[170522] 한국의 주거문화

Apartments are the most common form of housing in Korea.

A major difference compared to western houses is that in Korea, shoes are not worn indoors.

This difference can be seen right away at the front door.

There is a separate area where the shoes are taken off.

Bathrooms are also very different.

In western homes, only the bathtub or shower booth gets wet.

However, Korean bathroom floors typically have tiles.

It's okay for the floor to get wet.

The water goes down through a floor drain.

This makes it easy to clean the bathroom or wash clothes by hand.

Perhaps the most unique aspects of housing in Korea is heating.

There are watch cold undoor floors which purpord floors that are he did it by hot water pipes on the need.

-> There are what's called ondol floors, which refer to floors that are heated by hot water pipes underneath.