SOUTH KOREA 
Asia
Capital: Seoul
Languages: Korean, English
- The idea of being an au pair is not common in South Korea.
- Applicants from South Korea are motivated by the opportunity to experience American culture and to improve their English.
- Applicants do not have difficulty affording the program fees.
- Young people in South Korea have the freedom of their family to socialize and date.
- Curfews are very common.
- South Koreans are generous, warm, kind, and extremely hardworking.
- Most young people in South Korea eat meat.
- Vegetarianism is not common.
- A typical South Korean diet includes rice and kimchi (seasoned cabbage) and lots of vegetables as a traditional meal, but many people like western food such as bread, steaks, pasta and pizza.
- English is compulsory in South Korea.
- English is taught beginning in elementary school through university. English education in South Korea used to focus on written English but this is changing to focus more on spoken English.
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