decent partner with basic good standards. The couples that are mixed backgrounds or cultures but seem to work well and have a lasting relationship seem to be able to speak each other’s language well also.
A good example is Rachel and Jun on TH-cam
Yes, I thought a few of the things they thought as distinctly Korean were actually quite universal. I'm curious as to what kind of men these women dated. Their exes didn't sound like they world fare too well if they were dating a westerner either.
My mom married someone from Peru, couldn't speak ANY Spanish at all.
Best relationship I've ever seen, it was a literal movie relationship.
What do you notice about all these interviewees? Damn, most of them are so fashionable and elegantly fit!
You mean the way they dress?
Aussie accent stands out from a mile away 😂
The language barrier is my life, I am french Canadian so I have a barrier with English, but it is not so bad. My concern is much more around the delay, I like softly moment and spend my time on everything. Asian people make their career at 20 years old with four children. That is not enough romantic.
"Handsome American" = Rich White American
Americans are not a rich. they are poor even ethically and morally
How many times are you going to ask this question lmao
all these women interviewed seem very intelligent and well spoken
This can only really work as long as no one is playing any games and is completely upfront with everything. Any kind of games is going to be lost in translation. Passive aggressive ish is not going to fly.
1:53 Australian 🇦🇺accent
Not just the accent, but all the mannerisms. She's lived in Australia for a while if she speaks like that.
-an Australian
@@thedofflin Yeah thats what i was saying. I said she had an Australian accent, not that she was Australian 🤣. Their are a lot of Koreans here in AUS.
I'm a Korean living in Australia with a Caucasian Aussie husband & 2 kids. My family, including my grandmothers, were happy for me to marry a "foreigner" regardless of what race.
When I took my husband to Korea to meet all my extended family, one of my relatives asked my husband "Did you always liked Asian?" He was only asking whether my husband always not mind going out with an Asian race. But my husband got embarrassed because he took the question as whether he always had a "Yellow fever" or some sort of fetish to do with Asian. He said "I like women of all race". "Oh, I mean, I'm not a womaniser. I just don't mind what race a woman is." Then he took a deep breath.
All my family is vegetarian & so is my husband's. But he seemed to enjoy all the vegetarian food my family gave him, including the stinky fermented soy beans paste soup. So all my extended family were very empress with him. My grandma had an early-mid stage dementia & she kept calling him "Kim seobang" which was so funny. My family name is Kim. So maybe she just assumed my husband would have the same surname. Due to the dementia, she kept saying every 10 minutes, "Give some food to Kim seobang, he might get hungry."
@@musicbkim Crazy story 😂.
@@life_is_a_myth Probably not, cause he's only had 1 other Asian girlfriend before me & the other ex-girlfrields have been Caucasians. & He told me he never had a particular preference when it comes to race.
13:48 basically it's allowed for a woman to complain and speak her mind out loud about gaining weight in this case but if a man agrees with that, she's hurt and it's "cultural difference" ? Ok 😅
This interview had a few interesting things in it though. It will never cease to amaze me how big of a difference there is in dating culture and relations between men and women im general.
Also, since Koreans are a very proud nation and they care a lot about their potential partners learning their culture, etiquette, manners etc. (since they're the "Well-mannered Kingdom of the East" @ 16:28), i wonder how willing they are to learn their partners' culture, manners and etiquette as well ? Any Korean women with foreign partners ?
I'm korean and my bf is turkish - although we both grew up in Germany. While I identify rather German than Korean, I still have some values that are rooted in korean culture.
I guess I can call myself lucky for my bf being so open-minded and invested in learning more about my culture, even leading to him asking me if he should learn my language, but I don't think Korean women would generally not like to learn more about the SO's culture.
If anything, I'd say that Koreans, regardless of gender, might be having a hard time learning about other cultures, but I feel like if they are already open to dating international people, then they'd be willing to learn about their culture too
The problem is that people don’t understand the meaning of relationship, relationships or love is not the opposite adjusting to you but you adjusting to the other, through character traits as (patient, determination, effort, curiosity and learning)if you bring these qualities to the plate then don’t need to have any expectations at all and if there are no good results then is time to move on but with this system mostly everything would work fine. So no expectations no emotions nor feelings, just do what’s right period 😢
Many of the things they quote as being Korean habits seem like western. Most girls don't like it when you have lots of female friends and they often say the opposite to what they're feeling. MY family in the UK is multi cultural and includes Egyptian, Chinese and Filipino people.
I remember when I first went to Korea in 2011, it was still really taboo for local Korean girls to date non-Koreans. Definitely see less of that now even though there is still a lot of social stigma. Cool to see modern perspectives here. Great interviews!
Why the woke agenda of interracial dating? Stick to your own.
@@user-vd9pf6pu3owhy???
it was more frequent back then whether its taboo or not
@@user-vd9pf6pu3o😂ur life should be taboo
Omg...the girl who's mad about the weight comment but over there, trust me, it's a common thing to point it out directly. Even to co-workers who are not even that close to you!!! Coming back from vacation and hearing comments about your body as if it's their business. Culture isn't always an excuse for a lack of good manners and respect. Speaking from experience.
If you connect to HTTPS, it's already encrypted. So why do you need a VPN?
@@wei_ke So, you're trusting the VPN with the sites you visit. If anonymity is the goal, isn't Tor better (unless speed is necessary)? If you're worried of man-in-the-middle-attacks, just use mobile data. There are good use cases for VPN. I just think their utility in security is overrated.
When have you ever seen American or European girls asked if they'd marry a foreign guy? It seems it's always Asian girls asked to consider foreign men.
From a guy who married interracially (I'm western and I married a Japanese gal.) Yes it can be done and done successfully. And, I feel honored to be a part of a second culture and to have my Japanese family in the form of in-laws. My world has become twice as rich. There will be issues that come up of course. That happens in every relationship. If there's a key it's in the communication piece. Work really hard to communicate well and to try and understand your partner. With good communication, that love you have for each other should be strong enough to get you through marriage's vicissitudes.
My mom is Korean, my dad met her when he was in the Army and stationed in S. Korea. When they got married in 1967, her family disowned her and didn't speak to her for over 20 years. I've only met one of my Korean aunts and cousin, which makes me sad. I would have loved to meet more of them, but, it seems, the older generation still doesn't approve of bi-racial mixing. Would have been nice to hear from some older generation folks on this topic.
Dear Madam, thank you for taking your time to share it here. Have you tried to talk to your mom about this or your friends who are Koreans? Maybe they can help you out so you can meet your all family. There are always ways for family reunion in which you will have the time to talk to the family who you never met.
Big shame for marrying to G I man!
Well, Korea is still fairly conservative but back in the 60s they were extremely conservative especially when it came to marriage. Also, marrying an American army man was extremely taboo and looked down upon so their response is predictable, a bit extreme but predictable. Koreans real care about continuing the Korean lineage so mixing with a foreigner is considered tainting the Korea blood lineage. Not your fault obviously but just a victim of the times, extremely conservative times. In today's Korea it wouldn't have been that extreme and perhaps even very accepting.
It’s got more to do with a fact that your dad was a GI
your mom was a war bride basically whored out by the government
Awesome blog guys!!! as a white interace boy who’s trying to learn Korean I find this really useful 😅 me and my dad are going to move to Seoul next year so I’m trying to learn about the culture and language as much as I can, also be a respectful foreigner, if you know English or Spanish and wanna help me out with my trashy Korean I’d appreciate it 😅 hit me up Im trying to speak to natives, awesome video again greetings everyone from Mexico!🇲🇽 ❤
Gotta luv the mixed breed babies lol
how are all the interviewees so beautiful?
Maybe its a Gen Z /Alpha thing? But I am American and we always make something official verbally.. like how else would you even know you are bf/gf??? I have never heard of anyone in US at least, NOT doing that?? hmm