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Have you think about how Koreans do for fun? Of course, There are common things to do like watching movies, travel, shopping, But there are also some different things in Korea. First, Many Koreans play computer games. It sounds makes sense that there are great professional game players in Korea. By the way, with this tendency, There are lot of PC cafe(PC방). In PC방, There are not only computers but also foods and drinks that you can buy. You just order some foods and drinks from just your computer you using, Then the staff will get those to you. Sooooo comfortable right? So people spend few hours in PC방 doing games or use it to spend overnight for some reasons. Because of it's inexpensive cost(around 1000won for 1hr), it became one of popular places to go for fun with friends. Second, There's a Korean karaoke(노래방). It's not a opened stage type of karaoke, It usually means room type of karaoke. So we go there with friends, family borrowing a room for few hours...

Have you guys heard about Afreeca TV? Well, When i heard it, I thought it is a some sort of African TV lol. But it means 'Any Free Broadcasting'. It is getting really popular among young people like teenagers, 20's. Anyone(called 'BJ' who do live) can do live on their computers with their camcorders or phones. And they can earn money with starballoon(별풍선) like cheering system in Twitch, So there are people who do it as a job. So for some top BJ of Afreeca, makes over 80,000$ per month or more, But they also make their lives as a video for Youtube, Money from commercial sponsor etc. So yeah, they make a lot of money once they get famous. But it is really difficult to get famous, Many of current famous BJs have long time of days of anonymity just like in entertainment industry. People mostly do chat with the viewers doing computer games, broadcasting other sports games, or having their own contents just like TV shows But mostly in individual level. ...

Have your ever imagine yourself doing fishing in indoor having some noodles, drinks and winning a prize cuz you caught a big one, big enough to make a new record on that day? Well, If it sounds weird or interesting or both, It really happens here in Korea. In Korea, this type of indoor fishing place is called '낚시 카페(Fishing Cafe)'. There are lot of place with different price, But it usually cost around 10,000 won. Some can provide drinks and cup noodles for free, even alcohol drinks. There are also some events to give prizes by making points with catching specific size, kind of fish. Even if you don't know how to do it, Staffs will teach you how to do it, So don't worry. And once you get into it, You won't think about having some foods or drinks cuz you will be into fishing and find yourself asking one more hour to staffs. It will be a pretty funny, unusual experience.

I talked about dark side of Military life in Part1. So now i'm trying to talk about how military life is like as a one person. There are lot of option to serve the duty, For example, we can do alternative service in Fire department, Police, Other public institutions. In my case, I was a KATUSA which is belonged to the Korean army, having a connective role between Korean and U.S forces having military posts in Korea. Most KATUSAs belonged to both Korean Army and U.S forces and some stay in U.S forces's units. So KATUSAs are following both rules of two forces But, mainly Korean's. During when most Korean men serve in the military for around 21 month, they usually get to sergeant(it's called 병장 in Korea)rank. You may think at least Korean men can make some money from servicing the duty in Military. Oh well, I also hoped so, But here's latest Korean soldier's paycheck. Private : 148,800 won Private First Class : 161,000 won Corporal : 178,000 won Se...

Every physically fit Korean men have a duty of servicing in the military for 21 months(23 months for Navy, 24 months for Air force). It is reasonable because both South and North Korea are in armistice, need to prepare for unexpected situations. If you look up the writes on Korean community websites or news, You can see lot of issues about Military service, corruptions. Because it's not a choice to join the military, Some may think it is just great experience when you look back after get discharged, But Some can feel it as a compulsion, feeling voidness, standing on the bottom that have to start again when they realize that other males who have some reasons that couldn't join the military or Female university colleagues or females are already graduated or making money with a full time professional job. So some people try to do evasion of Militray service by even pulling their teeth off to make deficiency that can lead to exemption of Military service Also one m...