Beauty is in the Details
Pressing the elevator close button repeatedly until the doors shut and sticking your hand into the vending machine’s retrieval slot while waiting for your product—these are said to be traits of the fast-paced Korean. Being slow is simply intolerable. After all, we are busy. We work hard, and when we finally get a vacation, we feel we must make the most of it by moving around as much as possible. There’s no time to dawdle in one place. Slow Travel, the ‘Slow Motion’ of Beauty The word “slow” carries a particularly negative connotation in Korea. People say someone talks slowly,