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. As usual, on today's episode, we start off with a few shoutouts and comments regarding the people who have helped us, as well as to all of our viewers for showing us love with your subscriptions, comments and likes. Thank you everyone for your support! We dive right into finding paid dates in South Korea, where you can pay women or men to go on a date with you, especially during the seasons when you may be lonely, the Cherry Blossom season and Fall Foliage season. We then dive into the way people make money with streaming in South Korea (Afreeca TV) and the variety of content you can find being streamed in South Korea. Meokbang is one of the more popular ones which you may be familiar with, especially since they have expanded their boundaries outside of South Korea and it's a common type of broadcast all over the world now. We further discuss how difficult it is for major companies in other countries to compete with South Korean brands. Some brands that come to mind are Twitch and Sephora. They tried to enter the South Korean market but weren't able to succeed against their South Korean counterparts, namely Afreeca TV and Olive Young. Cherry blossoms "were" in view when we recorded this episode but it seems like they've all but disappeared now. We hope you enjoyed the view. They bloom quickly but fade away almost as quickly! All the cherry blossom leaves probably took about 2 weeks to fall of this year, which is actually a big longer than it usually lasts! We proceed to talk about some AI and technological advances in South Korea, because as far as we're concerned, Korea is living in 2050 all by itself! There are apps on the phone that block your phone from functioning when at the crosswalk waiting to cross the street, so that you don't get into an accident. There are robots serving food and clearing away dirty dishes in restaurants. There are robots in airports ready to guide you and help you with your travel plans and journeys. We are truly living in the future in South Korea and you can experience these things first hand, regardless of what neighborhood you live in. You'll quickly find you don't have to live in Seoul to experience the benefits of South Korea. However, we do discuss one point of interest that is sorely lacking in South Korea and that is the plumbing and irrigation, as well as some of the old-school squat toilets that you may have run across, or will run across in the future. You'll find that living in South Korea is convenient for the most part, but you'll definitely run across some mixtures of old-school Korean cultures while living in South Korea. For the record, DON'T FLUSH WET NAPS INTO THE TOILET. YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD'S IRRIGATION. Lol. 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) and we post new How-To videos every Wednesday 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 E-mail: howtokorea1@gmail.com
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