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South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by kbumsik »

calvinbhai wrote: post #29

Question for South Koreans here: Is this real or is this report just the usual exaggeration by western media? Asking because Reuter’s has a biased reporting for anything related to India, and I’m wondering if they have a similar lens / filter for South Korea. (I’m from India in US)

Buddhism-based meditation tours are quite popular in Korea. Many Korean temples offers "Temple stay" [1] program which is pretty much the same as the jail: locking themselves up in the temple to escape from the city life for a cople of days. The jail in the article seems to be a slightly exaggerated form of templestay. The motivation behind it is pretty accurate tho.

Of course not everyone want this, and it is Buddhism - half of Koreans are christian.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Stay

Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by baud147258 »

spieglt wrote: post #77
narrator wrote: post #48

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I looked into signing up for a silent retreat, but they are expensive and sold out months in advance.

Also look into Christian monasteries near you. I'm not Christian but spent a silent weekend at a Cistercian monastery and it was amazing. They suggest a donation but there's no charge. Only have to schedule a month or two in advance.

It depends on the season too. During Christmas and Easter, there'd be way more people than at other times

Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by hkai »

jillesvangurp wrote: post #132

Doesn't sound that different from people staying in a monastery for a while. Used to be pretty common. But monastic life is not so popular anymore so there are fewer of those around.

Monastery is different because it requires work too, just like normal life.

Living in Asia, I am really thinking that jail in a good country like Sweden is way superior to living outside of prison. You could read books, study languages, pause and think about something. More chances for meeting friends, and so on.

Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by anonnyj »

GrumpyNl wrote: post #130

It strikes me, that we first have to question the newsreport on accuracy. Thats the state we are in now.

It should have always been the case, even before blatant fake news. It's so important it should be taught in schools, really.

Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by icebraining »

itake wrote: post #126
icebraining wrote: post #60

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In those places, you can probably get better care outside prison.

Even if you're as a tourist or immigrant? There was an article recently on HN where a British citizen was shipped home for surgery instead of getting it done in Singapore by their travel insurance company.

Would they get the surgery as a foreigner in prison?

Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by miss_classified »

wodenokoto wrote: post #123
calvinbhai wrote: post #29

Question for South Koreans here: Is this real or is this report just the usual exaggeration by western media? Asking because Reuter’s has a biased reporting for anything related to India, and I’m wondering if they have a similar lens / filter for South Korea. (I’m from India in US)

Just ask Google, there are others who have reported on this before Reuter. * sep, 2018 https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/prison-providing-... * feb, 2018 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korea-overwork-culture-j... * 2014 https://www.wsj.com/video/want-a-break-from-stress-send-your... Of course most people haven't heard of it. It is basically a gimmicky take on a silent retreat and there is only 1. I'm su…

Just because Google results show you a thing, doesn't make that thing accurate, but merely prevalent and reduplicated in an index.

Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

Nursie wrote: post #128
duchenne wrote: post #109

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Yes, that used to be a common misconception in Korea until recently. It is completely false but such rumors can get viral very quickly. There are also many such misonceptions in the West. For instance, in the West, many people still believe that different areas of the tongues are used for different tastes (sweet, bitter,...). You can find more such things in this famous wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w…

Some interesting ones. Fortune cookies originating in Japan, and being seen by the Chinese as an American affectation - they're very rarely seen here in the UK so I can well believe it.

Are they rare in the UK? Common enough in my city for the last couple of decades. I think I first saw them on Friends (USA tv show), or a similar show.

At our regular Chinese takeaway the kids only get them if they come in with us; other places just include a handful.

To me the biscuit is really vile.

Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by labster »

wnevets wrote: post #99
duchenne wrote: post #91

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I have been living in Korea for many years. I have never heard about it. I asked my Korean colleagues about it. They have never heard about it and they think that it is weird.

Do people actually think they'll die if they sleep with the fan on? Thats pretty weird to me.

Just remember: in low gravity, always sleep with a fan on or you can die of suffocation. Just in case that ever comes up, you know.

Re: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life

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Post by Nursie »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #138
Nursie wrote: post #128

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Some interesting ones. Fortune cookies originating in Japan, and being seen by the Chinese as an American affectation - they're very rarely seen here in the UK so I can well believe it.

Are they rare in the UK? Common enough in my city for the last couple of decades. I think I first saw them on Friends (USA tv show), or a similar show. At our regular Chinese takeaway the kids only get them if they come in with us; other places just include a handful. To me the biscuit is really vile.

Rare enough in my experience, perhaps I shouldn't generalise!

But I've never had them from a takeaway, and only once or twice in a restaurant. My experience is almost entirely from London and the South-East though.

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