u/MarionberryEnough658

I have never been to Asia and am considering Seoul as an art exchange student, the other option would be Kyoto in Japan.

I have researched about both cultures and people say that koreans are more straightforward, as I am on the spectrum, I rather prefer that. I need direct communication.

From what I understand, korea has very intense beauty standards, is this something that impacts foreigners as well? I am not overweight but I don't have glass skin and super white teeth. Also have hormonal acne.

I have a more maximalist style, is unique fashion also big in seoul or is this more tokyo?

I worry about how expensive it would be living in a big city, like will I have to live in those matchbox apartments or is that more Tokyo? Do all fruits really cost that much or are there seasonal local options that are more affordable? (I love eating fruit XD)

Are there a lot of queer spaces and do couples (straight or otherwise) show affection in public? Do people flirt, is there hookup culture?

My biggest concern is if there are dangerous areas to be avoided or something. Some kdramas and the Burning Sun docummentary I watched made me wonder how bad really police corruption and crime is in Korea.

I hope my post doesn't sound negative, I am genuinely curious and would love to be able to make a more informed decision. Thank you!

It was so emotionally intense, tragic and wholesome, seeing a love that feels so pure even if characters started more immature and selfish, seeing them develop and flourish to even with all the hardships still have a happy ending. I binge watched it in like 24h over the weekend lmao and today I can't stoop swooning remembering their tender moments. HELP XD

My father died June 2023, I had to hire someone to deal with the bureaucracy because I knew I wouldn't be able to handle it, this person really did a lot and was even nice to go down on his hourly wages (90€ per hour! wow) because he didnt want to get paid more than me with the inheritance, for whatever reason there was only one bank account he couldn't close, he sent me an email that as of march 2024 I was owing them 98€ and I should contact them to close the account. Problem was that even hiring him my life became an absolute mess since his death, all the decisions, all the consequences of bureaucracy I didn't understand came back to haunt me as I was too depressed to study in the winter after his death, I didn't understand back then when I made this decision, already mid semester, that this meant I had to cancel my student aid and get unemployment aid (which you can't get retroactively and then you just have to immediately pay back that semesters student aid, basically you're forbidden to grieve) I got into huge debt and got really close to homelessness, was also in the middle of an abusive relationship where I depended on him for money... There's much more I could write, but long story short, amidst a shitstorm, this fucking account didn't get done and recently I got a letter, saying I owe them more than 3,6k, so basically 36x the original value from 2 years ago

HOW THE FUCK DOES A DEAD PERSON MAKE DEBT???? FROM A FUCKING BANK ACCOUNT???? WHAT KIND OF WORLD WE LIVE IN?? This is so fucking dystopic. This amount was already them contacting the person responsible for the inheritance, AKA THE BANK KNEW THE PERSON WAS DEAD.

I'm almost 3k negative from maximum credit of 6,5k and still waiting for this semester student aid to get approved. All this money could have just gone for me to visit my friends in Brazil and work on my art diploma... Assuming of course they will be so nice as to have me pay everything in installments...