Non verbal communication

Personal Appearance

Some similarities could be found between the traditional garments of men and women in Korea.

The culture and roles of the wearer will affect the functional differences of the traditional wear.

One of the main pieces of women's wear is the Ch'ima, which is a rectangular or a cylindrical skirt. The waistband is carefully pleated and worn high, being tied with long sashed above the chest.

Carrying the influence of the Confucian society,which is a chinese society that had an enormous impact on Korea for centuries, the Ch'ima effectively hides most aspects of the female form. Besides, the Ch’ima also carry out the taste or the standard of a woman in South Korea.

One of the Korean men’s garments is the Paji. Paji is described as a trousers, and it was also originally designed with a narrow leg to synchronized with to carry out horse riding back then. But over time,te Koreans realize that narrow legs made squatting in fields and sitting on floors very difficult, thus leading them to the broaden the legs into baggier, more comfortable designs. So that the one who wears it can wear it with a more comfortable way.

Greetings:

In Korea, people bow when they first met someone.The man will usually bow and shake the opponents’ hand with manners.The right hand is to shake and the left hand is to support or rest the right hand as a manner.However between woman, they will just bow and they usually just give out a sligt bow compared to the men.

In a different case, when the both sides are close friends or relatives, they will just do a simple nod.

But, children will still have to bow to the adults as a gratitution to the adults. Gratitution from the younger to adults are really important to Koreans or else their family would be blamed for not educating the young ones properlly

Gestures:

Korean passes items to another person with both of their hands or by using the left hand to support the right hand while the right hand passes the item the other person.

Besides, Koreans beckon by waving the fingers together with the palm down.

Beckoning with the index finger is considered rude and will offend the other party's feelings.