Trip To Korea, with a slight problem

On June 10 2011 19:24 Liquid`HuK wrote:
ive never been check for age for anything

edit: in korea (bar, club, hotel, etc.)

On June 10 2011 19:50 zobz wrote:
Korea is so strange sometimes. You're not allowed to live alone at 17? Isn't that rather limitting to a great many people with terrible or dead parents?

On June 10 2011 23:00 Arnstein wrote:
Why would it be hard to get a hotel room if you're 17? In Norway, as long as you pay, you can live wherever you want.

On June 10 2011 23:43 yoonyoon wrote:
The Korean legal-to-drink age this year is for 92ers.
For most Koreans, you're carded a lot o_o not sure for foreigners though, and it might be because I mainly hang around university areas only(Shinchon, Hongdae, and Ewha).

As to where you live for the week...
Do you mind somewhere really, really, really tiny?

There are places called goshiwons in Korea that are basically buildings full of lots of tiny rooms, usually containing no more than a bed and a desk. A lot of goshiwons do allow for underage students to stay as long as they have parental permission, so if you visit them before your parents leave, you'll probably be able to get a room for a week. You usually pay by the month though, so you'd probably have to negotiate to pay for only a week. I'm not completely sure about the details since I've never lived in one before, but the info's probably easy to find with a little research.

-edit- Actually, on further thought, as long as your parents are there when you sign the contract, I think there are more places that might let you stay. Not completely sure though...

On June 10 2011 23:32 GigaFlop wrote:


No questions asked?

On June 11 2011 00:31 Arnstein wrote:


Why is that strange? I went to Oslo(6 hours away from where I live) and stayed in a hotel with a friend when I was 15 because I was going to watch a Slayer concert in Oslo. I don't understand why a hotel would ban people under 18.