Seoul Letter: Trends take hold quickly around Korea and often spread across Asia before moving outwards into the US and Europe, writes Denis StauntonPedestrians walk past restaurants on a street in Seoul's Gangnam district, an upscale area known for its luxury boutiques and apartments. Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
The young woman opposite nodded but the man next to her looked across at me and then at the first man, as if unsure about whether to speak. test that became popular after the second World War and was sometimes used by employers to screen job applicants. Over the past two years, the test has become a craze among young Koreans, many of whom include their four-letter personality type in their social media profiles.
“Double eyelid surgery at 16. You’re a bad parent if you make them wait until they are 18,” she said.has more cosmetic surgery procedures per capita than anywhere else in the world and a 2020 survey found that 25 per cent of women between 19 and 29 have undergone one, although some estimates suggest the real figure is twice that.
Trends take hold quickly in Korea and often spread across Asia before moving outwards into the United States and Europe. Among the current lifestyle trends is the “hocance”, a short break in a hotel usually for a night or two but sometimes for as little as eight hours.