“If you’re handsome or pretty, then your future is guaranteed.” - this is so sad

“people who waste their lives on idols” I felt that 😂😂😂

So what we heard about Korea is true ... They are basically saying a person's future is more secure if they are beautiful '

"They are here to work. Also they didn't receive a proper education" YOU SAID WHAT?

As a black man that lived in Korea for two years, I had experienced discrimination while I was there. However, I also made many Korean friends that where very friendly and welcoming.

I am Southeast Asian. Filipino in particular. I am far from being uneducated and a lot of my countrymen are too. Although unfortunate, a lot of Filipino's however are not that blessed in life. They live in poverty. A lot makes sacrifices to be away from their families and go to different countries to earn money. They work as house helpers, factory workers, hotel employees, nurses, etc. It's sad to know that the foreigners they serve look down upon them. But we in our country, we consider them modern-day heroes. Salute to all Overseas Filipino Workers!

" South East Asian are not well educated, poor, they find our thing offensive." It's so sad to hear this :-|

Wow some of them are so judgmental with South east asian people. As a SEA people, i found it pretty offensive. I’m sorry but some of them are just being offensive to SEA people.And to that lady who wore pink jacket and blue shirt, i’m pretty sure myself people from my country are well mannered. Because i believe every country, every individual defines “manners” differently. It based on how open minded we are about others culture. You can’t expect foreigners to suddenly act like they’ve been living in korea since they’re 5 or something. As the matter of fact, in my country, we appreciate differences and whenever there are exchange students from any other countries (including korean itself) we tried to make them feel as comfortable as possible instead of avoiding them. I’m sorry but i found that lady words really irritating and ignorant.

i thought they would deny the racial issue but i’m glad they didn’t and addressed that it’s still a big visible problem in the country

I'm half black and studied in korea @ yonsei university for a few months (I actually recognize the area they filmed at haha), but rarely experienced any discrimination even on the subway, no one would ever avoid sitting next to me just because my skin color is darker. occasionally, even elders would talk to me and ask me about what I was up to that day! there were a couple of unpleasant instances that I could recall (usually being denied from clubs that don't allow foreigners to enter), but everyone was very friendly to me for the most part!

i'm korean and i got really upset watching this video (especially that pink lady) and reading the comments. no one would ever avoid you just because of your skin color like wtf we really like foreigners! also, we don't think that southeast asians are uneducated or poor. please, don't generalize it's only HER opinion, it's NOT all koreans one!

7:59 This is the perfect example of someone who thinks that he/she is open minded but he/she is actually not

3:18 "I can't sing" Proceeds to sing perfectly...

"I never personally witnessed discrimination on public transportation but we may keep our distance when sitting or to avoid them" I don't get the logic

I was looking at the background while watching, and like 98% OF PEOPLE WERE STYLISH

2:23 that couple is straight out of k drama

As a southeast asian, I feel bad about the last question. And how others described those people as “uneducated”. Yes, they maybe poor and did not finished their studies, but they are also people who have feelings and manners. I think they are just unaware of Korean “ways of life”.

7:59 the subs didn't translate very accurately though... she actually said: "I've never seen any cases on public transport where they were directly/obviously discriminated against, however there are times when people keep distance subconsciously." 8:15 "Why are they trying to keep the distance?" "i think Because they don't want to mix with them, or maybe they don't want to be at the receiving end of whatever action they couldn't expect." They definitely need to improve on the subs, especially when it's regarding sensitive topics like racial discrimination. I also want to add that the pink girl never used the term "WE" when she was talking about not wanting to mix with them or being on the receiving end of unexpected actions. She was literally speaking in THIRD PERSON, explaining why discriminative people may feel in that particular way. If I wasn't Korean and had to rely on these subs to understand what she was saying, I would've probably been offended too, just as most people in the comments section. That's why subs are so important and yet

I'm quite shocked. In my country (Brazil), some of these speeches would be considered very racist.

woman in pink coat "i've never personally witnessed discrimination" also woman in pink coat: personification of discrimination herself

This world would be better without stereotypes.

So just because someone’s different than yourself, you avoid them? Come on

I’m from malaysia. And I’m proud to say that I’m blessed to have a good education. And I have a lot of friends and teachers that from different races. Malay,Chinese and Indian. We all help each other. We always compliment each other. When there is any celebration like eid, Chinese New Year or deepavali. Malay will wear cheongsam or sari. Chinese will wear Malay traditional clothes or sari and Indian will wear Malay traditional clothes or cheongsam. We choose to wear it because we respect our friends culture even tho all of us from different races. I have a poor friend and I will help her with any help. My Chinese friend will help me in my studies since they good at that. My indian friends always share their food with me. That’s why I will never talk bad about China and India. Because I KNOW THEM. And it’s just sad that they said we are poor and not given proper education but they don’t even know us. Once, I met this korean she/he said that the China,Korea and Japan is the best in Asia just because the western know them the most.

Korean Girl : we can handle spicy food well. Indians: what you call spicy is a desert for us.

weird how some koreans put those bad stereotypes to SE asians yet they themselves dont wanna be put in bad stereotypes...

ok I'm Korean and I just wanna say not all Koreans think SE Asians are people to "avoid". They are the nicest, friendliest, funniest, and of the most beautiful people I have seen. there are a lot of Korean comments that are mad because they also like SE Asians so pls don't think all of us are like that pink woman...

true stereotype: We Filipinos eat rice every meal because rice is life

“If some one is handsome or pretty their futures are guaranteed” that’s the whole problem here

Its interesting that east-Asians don't consider keeping a distance or avoiding someone of different ethnicity a form of "discrimination". I think in both SK and Japan there is this mindset that racism/discrimination must involve some kind of ill intent, harsh language or violence. Its frustrating how some people from these countries will actively avoid you so that they avoid a awkward situation (or so they think) and leaves a bitter taste in the recipients mouth. Situations where this came up were when I was in Busan, SK at a fish market/restaurant district and the person behind the stall basically hid from view soon as I got close but immediately reappeared when I moved away. In Odaiba, Japan I was visiting the Gundam store and at the entrance a girl was giving out some freebies with some tissue pack and she would approach the customers entering and hand these things out. Miraculously when I entered or left the establishment she didn't take a single step toward me but continued to hand these things out to other guests. These things are not the end of the world type of situations and to some extent I understand they maybe don't feel confident in interacting with foreigners/don't want to cause confusion etc but its a little depressing, especially when you consider I speak the language...

Colorism is an unfortunate problem in this world and Korea is no different. I'm korean and my dad and all his brothers are very dark. They're literally darker than all my Thai, FIlipino, and Cambodian friends. They've experienced negativity themselves as Koreans. They came from a different time when Korea suffered from extreme poverty in the 50s-70s when it was one of the poorest countries in the world. My father hated his dark skin especially when he was around lighter skinned Koreans in the capital. Darker skin always has been linked to uneducated, poverty, rural countryside, etc. and it's assumed they do a lot of outside labor work making their skin darker in the sun. Unfortunately it was true for my dad and his family. Korea developed extremely quickly in a few decades with the help of America and now this divide and these classist concepts are embedded much more. One of the poorest countries that was stepped all over by its neighbors quickly became one of the most prosperous in the world and there are a lot of Koreans that get way too proud about this. And the idea of dark skin from developing countries is still gonna be there. But this is not exclusive to Korea. It's a common issue whenever a country rises which leads them to feel superior than their neighbors who have not developed as far as they did. I have tons of close Thai friends and I noticed Thailand have been improving on a lot of things over time in SE Asia. They tell me they look down on their neighbors, Myanmar and Cambodia, who are considered to be inferior and much poorer than them. I live in America and I think a lot of Americans look down on the entire world lol. It's just a cycle of nonsense. Another thing is what's even worse is the view of black people globally. I've talked with people from different parts of the world and sadly everybody looks at black people the same way. I also come across Africans who tell me they look down on black people in America. At the end of the day I think the root problem is how images of African Americans have been distributed and fed to the entire world by Western media for many decades. These kind of problems are not being talked about in a lot of countries since circumstances are very different like in America where I grew up and it just doesn't get brought up. America was built on racism, discrimination, hate, etc. and these ideas are being put out and influencing pretty much every country. These kinds of discussions need to be happening in other countries because people are being brainwashed and they don't even know it.

"I don't think many ppl *waste* their life on kpop idols" *Thug* *life*

So I’m on my first trip to Korea right now. I’m three days in. The only stereotype I have is that everyone has Airpods. Lol

I'm black and I visited Korea for 2 weeks this past summer and I never really experienced discrimination but there was a lot of staring (a few people even touched my hair without asking lmao). I wasn't too bothered by it because I know Korea is a pretty homogenous country and people were probably just curious, but it was a little uncomfortable when people would continue to stare even after you made eye contact with them.

I'm student who's been living in Korea for 8 years and I'm from Indonesia (one of Southeast Asian country). Personally, I've never experienced discrimination directly from Koreans, probably because I speak the language. Several times I got mistreated as Chinese (because I'm half Chinese) maybe due to my appearance, but that doesn't affect me much. Regarding the last question about Southeast Asian countries stereotypes, I've heard the same comments myself from my Korean friends outside the school and most of them are generalizing that all Southeast Asian are same: poor and uneducated. I think that this is ignorance, similar comment that comes from that long hair lady with pink dress holding notebook. I've encountered several Korean like this lady during my stay in Korea, and most of the time we never get along and our friendship never works because, yes literally, they often keep the distance from me. It ends up they are being the lonely ones. But most of Koreans I know (i.e., my friends, colleague, academics, and Professor) are nice^^.

I am South East Asian, working in a Korean company. I am the only non-Korean worker here. No matter how hard I work, how many things I've achieved, my color, age and nationality matters.

Love these shows. They present that humans of all nations are more similar than we are different. So easy to just be open and experience people than to be closed and think the wrong things. Thank you for you videos.

i personally found the plastic surgery comment really insightful and interesting. can you please consider making a full video about plastic surgery in korea and how much person's appearance matters in korean society

When I see their mentality towards people of a different culture, I don't feel angry, but rather pity them. When you're bigotted and tend to avoid a representative of an entire culture/country, you're only depriving yourself of the incredible experience of knowing a different often more vibrant community than yours. If you wish to live in your own small bubble, regarding yourself superior to the rest, you'll probably never get to experience the diversity this world has to offer. I feel sad for them for not being able to open themselves up to the rest of the world. And regarding the South Asians not being educated, remind me who the CEO of Google is? Thank you.

I really appreciate how they are really admitting the facts. Keep going, as a korean i wish we can become a better nation for foreigners to comfortably come here! ❤🎉

I like how they actually try to be genuine with their answers without being offensive or something

All koreans love kpop is one stereotype i have never heard of.

It's curious the girl didn't consider racism avoid foreign people (don't talk, keep distance, don't sit next to at public transport) I would feel bad.

I’m japanese and I love Koreans and I hope they like us back💗

The interview was so interesting, thank you as always Asian Boss. I also want to hear what the elder generation would say about these stereotypes

I feel so mad about the reasons for discriminating South East Asian people. Because they are loud? Koreans get very loud in public spaces sometimes, and I never see anybody telling them they are being noisy but when it comes to foreigners they do. Because they are poor and come to earn money? 50 years ago Korea was even poorer and so many Koreans moved abroad to earn money. Especially when it comes to taking jobs Koreans DONT WANT to do. Because they have lower education? I’ve witnessed Koreans discriminating other foreigners that even have higher educational level than them. Those are just stereotypes as well. The saddest part of all is that Koreans feel superior to South East Asian people but they don’t know that abroad they are just considered in the same way as them. Foreigners don’t see any difference between Vietnamese and Koreans. Filipinos and Koreans, etc. They get so sensitive about racism but they do it on a daily basis!!

i love how koreans love calling out chinese and other foreigners (eg. SEA) for being loud when they are just as loud if not louder um

6:52 LOL I'm Indonesian, and i had Japanese, Indian, Dutch, and Korean neighbor. The most louder is Korean, especialy when they speaking korean on the phone. i can hear him from inside my house, like 3 houses away. Anyway, they can be speaking softly when talk to us, and they are nice and workhard people. He is a manager of a Korean music instrument factory, but i often see him walking to the factory that maybe 1 mile away from his house at 5 a.m. Even his employees won't do that.

It's funny because here in the Philippines, 3 to 4 years back, we also found Koreans (mostly group of students) the loudest. But we didn't hate them, we understood them. We loved them and were happy to be friends with them.

that girl in the pink jacket was racist lol

“I miss you” “Moving on.” 😂😂😂😂

bruh I’m South Korean but I’m so done with the lady in pink coat💀

“If you’re handsome or pretty, then your future is guaranteed.” NO, It depends on your wealth.

If their generation is a lot more open than the old generation. Then why korean high school students use "Pilipin" or "Taeguk" to tease their fellow korean classmate who has darker skin. From one of the hello counselor episode.

Been to korea several times and I'm heading there again in a few weeks. I gotta say overall my experience has been great. I have had encounters with some people who don't like foreigners much less dark skinned ppl like myself. But honestly I get that same BS in the states too but the difference is I never fear for my life in korea

YOOOOO THAT ONE DUDE HAD SUCH A GREAT VOICE

That pony tail girl needs to have a spine about she is saying. She herself is confused . And i m damn sure she is the one who discriminate ppl on the basis of their skin color

as always, brown/black skin people will be discriminated and viewed as "gross", while white skin people will be glorified by most Koreans. I've seen many Indian people got unfair racism in Korea for just asking place address. Also isn't it the backwards? The older generation (Gen X) usually treat darker skins people better than younger gen, coz there's a crazy absurd beauty standard in Korea mainly in younger gen. Seeing darker skin people, and they'll step aside to ignore.

@ASIAN BOSS ... can we get a video that surrounds that last question specifically... From all the comments I really do think that people would really like if you guys would delve a bit more into the topic of East Asian opinion, specifically Korean opinions, on SEA people due to there being SEA idols in the K-Pop industry and the influx of foreigners going to a mostly homogenous Korea these days... it'd be quite interesting to see

Interesting insights. It feels good to know the new generation are forward thinking and open to change. I love the Korean people as I get to know them better. Strong, independent and determined.

Insightful and thoughtful answers. Learned a lot. Also seems like you've got great translators!

편집 똑바로 안하냐? 번역상 혹은 인터뷰 참여하신 분들이 자세하지 않고 짤막하게 말하다보니 의도와는 다른, 표현의 실수 같은 말들이 있는데 그건 한국인도 얼핏 들으면 오해할만한 것들인데, 그런오해의 소지가 있는 부분은 진행자가 이런 뜻인가요? 라고 되묻는다거나 편집을 해야지 그냥 내보내나? 혐한 제조채널이야?

7:26 that interaction at the back was so cute lol

thank you for picking some serious questions

there are a lot of Koreans studying here in Singapore and I have to say they are the loudest among all and always clique together

My grandma has a really old mindset like she still thinks that women should be in the kitchen and doesnt want me to hang out with my veitnamese friends. I do the dishes as chores but i have to take my grandma to the TV and make her forget about me doing the dishes because it "breaks her heart" to see her grandson doing the dishes... 😣😥

It's the same situation with both China and Korea. Japan does not formally apologize for the atrocities they committed.

I thought Korea is a nice country with less discrimination, but I think I was wrong. :(

Very interesting subject! 👍🏻

Korea is still a largely homogenous nation that holds strong pride for its country, so probably majority of their unconscious xenophobic views on ethnicities with darker skin colour stem from that. It's a sad reality, but I do know that the generation now are a little more open-minded than their parents'. It's unfortunate though that this issue towards darker people still goes unnoticed most of the time (often when you watch korean shows, there's still some stigma that dark skin is ugly), and I hope that one day they can also see the beauty in a tan, chocolate, or whatever skin colour is out there. 😁 I still think Korea is a beautiful country, and this interview, in no way shape or form, has changed the fact that I still want to visit it someday (despite being a southeast asian myself). Let's stan a generation that embraces every culture, y'all. It's 2018

3:20 omg! Wow his voice is great!

"Close-minded" i think its still in there until now...🙍

3:17 damn that guy really can sing yass 👏🏽

I am southeast asian...and I definitely don't have a "foreign" parent...but for some reason I get offended when people say I don't look like a southeast asian because I am white. Not all SE Asians have dark skin tbh...maybe 50% of us are light skinned even koreans who come to our country to study (most actually) have the same skin tone as us...so I think it is a stereotype about SE Asians that also should be debunked. Also SE Asians might come from 3rd world countries but most of us are definitely educated. but I love how koreans are definitely honest they don't try to be polite or amicable with their opinions they say what they mean...even if some gets offended and TBH I really like that.

I don't think i should visit Korea based on these responses.

I am an Indian and last year visited South Korea. Honestly the most adorable thing I found there was Korean people especially older generation. They never discriminated me in fact I have never been praised that much in my own country. People who avoid talking to you is actually younger generation not the older one. Well that was my personal experience.

I really wish Koreans be more open minded, coz in Singapore where I live we get along so well with other races I have never seen like a group of friends without having one or more different race FYI Singapore have more than 4 major race groups, just in case you didn't know that😊

Is there a metal scene in Korea?

I'm really glad you included the brown Southeast Asian question because as a pale Filipino (who is as pale as people stereotype East Asians to be) I'm curious how they would react finding out that not all Southeast Asians have dark skin and if they would treat me differently. It's sad but Colourism is a problem in all Asian communities, not just Korea.

I feel it's so interesting when I read a comment about this kind of things I always feel like I have both good and bad experiences about people from another country but I just should remember just about my good experience. SE TH

Assuming that the reason that that person was loud and bad mannered had anything to do with his skin colour is just... I have no words...

Okay but that one guy could actually sing tho

5:30 they're so beautiful ♡

The secret for being treated nicely in Korea regardless your race or social status : *Be Attractive*

From what I've seen, especially on social media it seems to be international fans that are obsessed with idols. So much so they are adamant about what idols are more popular and love in Korea even though they have never there and don't have any Korean friends.

Loud? They don’t know what they look like when they’re drunk af in Bora? Lol. They think they’re loud because foreigners are speaking a different language. Same thing we perceived when they’re talking in groups. Okay, we get it, they looooooved being fair so they might feel way toooo conscious around those who are not. Good luck travelling with such closed minded mentality. God Bless ya’ll.

the guy said "there are good and bad singers, I don't sing well" Next second sings perfectly

Bruh love u in the background on the first interview bu chungha

I'm Indonesian n wearing hijab, i visited korea once in 2017, i was so nervous at first because i had heard so many stereotypes like this so i prepared my heart to any mistreat that might happen, but what i experienced was quite the opposite, i was so surprised that i met some of the kindest people in life, i didn't get any deep stare, otherwise they really want to make sure that i reached to my destination once i asked them how to get to one place, the old man i saw in the train offered me his assistance to bring my goodies as he saw me exhausted bringing so many staffs n many more nice stories, what wonderful people, some people say that its because i was in Seoul, people are more open minded, its gonna be a different story if i were in another city but a friend of mine visited korea recently n she had a bit of unpleasant experience, i don't know if i was being lucky, i still have no idea.

1. This was recorded in Seoul. Please take this interview to the streets of Daegu, Jinju, Gwangju, or the smaller avenues in Namhae, Gokseong, Hwangsun and elsewhere. The mountains create more differences than jus the distinct dialects. 2. These questions were asked by kpop fans or kbeauty gurus or fans...need for some diversity.

I’m Filipino, and when I went to Korea for the first time and was introduced by our friends with their Korean guy friends, they said that they didn’t expect Filipinos to look like us (because we have light skin and that we look “pretty”).

It’s be really helpful to give the location or address where you conduct these interviews

The little girl is so adorable

4:23 Props to this girl. Not many girls will actually own up to it even though there isn’t really anything to be ashamed of.

오히려 선입견을 만드는 채널이네

They seemed fairly honest but still being polite. I don’t think you can ask for more than that.

Omg that one man was amazing at singing damn

hey asian boss i love what yr doing but.. maybe go to different region of a place? because yes yr getting different opinion of things from different backgrounds however yr getting them from big progressive areas most of the time and i bet if you went to an other area it might be more different but who knows! love this channel a lot just wanted to give my 2 cents :)

Meanwhile : UAE : ONE OF MOST RICHEST COUNTRY. MALDIVES : ONE OF MOST BEAUTIFUL and CALMEST PLACE INDIA🇮🇳 : 4ND LARGEST DEFENSE IN WORLD, MOST SPICES EXPORTER, MOST ENGLISH SPEAKER IN WORLD. BOLLYWOOD BIGGER THAN HOLLYWOOD. THAILAND 🇹🇭 : ONE OF MOST VISITED COUNTRY, WHO GAVE KOREA A GEM ( LISA, BAMBAM, SORN AND MANY MORE.) NEPAL 🇳🇵 : GAVE BUDDHISM TO WORLD. MOST IMP : RICH IN CULTURE. AND MANY MORE, BUT STILL KOREAN THINK ITS POOR, UNEDUCATED, HARMFUL PEOPLE.👁👄👁 (THAT'S WHY EDUCATION IS IMP GUYS.) Cant write about all, cuz i don know , if u wanna speak for ur COUNTRY.

That cute couple!! I hope they are still together. They genuinely look in love :D

I'm from phi, and my boss back then was a Korean here in the Philippines I think they are louder when they talk it sounds like they are fighting when they talk.