Korean Job Discussion Forums

kyopo4life · Joined: 09 Jan 2009

only for the purpose of learning english for free? or attracted to foreigners in general? have any of you encountered a romantic relationship with a korean...Men or women... and are they open in dating with foreigners..I know for a fact that Korean society forbids interracial relationships and heavily looked down upon. tell me your experiences..short term or long term relationship??

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

While there is the 'instant friend for life or until I pass my TOEIC test-- whichever comes first' phenomenon, there is the other kind of relationship. You have to learn to sort through the offers.

pidgin · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Seoul

I call them "language leeches." It has occurred.

Is this true?: I know for a fact that Korean society forbids interracial relationships and heavily looked down upon.

Aww....geeez! What will I ever tell my Korean wife? Laughing

troll...shouldn't you be attending interviews?

Years ago, when I was a single man, I dated, loved, romanced a large number of Korean women over the course of a couple of years, so stick that in your societal pipe and toke on it!

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

generally NO!

the super hot popular korean girls will not date foreigners!

actually a minority of K chicks will date foreigners..

I bet you your currect kchick has had a foreigner before you..

you go to hongdae or itaewon, 95% of the time the korean girl you are about to take home has been with foreigners before..

or you might be one of the first, and be getting that korean girl who is curious about foreigners...

due to language barrier, social pressure, family matters, acceptance amoung friends the majority of korean girls don't date foreigners..

there is a small band of girls who date foreigners and they are beeing passed around... that sounded aweful hahahahaha

definitely maybe · Joined: 16 Feb 2008

korea is a large place with a native population that heavily outnumbers foreigners. i guess one could argue that koreans don't generally date foreigners based upon the sheer number of koreans who don't. that'd be an easy way for koreans, and maybe you, to conveniently ignore the fact that interracial dating and, gasp, marriage are on the rise here. not just farmers and mail-order brides either.

the fact that i, along with the bulk of foreign male and female friends i've had here, have had no trouble in the dating category shows how much more open korea is becoming. i say this because i'm talking about black friends, jewish friends, christian friends, brits of indian descent, lesbians, gays, and the ocassional newfie. they're not just trawling itaewon/hongdae like itaewonguy mentioned either, although his statement certainly rings true. hell, some of us even married koreans!

Cohiba · Joined: 01 Feb 2005

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shaunew · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Location: Calgary

I have a Korean wife with an amazing baby boy and another one on the way.
My wife is highly educated and speaks English fluently. She is a middle school teacher and has lots of respect.

I think the Koreans that look down on Korean women who marry or date foreigners are uneducated and have the farmer in a suit syndrome. If someone has a problem with an "interracial" or "international" marriage it is their problem. As well, this thinking will never allow Korea to succeed into an advanced country, which will be left nothing more then an average country.

I really wish the west was like Korea, so when Koreans go abroad they experience what they do to foreigners here and get a taste of their own medicine.

Finally for the Korean troll I would like to add that kimchi sucks and smells like ass and Dokdo belongs to Japan.

bundangbabo · Joined: 01 Jun 2008

I think Koreans are like everyone else - they are attracted to handsome or beautiful people - if you are a handsome or beautiful foreigner - you are going to be able to date handsome or beautiful Koreans.

I knew a very handsome Polish guy who couldn't maintain a steady realtionship with any English woman back in the UK because his English wasn't good enough (though he could speak it well enough) which I think is the crux of the problem with any person wanting to date Koreans here - the better your Korean is - the more chances you will get to date.

I think people think this place should be like the Philippines or Thailand where any fugly loser can get off the boat and have hordes of women because they are white - thank christ this place aint the same.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

Is this person a troll?

Joined Jan 10th

11 Posts

Most of the negative

Tux · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject:

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Keep in mind that most Koreans only have a very low number of relationships in their lifetimes. The chances that one of those partners is a foreigner are pretty low. On the other hand, the ones who do date foreigners tend to become village bikes.

D.D. · Joined: 29 May 2008

This is the general forum and your asking if Koreans generally date foreigners.

One famous Korea women generally dated a general, he was japanese and she killed him by dragging him into a river.

So I guess the answer is yes.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map