Korean in your country?

So as the title says 'Korean in your country' How is Korean in your country, is it famous or not at all? 


Well here in The Netherlands, i can't really say it's like.. famous? It's more known with the teenagers though. I think from 10 - 30 years old. But it is becoming more and more famous especially because of PSY who became a worldstar. 

There are not a lot of like, korean shops or even korean people in The Netherlands as far as i know. There will be a few in the capital Amsterdam but it's not like it's full with Korean people. (sadly). 

We do have Korean restaurants here in the slightly more bigger cities (where i sadly don't live). Probably i think 2/3 restaurants a city. We also have a few schools in the big cities where you can actually learn more about Korea and about the culture, History, Music etc. So it's not like it's not known here. 

The ulzzang fashion is in my opinion a lot more known here especially also Jpop and Jrock. There are a lot of events out there which has to do with it. Like doing cosplay and stuff, and where you can actually buy Japanese things and Korean things! ヽ(^o^)ノ .  

There were always Dutch korean meetings where teenagers and adults meet with each other and do random things, meet new people actually sharing and talking about the thing you like the most: Kpop. Soon there will be a new meeting with at least more than 250 people. That's pretty huge for a small country like The Netherlands. 

How i in the end hope they would do something a little bit more with the Korean culture because there are a lot of people out there who actually like it but it's too far away for them, to just go to the city where those stores and schools are for one day. 

(Korean restaurant in Amsterdam)