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. In today's episode, we discuss housewarming parties and gifts in South Korea and what you can do to prepare gifts when visiting someone's home for the first time! We then discuss self-checkout stores in South Korea, which truly speaks to the security and safety of the country once more. If you are a frequent customer at a shopping center such as HomePlus, Emart or Costco, make sure you sign up for a membership because you'll be surprised at some of the benefits and discounts! If you've lived in South Korea for a little bit, you'll notice that fruits are ridiculously expensive in South Korea and you'll want to try to get as much of a discount as you can. On that note, we speculate about why fruit prices are so high in South Korea and how that has an effect on the diet of the country. Finally, we discuss two big tragedies that happened since the year 2000, including the Itaewon Halloween tragedy and the Sewol Ferry tragedy. To find out more details, visit the links below as Rotten Mango does an excellent job of going in depth into explaining what truly happened during these tragedies. Mentions @kenjikundesu @rottenmangopod Links Itaewon tragedy https://youtu.be/F3sIDvFh3Os?si=9EdTfW5nt1-yfHXs Sewol tragedy https://youtu.be/VMs5bTRjjeI?si=J1wesvtDbj99QD6W 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). 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

Youtube: @howtokorea1 Episode 16 00:00 - Introduction and responding to comments 06:01 - Housewarming gifts in South Korea 13:51 - Self checkout stores in South Korea 24:40 - Memberships from a big marts like HomePlus 27:17 - Why fruit is expensive in South Korea 35:10 - Itaewon Halloween tragedy 46:48 - Sewol ferry tragedy