Philippines: Favorite Destination of South Koreans
The primary reason for this sudden shift is attributed to the warm Philippine climate compared to South Korea's extremely cold weather. Another reason is the relative ease in setting up a business in the Philippines. Some South Koreans come to the Philippines to study the English language which they find easier because of the availability of English speaking teachers offering English tutorial courses at a very reasonable price. Other Koreans come to the Philippines to pursue higher education in known colleges and Universities.
The sizeable number of South koreans in the country have encouraged other Koreans to set up their businesses to cater to the needs of their fellow Koreans. Others have opened Korean restaurants and grocery stores selling Korean products.
One of the world's largest shipbuilding company, Hanjin Heavy Industries has recently opened a shipbuilding facility in Subic Bay, Philippines. This facilty have employed thousands of Filipino skilled workers and a good number of South Koreans who make up the core manpower of the shipbuilding facility. In order to serve the needs of these Korean workers and executives, other enterprising Koreans have established hotels, lodging houses, restaurants, and other business that cater to the Korean community in the area.
It is estimated that the number of Koreans will hit the million mark in one or two years. If this upward trend continues, the Philippines will witness the sprouting of a new Korean community even in the remotest areas of the country. Presently, South koreans are scattered all over the country, with Baguio City as their second favorite destination next to Metro Manila.
South Koreans blend well with the Filipino community because they don't engage in violent activities and are regarded as generally peaceful and friendly people.
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7 Comments
Post a CommentI recently spent my Christmas in Seoul. The weather was bitter cold, but I enjoyed it particularly when I saw snow. At first,I hate it because the cold gets into your bones, but when I saw the snow I thought it was great.
For Jasmine, where ever u are. Im
sorry that you felt that way.
Perhaps there are some other things that you like about the philippines...native spicy food, our warm smile, our beaches and maybe the English education.
I know you can say a lot of good things about our country other than hating our weather.
speaking about the weather, the weather is the English Language Acquisition.. but still the ratio of koreans in the Philippines is higher than filipinos (legal or illegal)in Korea. And during summer, some turned into darker skinned. I wonder if the weather, summer is much longer in korea? what do you think will happend with the kutis? hehehehehehehe just wondering???
I kinda agree with Koreans liking our weather because I once saw a group of Koreans having a picture at around 2 pm in one of our Parks here and man that time here is kinda hot even we Filipinos cannot tolerate the heat so we really use umbrellas, while they susme! took pictures while it is sooooooooo damn hot but it's kinda cute (kakaiba iba nga lang) no offense
Do I smell a fight here? cool lang=)naman, its just about the weather, big deal! (issue na ba yun?) friendly 0_o? I don't know... it seems hindi naman,I'm from the Philippines kasi and so I know... It's just an opinion ha... peace out!
``whether in korea is extremely paradise because there are four seasons???``
what's that supposed to mean... guess you need to be there forever to learn what's misspelled, grammatically incorrect, and semantically non-sense.
Hi Jasmine,
Thanks for your comments. I stand corrected regarding the weather info. I have many Korean friends and some of them said they like the weather in the Philippines.
I hope you enjoy your stay in the Philippines.
Thanks again.
Leo
Hi! I was thankful for concern about this topic. Actually, Im Korean... So I know it very well. Can I advise somethings? Im sure that .. None of Koreans are here for the whether.. U mention it in second paragraph. Where did U get this false info..? Whether in korea is extremely paradise because there are four seasons.. As a korean staying in the philippines..I really unlike this whether . So I hope to leave here as soon as possible ... Of course After my education..