How To Korea - Episode 17 (With Amy Melhuish)

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. We have a guest speaker today, Amy Melhuish, who speaks to us about her experience living in South Korea as a foreigner from South Africa. Be sure to tune in to understand the perspective of a South African woman living in South Korea! 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 00:00 - Introductions 04:14 - COVID experience in South Korea 08:22 - Lack of common courtesy in South Korea 11:35 - The strength/weakness of the South African passport 17:02 - South Africans as cheap labor in South Korea 21:14 - Teaching in Thailand 23:40 - Korean CSAT(수능) tests and special needs in South Korea 30:00 - Taxi experiences in South Korea 34:17 - Tipping in South Korea vs South Africa 35:30 - Life in Thailand 37:48 - Studying Drama Therapy in England and working as a therapist in South Africa 40:16 - Teaching in South Korea 44:21 - Missing South Africa 47:17 - Meeting the friendliest lady in South Korea 50:08 - Getting homesick 54:59 - Vacations in South Korea are ridiculous 58:14 - What some English academies are really like in Korea 66:53 - Why are Non-Americans asked to speak with American accents 71:53 - Things to do in your free time in South Korea (Cycling, F54, snowboarding) 77:57 - Korean food experiences, COVID and taste buds and strange food