tried this ice cream cheesecake at the hyundai department store today and i actually really liked it. if you find most desserts in seoul a little too sweet, this one is definitely more on the mild side.

got to try the original, chocolate, and matcha flavors. the texture was so soft and moist, almost melt-in-your-mouth. didn’t feel heavy or overly sweet at all 🍦🍰

Hi r/korea!

I've been very interested in the idea of walking from Seoul to Busan - using the Gukto-Jongju cycling trails as guidance - for a long time. I'm planning on starting in the next 1-2 weeks. I'll be using Naver and Organic Maps to keep me on the right track along the way.

Would love any tips or advice people have for along the way, any recommendations on places to visit and even a friendly face to meet or join me for a portion along the way.

Hey r/korea I'm in need of advice for how Korean husbands would handle their mother in law (MIL) in this situation so I can ease tensions

I’m Australian, my wife is Korean, and my MIL has been staying with us for about 6 weeks after our daughter was born. She came to help out and has been doing things like cooking, laundry, looking after the baby, etc which is very appreciated.

But there have been repeated situations which has built up my anxiety to the point I lost my cool (not my best moment, also dealing with a newborn... Go easy)

The situation is my MIL took the baby for a walk in a carrier and covered the baby’s whole body, including her head and face with a thick blanket. I freaked out about the suffocation and overheating risk and not being able to see the baby’s face.

I raised it passive-aggressively with my wife (again, not my best moment), which led to defensiveness and then an argument between us in front of my MIL. I also showed my MIL a translated message explaining why I do not want the baby’s face covered.

She now feels I effectively told her off and has said she wants to return to Korea earlier than planned and wants very little to do with me.

My wife has lived in Australia for a long enough time where says she is also unsure what the right thing to do here is.

So my main question is: what would a Korean son-in-law normally do now to repair the relationship and keep the peace, without abandoning boundaries around our baby?

For context, these are some of the things that have contributed to the tension over the last 6 weeks. I'm also interested to know how normal what I am going through is from a Korean point of view.

• Repeatedly criticised us for responding quickly when the baby cried, said we will make her weak. When we challenged her, she said something along the lines of "so you think I raised my children wrong?"
• Repeated loose blankets/items around the baby in the bassinet despite raising time and time again the safe-sleep concerns.
• Wanting the baby in beanies and extra blankets/layers indoors because she thinks the baby is cold.
• Holding the newborn without consistent head/neck support. What is burned in my brain is watching my baby's head snap back/forward while my MIL adjusted herself while holding the baby
• Taking the baby away from me when she is crying, and taking over changing diapers while I am mid-way through it. Sometimes in the early hours of the morning she would come into our bedroom without knocking to take over
• She didn't like the smell of our dishwasher soap and so she hand washes everything and uses the dishwasher as a drying rack so I also can't use the dishwasher for my own things. She said it would be ok because she will hand wash all of my dishes... But thats just awkward and also didn't turn out to be true, so I hand wash a lot of things now
• Stopped us using our fancy bottle washer and steriliser because she believed it could cause cancer (the Korean story about the humidifier causing cancer did this), and instead boils bottle/pump parts.
• Frequently left the cooktop on and walked away, while boiling the bottle parts she left the kitchen so long all of the water evaporated and the plastic parts burned and filled the house with smoke
• Shaming me for being "too slow" changing the baby's diaper, 4 days into being a dad
• When discussing bringing the baby to Korea to meet the rest of the family, suggested I shouldn't go because I'll worry too much about her family handling the baby (due to me complaining about her never supporting the baby's neck)
• We bought a new chair (quite heavy), and when I was moving into position she insisted on helping move it, while holding the baby with her other hand.
• Insisting in wrapping the baby in a blanket both inside and outside, this usually also leads to trying to unwrap the baby while standing to hand her to someone else. This makes me nervous about accidental drops.
• Always tries to feed my wife food while my wife is holding the baby, I'm not keen on saucy hot foods dropping on my baby's head
• Food-hygiene differences that have been difficult for me. Eating directly from shared containers with chopsticks and returning them to the fridge, repeatedly reheating/refrigerating food, leaving meat out for hours at room temperature. This one is a big cultural difference I never got used to, but is offensive to my MIL if I show that I don't like it

I’m aware I’m anxious and highly stressed out from being a new dad and my brain is in overdrive mode focused on newborn safety, and I know I handled today badly.

What would a Korean MIL normally expect from her son-in-law after something like this? Should I apologise directly, send a KakaoTalk message, leave her alone for a while, or let my wife mediate?

This photo was taken during my visit when the event called "Mulbit Yeonhwa" (Moonlight Lotus) was running.

It is held biannually, divided into the first and second halves of the year.

While it is beautiful during the day, it becomes several times more breathtaking at night with the media art.

It is an absolute must-visit spot if you ever travel to Korea!

Everything just looks so, so clear here.

my photos have this extra brightness to them lately, and somehow my skin looks better too. Maybe it’s the Seoul air… or maybe I’m just finally seeing the little difference from the treatments I had done while I was here. 🤍

Either way, I’m not complaining.

Spotted filming hongdae august 28. I believe the man is comedian lee sun min but no idea who the girl is.