There are some suitcase racks on the train, but it depends how busy it is.

Shorts are totally fine. These days more and more Koreans are wearing things that don’t cover their shoulders or belly.

I live in one of the coldest places in Canada and I am planning to travel to South Korea for a week in the middle of October where temperatures are more likely 12C to 7C, so wearing shorts is still fine with me; however, I’m just curious if the people there would mind the kind of clothing I wear or they’d never mind it at all?

I’m native Korean and I found your article very helpful (though I didn’t need to read this through haha)

I have few comments on your article in that “What Not To Wear In South Korea”.

“Showing shoulders and chest is not acceptable” <<— This is mostly true except that younger people are less caring about those "old-fashioned" social rules. Also Koreans are not that strict with foreigners on their clothing, korean manners and etc. Most won't even expect travellers to know those. Of course, shorty shorts and off-shoulders are not suitable for formal occasions but young people won't mind your chest and shoulders showing, and even the olders would not care about foreigners wearing what you call "not acceptable". So as native Korean, I wouldn't quite agree on this particular section.

Yes, there might be stares but it's not because your outfits are "unacceptable". It's more like koreans thinking 'woow, foreigners!'.

Also you see a lot of girls covering up their body at the beach in summer because Koreans put ridiculously high standard on themselves for "being in good shape". In a country like Korea where most people are obssessed with style, beauty and being good shapes, most girls are simply too shy to show their bodies thinking "My body isn't good enough to show, coz I have fat here and there" and etc. Most people (I say most because there are older people who are still very conservative and strict) absolutely do not mind other people showing their body at the beach.

So long comment short, Yes, there might be some stares on your clothing or bikinis but it's not because what you're wearing is unacceptable.

I understand your experiences may have been otherwise or may be your Korean friend/s told you about 'what not to wear' but please note not all koreans think like above.

Thanks 🙂

Thank you very much 😀 I’m happy it helped.

March can still be a bit cold. Gloves and scarves will probably not be necessary but make sure to bring a thick jacket and some thick jumpers.