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This comes from this thread(Do you know your neighbors?)

[mole]

um.. earplugs are cheap and readily available.
My neighbors have two yappy dogs and both of us keep the doors open.

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First, my sense of hearing seems to be pretty good. Even with earplugs, I can still hear things.

Second, I've found that having the door closed makes much more of a difference than wearing earplugs.

Third, earplugs are to used once and thrown away. That money adds up after a while, especially since I use the higher-quality (and thus more expensive) earplugs that can be bought at the pharmaceutical section of HomePlus.

Fourth, making your neighbor wear earplugs because you can't be bothered to close your door is, in my humble opinion, just plain rude.

[JongnoGuru]

If I were you, I'd talk to them directly about it. And whether I really needed one or not, I'd bring along a Korean friend to serve as "interpreter" purely for diplomacy's sake.

What they might say:

We're sorry. We'll try to be quieter. (They may or may not follow through, so be prepared to speak to them again should things get noisy.)

We have no A/C, so we have no choice but to leave our door open. (You can't force them to buy an A/C or to close their door. All you can do is tell them to keep the kids quiet around the house until the weather cools enough for them to shut their door.)

Kids are naturally noisy/This is Korea/etc. So just deal with it. (Tell them you'll bring the matter up with the building management and the police. And actually do that. If they're no help, the next time your neighbours raise a din, you open your door, aim your stereo speakers straight into their home, and commence firing.)

BTW, how soon will you or the neighbours be moving out? Might be worth finding out.