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[jajdude]

I suppose this is a fair follow-up to the "Rare things in Korea" post.

Some things of course may only seem unique to Korea if you haven't seen them in another country. Depends on your travel experience or if indeed some things here are perhaps unique to Korea.

The first one that comes to mind for me is the smiling or happy pig or cow character you see on restaurants. I still get a kick out of it. It's like the cow/pig with the grin or thumbs up expression is saying, "Come on in. Eat the family. We taste good!"

How about scissors for cutting meat?

In other countries, do good-looking girls dance in front of newly opened businesses? (Let's celebrate the opening of the fifth kimbap joint within this square kilometer!)

Ah I'm sure there are many more not currently available to my consciousness.

[Swiss James]

Ginseng Ice-cream, 4 year old kids walking to school on their own, high school kids coming out of lessons at 11pm, bars and clubs that encourage customers to write on the wall

[Korea Newfie]

[peppermint]

ajumas picking through my trash for recyclables, white folk dancing in the aisle of a store that carries their favorite beverage, people wearing slippers indoors- all the time etc. .

[Real Reality]

The number of people that arrange group suicides on the Internet.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200404/kt2004041518224911990.htm

[lush72]

[Grotto]

chocolate mixed with squid...or cuttlefish....can you say ewww?

They are the little balls, cookie outside, chocolate inside mixed with shredded squid.

[sadsac]

Driving your motorcycle on the footpath.

[Walter Mitty]

A lion at a petting zoo.

[Crois]

Dong chimming

[kangnamdragon]

men bathing together

[nev]

...hundreds of Koreans... everywhere...

[spliff]

High school babes asking "You like me?"

[Zyzyfer]

Reading this thread makes me miss the place.

[Zed]

Walking on the backs of your shoes. If you want sandals, buy sandals.