Green Day (August 14th) – couples enjoy a natural place, whilst drinking soju (in a green bottle).
Silver Day (July 14th) – couples exchange silver accessories.
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Diary Day (January 1st) – couples share diaries to celebrate the year to come. Kiss Day (June 14th) – people kiss everyone they meet (very conservatively).
Peppero Day (November 11th) -The sticks resemble the date, 11/11, when people give a boxes of pepero sticks to their love interest.
You can even call them and have them deliver a fully-charged battery to your girlfriend or boyfriend who texted you “sorry babe, might go MIA because I’m running out of battery.” Yes, there’s no way getting out of this. Be organized, because it’s an anniversary every other week.
Mddang, a start-up based in Seoul, has booths set up in busy metropolitan areas that let you exchange a fully chargedbattery in exchange for your used-up one for $2.
Hug Day (December 14th) – people hug each other to keep warm in the Additional to their 22nd, 100, 200, 300, 400… Younger couples tend to celebrate more of these and the number decreases significantly as they age.
Movie Day (November 14th) – couples watch a movie together.
Keeping in touch is such an importance that there’s an entire start-up based in Seoul that services this exact need.
So without him knowing it, you’ve been planning on marrying G-dragon for a whole year now.
Here is an opportunity to learn steps, breathing, movements and a full choreography with traditional drum dance as well. Whatever your opinion is on this, the truth is, it’s still very much a societal norm that guys pay for 70~80% of the date. Men were always regarded as the better gender in Korea and perhaps this phenomenon is an extension of it, or perhaps it’s because simple economics (guys are more desperate? But don’t be shocked to see Korean guys getting the tab most of the time, or if your Korean girlfriend disappears to the bathroom when it comes time for the bill. The knife is there to kill yourself with if you are about to be “disgraced”. However, technically “disgraced” meant any man other than your husband touching you.
Registration fee should be received no later than the first day of the class. As a rule, a traditional Korean woman carried a small silver knife.
While couples in North America are much more “chill” and like to take things slow, my observation of Korean couples is that they love going all out and externally celebrating their togetherness.