Oreo O's were a Post breakfast cereal that was first launched in 1998, but canceled in the United States, sometime in the mid 2000s, presumably because once people had a bowl they stopped buying any other Post cereal. While not available for purchase in the United States, Oreo O's are still produced and readily available in South Korea with boxes of this variation being available for purchase on www.dggstore.com. This website is able to ship Oreo O's to the united states, Canada and most of asia from Korea.

Probably you will find something in common. That's true. The camera is taking a picture of a person a little from above, diagonally. Korean women often take picture of themselves from this angle, and they look much prettier that way. Their eyes look bigger, and their faces look more slim and slender. The picture can be taken from the angle of 45 degree from above based on the left eye. Let's take a look at more pictures taken from this angle.

May is often called "Family Month" in Korea for a reason. Each year, Children's Day falls on May 5th, Parents' Day on May 8th, and Teachers' Day is every May 15th. Although these holidays are generally inspired by foreign traditions, honoring family and education is indigenous to Korea.

Do you know Korean snack? If you want to know about Korean snack, view this video!

You might see some strange thing on rainy day. Everybody says they will drink Makgeolli. Do you know Makgeolli? It is a korean traditional brewing grain wine. It tastes good! Foreigners like Makgeolli, too! Its sweet taste kills me. There are also many different tastes depends on ingredients like chestnut, corn, lotus fetal, citron…

Then what is good food for Makgeolli? Pajeon. Jeon is korean traditional food. Make paste with water, flour and salt, mix with vegetable, meat, fish or any ingredients and broil it on hot oiled fry pan. Like Makgeolli it has countless variations depends on ingredients, pepper jeon, kimchi jeon, pumpkin jeon.

Do you know Sungryemun? It is one of the Eight Gates in the Fortress Wall of Seoul,South Korea, which surrounded the city in the Joseon Dynasty. The gate is located in Jung-gu between Seoul Station and Seoul City Plaza, with the historic 24-hour Namdaemun market is next to the gate.

Few days ago one of my foreign friend ask me about “Your country is about to breakout the wars between South Korea and North Korea and why people so quiet?” He ask me about “Why? South Koreans also quiet and they don’t care about it.”

People who like Korean dramas often ask, “Do Korean High School students really study that intensely?

The answer is that they study even more intensely than you think. It is so intensive, that some students even choose to commit suicide because of the stress. The Education system in Korea is so intense that even President Obama mentioned it. Lets take a look at the lives of 3rd Year (Juniors) High School Students in Korea.

AM 7:00-8:00: Wake up
They get up from their chairs. They are very tired from playing games until the late hours of the night, while pretending to study. But since their mothers wake them up, they have no choice. Since they are so tired, they usually don't have an appetite in the morning, but since their parents spent a lot of time making them a nutritional breakfast, they always try to eat some breakfast and then head towards school.

AM 8:00-9:00 Unsupervised Learning
They sit down at desks and study for 50 minutes. There is no main teacher in charge, students just study whatever subject they want to. Many students often sleep during this time. Teachers know that students have a lack of sleep, so they tend not to wake them up during this time.

AM 9:00- 12:00 Morning Class
In the morning students take classes for 3 hours. Students who are good at all subjects in school often study other subjects in preparation for college entrance exams. Since the teachers know how important the college entrance exams are, they usually don't bother students who do this. The teacher’s only choice is to wake up students who are sleeping.

PM 12:00 -1:00: Lunch time
Lunch Time is one of the only ‘free’ times that 3rd-year students (Juniors) can enjoy. Even if it is only to have an extra 10 minutes of free time, students will eat their lunches as fast as they can. Male students often go to the school gym to exercise, and Female students often chitchat with each other. Nowadays a lot of students also play games on their smartphones.

PM 1:00- 6:00 Afternoon Class
After eating lunch, students have classes for 5 hours. Just like in the morning class students often study what they want to, depending on their needs. Especially in classes that aren’t relative to college entrance exams, students tend to ignore the lecture and just study what they need to. If students sleep during this class period, they are usually just left alone.

PM 6:00: 7:00: Dinner Time
Just like lunchtime, Dinnertime is a time where students can relax. Students, who take prep-courses at academies for the college entrance exam, get ready to go study again. Other students just watch TV together in the classroom, play games, or spend their time chatting with each other.

PM 7:00-10:00: Unsupervised Learning
Once again for 3 hours, students get to study whatever they want. Most students study subjects that they are weak in. A few teachers remain at school to watch over the students studying. They also usually help the students when they have questions. At this point most students are very worn out. They spend all day studying, so this is no surprise.

PM 10:00 – 11:00: Home
Parents happily greet children upon their arrival home from school. Parents always try to be careful not to affect their children’s conditions in a negative way. They want to make sure that their children are in the best shape to take the college entrance exam at all times. Many parents also make expensive nourishing dishes for their children. Once the students eat, and wash up it is already around 11o clock.

PM 11:00 -: Free time
Around this time students should sleep, but since they’ve spent all day studying, they like to have a little bit of free time for themselves. Even though they want to relax, some students are so tired that just fall right asleep. Other students with stronger wills often stay up past midnight. Also, a few students choose to stay up past midnight studying more.

Am 7:00: Wake up
Start all over again.

Korea is a relatively small country. Based on size Korea ranked 108th among 200 countries. The size of Korea is 1/170 the size of Russia, 1/95 the size of the USA and China and 1/4 the size of Japan. But Korea’s population is huge. Korea has a population of 50,000,000people, ranking 25th in the world.

So in terms of population density Korean is 12th in the world. In other words, there are A LOT of people living in this small country, and more than half of the population lives in a small area centered around Seoul. You may get surprised when you visit Seoul, because there may be a lot of people who will bump into you. This is simply because there are so many people, and because it happens so often people usually don’t apologize if they bump into you.

So, naturally, the price of land and rent is expensive in Korea. A lot of younger people who live in the capital area gave up on the idea of buying their own house. The average salary for Korean people is around $27,000 and it costs around $450,000 if you want to buy a house. Even with a loan from a bank, it’s difficult to purchase a house.

There is a special house rental system in Korea called '전세'. You pay a large deposit and rent the house for 2 years. After living there for 2 years, the landlord will give your deposit back. During the two years, the landlord makes profit off of the interest from your deposit.

But these days, bank interest rates have dropped. And as the price of housing goes up, the amount that you have to pay for the initial deposit too has soared. So, even with a loan from a bank, it's hard for young people to find their own places, which is one of the reasons why young Korean people continue to live with their parents.

Some people call young people who don't have a job and live with their parents 'Kangaroos'. The unemployment problem is very serious in Korea. On top of that, the rent is very expensive in Korea, so a lot of young people stay at their parents’ houses to save money.

Things are a little different in outside of Seoul. Rent and house prices are cheaper in other cities but the problem is that there aren't many companies that pay as much as they do in Seoul. That's why a lot of young people want to come to Seoul.

Just 10 years ago Korea was a frontier country, So most people did not even know the word안녕하세요(annyeonghaseyo; hi). However, with the help of the Korean wave, Korean vocabulary has started to spread around the world. Lets take a look at some representative examples.

1. Aegyo (애교)

Aegyo means: to act cute/charming. It is usually done by women to men. You can see a lot of Korean actresses using aegyo in Korean dramas. Recently, videos where Korean girls sing the very cute ‘Gwiyomi song’ have become famous. These videos show a good example of what aegyo is. Korean girls are not only cut in these videos, but they are also really cute in real life, and are good at using aegyo.

2. Hwaiting (화이팅) 

Hwaiting : means to ‘stay strong’, and is a word the came from japan to Korea. In Japan they pronounce Hwaiting as Hwaito. It doesn’t really make sense in English, so you might think someone is in a fight when you hear someone say it. However, this word is used when you try to cheer somebody up. Since it’s a Konglish word, there have been several attempts where people have tried to replace this word with a Korean word, but none of them have been successful. You can often hear K-pop fans shouting “Big Bang Hwaiting!” or “SNSD Hwaiting!”

3. Oppa (오빠) 

Oppa is a relationship term that a younger female uses to address her older brother or a guy friend who is older than her. It’s a neutral term, but sometimes it is considered to be a very cute word, especially when used between couples. In the 2012 viral hit song Gangnam style, Psy refers himself as oppa, and because of that the term oppa has become famous. I can’t say that it’s always the case, but many Korean guys like to be called oppa. Also if I guys girlfriend does something bad, guys often will forgive their girlfriends when they hear the word ‘오빠’, said with some 애교. Let’s take a look at the video below.

4. Gosu (고수), Chobo (초보) 

This word refers to someone who is really good at playing games and someone that has gained popularity because of it. So 고수 refers to someone who is really good at games, while 초보 refers to someone who is new to playing games, or someone who is not good at playing games. Korean people are so good at games that some foreign people actually pick “Korean” as the next level after awesome and god. Sometimes they are so good that they get forcibly kicked out of some game rooms.

5. Otto Kay (어떡해?) 

This YouTube video became quite famous among Koreans in the past. You will understand once you see the video.

It is a question that I often hear from westerners. “Why do Korean people dislike Japan and China?

Actually, it’s not only Korea. Statistically, on average, all three countries dislike each other. Let’s take a look at the photo below. In this graph, it shows how much each country on the left side trusts the other countries, which are represented on the right side. The research was conducted in 2007 and again in 2011, and the percentages collected in 2011 were lower than those collected in to 2007. Although it is common for countries not to have really close relationships with other bordering countries, the relationship between these three countries is very severe.

So why are these three countries not close? It because the history of these three countries. If I were to explain it briefly, 100 years ago Japan bullied China and Korea. After losing World War II Japan withdrew from Korea and China, but there are still bitter feelings that last between then three countries.

Over the course of time, the relationships between these countries have gotten better, especially among the younger generation. Since each country’s pop culture has become more popular, naturally the image that each country has about each other also is starting to get better. Hong Kong movies, K-pop, and Japanese games are very popular in all three countries. But recently, due to territorial disputes among these countries, the relationship between them has started taking a turn for the worse.

Trivia : It seems like China and Japan like Korea better than each other, and I think it’s because Korea didn’t have much power in the past and was always on the receiving end of the bullying

Psy released his new song entitled "Gentleman." Here are the song, lyrics, and English translation via kpopstarz.com.

Gentleman lyrics (and English translation)

Ah~!
알랑가몰라 왜 화끈해야 하는건지 (I don't know if you know why it needs to be hot)
알랑가몰라 왜 말끔해야 하는건지 (I don't know if you know why it needs to be clean)
알랑가몰라 아리까리하면 까리해 (I don't know if you know, it'll be a problem if you're confused)
알랑가몰라 We Like We We We Like Party 해 ~ (I don't know if you know but we like, we we we like to party)

있잖아 말이야 (Hey there)
이사람으로 말씀드리자면 말이야 (If I'm going to introduce myself)
용기 패기 똘끼 멋쟁이 말이야 (I'm a cool guy with courage, spirit and craziness)
너가 듣고픈말 하고픈게 난데 말이야 (What you wanna hear, what you wanna do is me)
Damn! Girl! You so freakin sexy!

* Ah Ah Ah Ah~ I’m a…
Ah Ah Ah Ah~ I’m a…
Ah Ah Ah Ah~ I’m a mother father gentleman

** I’m a…
Ah I’m a
I’m a mother father gentleman
I’m a…
Ah I’m a
I’m a mother father gentleman

알랑가몰라 왜 미끈해야하는건지 (I don't know if you know why it needs to be smooth)
알랑가몰라 왜 쌔끈해야하는건지 (I don't know if you know why it needs to be sexy)
알랑가몰라 달링 빨리와서 난리해 (I don't know if you know darling, hurry and come be crazy)
알랑가몰라 난리난리 났어 빨리해 (I don't know if you know, it's crazy, crazy, hurry up)

있잖아 말이야 (Hey there)
너의 머리 허리 다리 종아리 말이야 (Your head, waist, legs, calves)
Good! feeling feeling? Good! 부드럽게 말이야 (Good! Feeling feeling? Good! It's soft)
아주 그냥 헉소리나게 악소리 나게 말이야 (I'll make you gasp and I'll make you scream)
Damn! Girl! I’m a party mafia!

* Repeat

** Repeat

Gonna make you sweat.
Gonna make you wet.
You know who I am~ Wet PSY!

Gonna make you sweat.
Gonna make you wet.
You know who I am~ Wet PSY! Wet PSY! Wet PSY! Wet PSY! PSY! PSY! PSY!
Ah I’m a mother father gentleman

** Repeat

Mother father gentleman
Mother father gentleman

Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin from the male penis. It is a surgical procedure that removes the gray section in the picture below.

The majority of Korean men get circumcised

More than 90% of Korean men get circumcised. So when foreign men go to a sauna in Korea, they are often surprised. It is because it is usually their first time to see so many circumcised penises. On the other hand Korean people tend to get surprised when they watch Japanese or American porn. Since almost all Korean people get circumcised, they are not used to seeing uncircumcised penises. That is of course…. Not including people who watch a lot of porn….

Why do Korean people get circumcised?

Circumcision has become a normal religious practice in Arab countries. So why do Koreans, who only have a small percent of Muslims, get circumcised? Maybe, it is because Korea has been influenced by America. America’s Protestantism at one time heavily influenced Korea. If you look at the Book of Genesis chapter 17 verse 10, it says: This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; every man and child among you shall be circumcised”. Based on this verse there is the widely accepted theory that circumcision came to Korea along with Protestantism. Also the fact that the Philippines, who was also influenced by America’s Protestantism, has a high rate of circumcisions supports this theory.

Is getting circumcised beneficial?

There is nothing particularly beneficial about getting circumcised. Although many theses have different arguments about this, they all seem to mention the fact that after circumcision the sensation in the penis is reduced. Also since the penis is a very important organ to men, if an error occurs during surgery, it can have a severe effect on the rest of that individual’s life. Even if nothing goes wrong, surgery is still really painful. Whenever you slightly bump into something with your penis it hurts…so imagine how painful it must be to cut of part of it off. It will be so painful that you will probably not be able to go on with your regular lifestyle for at least a couple of days. It is commonly believed that only people who need this surgery for medical reasons should do it.

For your information: - In American TV. Shows, there have been a few cases where men have become eunuchs due to an error in their surgeries. However, the process of circumcision is actually considered to be a rather simple surgery, so accidents are said to rarely occur.

Korea, China and Japan all use chopsticks.

But, the chopsticks that they use are all a little bit different.

• Japan: Chopsticks in Japan are relatively short and have sharp tips. They use wooden chopsticks.
• China: Their chopsticks are long and thick. They mainly use wooden chopsticks, however plastic chopsticks are also used in some places.
• Korea: Chopsticks in Korea are flat. They use metal chopsticks.

Why are the length and width of chopsticks different?

Japan: Japanese people tend to pick up their bowls while eating, so they do not really need long chopsticks.

China: Chairs weren’t traditionally used in Korea and Japan, but in China it was traditional to sit down and eat (Western Style). So, since the plates are far away from the person, people used longer chopsticks. Also, unlike Korean people who use spoons when eating rice, Chinese people use chopsticks even when they eat rice. As a result, their chopsticks are not only long, but they are also thick.

Korea: The length of Chopsticks that Korean people use, are not as long as Chinese chopsticks, but not a short as Japanese chopsticks. Also in order to pick up beans and tear kimchi(Korean pickled cabbage)into smaller pieces, chopsticks have become thinner.

Why are the materials that each country uses to make chopsticks different?

Japan: Japanese people eat a lot of fish. So there is no need to give a lot of pressure when using chopsticks, so the tips of the chopsticks are rather sharp. Also wooden chopsticks are strong enough for Japanese people’s needs.

China: China has the greasiest food among these three countries, Wooden chopsticks prevent greasy food from slipping, when holding it with chopsticks.

Korea: People eat everything but rice and soup with chopsticks, so they often need to put pressure on things when they use chopsticks. This is way Korean people often use metal chopsticks.

Which chopsticks are the most difficult to use among the three?

Japan: Since Japanese chopsticks are short, it’s easy to maneuver. On top of that, the wood that they use to make chopsticks is not very slippery, so it’s most likely that Japanese chopsticks are the easiest for foreigners to use.

China: Since China uses longer chopsticks they are not so easy to use.  However since they tend to eat larger food, it is not difficult to pick things up.

Korea: Korean chopsticks are thin and heavy, so it might be very difficult for foreigners to use. However if you can use Korean chopsticks easily, Chinese and Japanese chopsticks probably wont be a problem for you.

It's a question that foreigners ask me a lot: "Why are Korean people curious about other people's blood types?"

'Psychology based on blood type' is popular in Korea. The basic idea of this theory is that each blood type has a special personality associated with it. Here are some basic characteristics for each blood type.

• Type A : Timid. Responsible. Understanding. Sincere.
• Type B : Hot-tempered. Has a lot of great ideas. Fickle. Tends to cheat a lot in a relationship
• Type O : Outgoing, Enthusiastic, Cares a lot about other people, Good listener, Lazy
• Type AB : Either a genius or stupid, Likes to criticize and analyze things, Kind of like a mad scientist.

I personally don't believe this theory. So someone parody this theory like this.

• Type A : Have eyes.
• Type B : Have nose.
• Type O : Have mouth.
• Type AB : Have eyes, nose, and mouth. Besides have ears.

I think the reason people believe this theory is because of the "Forer effect."

This idea was originally from Japan and it later on became a huge hit in Korea. There are a lot of books about it and an internet cartoon based on this theory is very popular. Now it has spread to China as well, so in these three countries, it's a very popular theory. Relationships based on blood type, picking jobs based on blood types, etc; there are lots of subcategories derived from this idea.

Because a lot of people believe in it, you can easily find people who will ask about other people’s blood types before a blind date, or even in a job interview. Some interviewers ask interviewees' about their blood types. In Japan, the Women's softball Olympic team even designed practice routines based on players' blood types. They did win, so I can't really criticize it. In Korea and Japan, a lot of people mention their blood types when they introduce themselves.

Whether you believe or not it if you just learn some basic things about this theory, you can use it as a fun conversation topic. When you talk to Korean, if you say something like "I'm a timid A type." or "I'm an outgoing O type." Korean people will be impressed.

North East Asians share some similar features in appearance but there are also differences as well. Korean people also have their own unique features. Lets’ find out what some of these features are.

1.  Korean people tend not to have double eyelids, and their noses are usually low.

This is one of the reasons why some westerners make fun of Korean people for having small eyes. Korean people’s small eyes and low noses are said to be due to evolution. In the past there was a lot of sandstorms, high winds and very cold weather in the Asian region. In order to better face these harsh conditions Asian peoples eyes have evolved to be smaller than westerners eyes. However nowadays many Korean people get double eyelid surgery, and surgeries to make that make their noses higher.

2. Korean people tend not to have a lot of body hair. 

Korean people don't have a lot of hair on their bodies. With the exception of their private parts, most Koreans have little to no hair on their bodies. This too, is said to be a result of evolution.

3. Korean people tend to be tall.

Among all Asian countries Korean people have the highest average height. Of course genes probably have something to do with it, but some people think it is actually because Korean people tend to eat a lot of food while growing up.

4. Korean people have good skin.

Korean people have thick skin so they usually don't have a lot of blemishes or wrinkles on their face.

* The most important thing about Korean men: The majority of Korean men get circumcised.

When foreigners go to saunas in Korean they are often very surprised to fin that all Korean me are circumcised. It has become the normal practice in Korea to cut off the foreskin from the head of the penis. With the exception of countries that practice Islam and Judaism, and the Philippines, there is not other country besides Korea where more than 50% of the male population is circumcised. However, nowadays more and more people are choosing not to get circumcised. For your information, if you get circumcised the sensation that you feel in your penis is reduced, and you have a higher tendency to have a delayed ejaculation than those who are not circumcised.

* The most important thing about Korean women: They are very skinny.

Korean women are ridiculously slim. Since there are so many skinny women, Korea has a low obesity rate. This is because even you are considered to be a little chubby in Korea you will be labeled a “pig” and have to face a lot of pressure to lose weight. As a result of this, Korean women start taking care of their bodies from a very young age. One might think this would make Korean men very excited, however a lot of Korean men don't like the fact that Korean women’s breast are small because of extreme dieting.

Tip: Young Korean people still have “Asian” faces, but their bodies are starting to become more and more “western-like”. This is because the traditional Korean diet has not become a lot closer to a typical western diet.

The gayageum is a traditional Korean instrument. It is very hard to play because it must be played with the fingers, but the gayageum’s strings are very hard, so the gayageum usually makes the player’s fingers bleed. It hurts players more than a guitar but its sound is very beautiful.

Traditionally, Western music uses a heptatonic scale, while Asian music uses a pentatonic scale, so many people think that if an Oriental instrument is used to play Western music, it often changes the melody, making it sound sad. But it’s not true; listen to this song.

The gayageum player in this video is Lunar Lee. She is a global star. She has over 15,000 YouTube subscribers. Let’s see her perform in another video. Maybe then you will know what’s going on when a Korean traditional instrument meets Western music.

Today we are going to introduce one of Korea’s representative dishes… Ramen.

Ramen is not a traditional Korean food, but following the entrance of instant ramen in the 1960’s Korea has now become the world largest producer of instant ramen. Korea not only produces a large amount, but there is also a large variety of different Ramen Noodles in Korea.

Try tasting the various types of noodles of the world with Korean ramen!