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Korea's younger generation is embracing a new DIY trend called "Bol-Kku", or ballpoint pen decorating. By adding beads, charms, and colorful parts to everyday items like pens, keycaps, keyrings, people are turning simple objects into unique expressions of personal style. The trend has even brought new energy to Seoul's Dongdaemum craft market, where many young visitors now shop for decoration materials. Affordable, creative, and highly shareable on social media, this decorating culture reflects how Gen Z in Korea combines hands-on creativity with online expression.
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Walk through the financial district of Seoul at nine o'clock on a Tuesday evening and you will notice something that tends to stop visitors mid-stride: the office buildings are still fully lit. Not a few floors — all of them. The lights are on because people are still at their desks, because the culture of the workplace they inhabit makes leaving before the boss leaves feel, in a way that is difficult to fully translate, like a small act of social aggression.
I Walked Into a Korean Pharmacy and It Tried to Sell Me "Belly Fat Pills"
Walking into a Korean pharmacy as a first-timer is a small culture shock. Not the bad kind. The kind where you stand in front of a shelf for a full minute trying to decide if you're looking at medicine, a snack, or a marketing experiment. And then you spot the yellow sign. "뱃살약." Belly fat pills. Seven-day course. Step 1 and Step 2 in two cute little zip-packs, like a starter kit for a video game where the boss is your own waistline.If you've ever wondered why Korean wellness culture has taken over your TikTok feed, this shelf is part of the answer. Korea is the country that turned skincare into a 10-step ritual, so it makes sense that the body would get the same treatment. Detox is not a niche idea here. It is shelf space. Quite a lot of it.
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