2025/Oliver-

Let’s first talk about this “Home”. Home defines an area for where you belong. Home is a place where you physically and mentally feel that you belong here. A place where you can feel safe and trust those around you. And my home is here in South Korea. It is a place where I can express myself freely and enjoy the culture and traditions here.

South Korea is the place I was born and was raised. I believe that South Korea is my home because my mother is South Korean and my father is American. Making me half Korean and half American. It just makes me feel unique and different from other Americans by being half Korean. My relatives live here also. Because South Korea is a small country compared to the US, it is easier to travel long distances. Korea also has an outstanding language. Korean may be a hard language to speak, but it’s pretty amazing to speak it.

I have incredibly close friends that I’d love to hang out with. The food in Korea is very good and I personally love ramen and Korean spicy rice cakes. Most of my neighbors are nice and people that locally live here have warming hearts.

Without the air quality being terrible sometimes, it’s a country I’d love to live in. I absolutely love PC cafes in South Korea. You can practically live there and you get to play games at a low price (usually around 1,000 won). The convenience stores here are very similar to Japan;they’re more advanced than most countries.

The food here is mouth watering. There are many spicy foods in South Korea and people love the foods also. I like South Korea better than the USA. Korea is an easier place to live in than the USA. My home is a place where many people love to travel. Seoul is one of my favorite places in the world. It is a place with 10 million people. Many people live in South Korea, including me. And I plan to live here until I graduate. I love Korea.