{"id":1352,"date":"2026-06-19T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianewscast.com\/2026\/06\/19\/south-koreans-find-home-in-chennai-through-food-friendship-bargaining-in-tamil\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:30:00","slug":"south-koreans-find-home-in-chennai-through-food-friendship-bargaining-in-tamil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=1352","title":{"rendered":"South Koreans find home in Chennai through food, friendship, bargaining in Tamil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"layout layout--onecol\">\n<div class=\"layout__region layout__region--content\">\n<section data-title=\"Leaderboard  01 Article\" class=\"block block-ad-entity block-ad-displayleaderboard-01-article clearfix\">\n<div class=\"block-title\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div id=\"ad-entity-g-Z7sK-7KvY\" class=\"ad-entity-container not-initialized\" data-ad-entity=\"lb01_mobile\" 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And people said (the locals) weren\u2019t kind, but there were more \u2026 warm people than in South Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city has since entered her life in many ways, notably through her children\u2019s stomachs.<\/p>\n<p>She had never eaten dosa before moving to India. Now her two sons ask for the South Indian staple once or twice a week. She has even learnt to make it at home, though only after about 10 failed attempts and a friend\u2019s help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"figure block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\" data-img-id=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--Nl6-a8K2--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/19\/1._jungs_son_enjoying_crispy_dosa_at_family_favourite_geetham_restaurant_1.jpg?itok=YNjR2vS7\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">\n      Um&#8217;s son enjoying crispy dosa at family favourite Geetham Restaurant.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>She once joked online that her elder son enjoyed dosa so much he might have been Indian in a past life.<\/p>\n<p>The joke found an audience. Today, she is a Chennai-based influencer with nearly 70,000 followers on Instagram (@wonny_brothers) and 24,000 on YouTube, where she shares her family\u2019s life in India \u2014 from shopping trips and dosa-making to outings with local friends.<\/p>\n<p>One of them is Shah. She had come across videos of Um\u2019s sons enjoying Indian food, reached out, introduced the family to more local dishes and made videos together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe became closer to our family members and our children,\u201d Um said. \u201cNow we\u2019re almost like family in India.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"figure block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\" data-img-id=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--LHkgQVCO--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/19\/2._jung_and_her_local_friend_shah_shopping_for_sarees_in_t._nagar._1.jpg?itok=bn-r8bLn\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">\n      Um and her local friend Shah shopping for sarees in T. Nagar.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>In many ways, she has become one of Chennai\u2019s new locals. And she is not alone in that. A new season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WguNHfY78p8\">The New Locals<\/a> returns with migrants who have not only moved abroad but made another country their home.<\/p>\n<p>In Chennai, the series follows three South Koreans: Um; finance manager Ernie Park, who has lived in the city for about 10 years; and Kim Hyun-gan, a housewife and Korean language tutor who moved to Chennai in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WATCH: Life as a Korean in Chennai: dosa, Tamil and finding home (22:55)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<div class=\"text-long\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<h2>LEARNING TO BELONG<\/h2>\n<p>At first, Chennai took some getting used to. For Um, it was the traffic. In South Korea, drivers rarely honk unless there is danger, she said. In Chennai, the sound seemed constant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first arrived in India, I was shocked by the honking,\u201d she said. \u201cThen I realised that it\u2019s a notification to the other (drivers). It\u2019s (out of) consideration for (their) safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The roads also had their own rhythms, where cows could be seen sleeping or wandering as vehicles made their way around them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018Why wouldn\u2019t people press the horn when they see cows?\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI realised that they really respected cows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Park\u2019s first culture shock, meanwhile, came at the dining table. Although he had heard that many Indians ate with their hands, seeing it every day was still new to him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"figure block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\" data-img-id=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--ojT32LYs--\/c_crop,h_847,w_1507,x_41,y_17\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/19\/3._ernie_park_and_his_local_friends_enjoying_watermelon_hands-first._1.jpg?itok=UkvkjiRo\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">\n      Ernie Park and his local friends enjoying watermelon, hands-first.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>In South Korea, people may use their hands for finger food or snacks, but not typically for main meals, said the 40-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was the heat. Kim, 56, said: \u201cIt\u2019s summer all year round, so I don\u2019t know how time flies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But beyond the traffic, meals and weather, the hardest adjustment was perhaps learning how to build a life in a city they did not yet know where they belonged.<\/p>\n<p>For Park, moving to Chennai was a \u201cbig task\u201d. He knew little about the city before arriving and was not naturally outgoing. In his first year, he mostly kept to other South Koreans.<\/p>\n<p>That changed after a fellow Korean introduced him to surfing. The more he went to the beach, the more it helped him break the ice with Indian surfers, who later drew him to city hangouts, festivals and music gigs.<\/p>\n<p>One of them was Vicky, a surfing instructor who became a close friend. \u201cHe has such a nice human character,\u201d Vicky said. \u201cWhen we go to the beach, I find the same craziness in him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"figure block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\" data-img-id=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--BjKAE2dn--\/c_crop,h_865,w_1538,x_61,y_35\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/19\/4._park_and_his_friend_vicky_sharing_a_laugh_after_a_surfing_session_1.jpg?itok=QejkDo9E\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">\n      Park and his friend Vicky sharing a laugh after a surfing session.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>Park came to see that making friends required taking the first step too, which he said is not the typical Korean instinct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I tried to open (up), they also were welcoming,\u201d he said. \u201c(As) time went by, we got happier and crazier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim also found belonging through sport, making friends on the badminton court with the local regulars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get along well, just as we do with the other Indians here. There\u2019s no difference,\u201d said one of her badminton buddies, who described Kim as a \u201cvery nice person\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>That sense of belonging mattered even more after Kim\u2019s children returned to South Korea. Having spent years supporting them, she felt the loss of that role deeply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I was made redundant,\u201d she shared. \u201cI felt like I was useless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But she eventually channelled that nurturing instinct into tutoring locals in the Korean language. They have made steady progress, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think (Indians) have a great ability in languages,\u201d she observed. \u201cThey speak a lot of languages. I was surprised that they learnt Tamil, English and other dialects. So they learnt Korean so much faster than I thought (they would).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"figure block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\" data-img-id=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--qz35nbKx--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/19\/5._a_selfie_of_kim_hyun-gan_with_friends_from_her_badminton_group.jpg?itok=Vr363E_8\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">\n      A selfie of Kim Hyun-gan with friends from her badminton group.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<h2>A NEW HOME<\/h2>\n<p>As Chennai became home, Um, Park and Kim began helping others cut across cultures as they once did. More often than not, it started with food.<\/p>\n<p>Among his South Korean friends in Chennai, Park is known as the organiser. At his gatherings, he grills Korean dishes such as pork belly and galbi (short ribs) but also serves tandoori chicken adapted for Korean palates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friends who are living in Chennai can\u2019t eat Indian food,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I try to introduce Indian dishes to my Korean friends but (made to) their taste.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"figure block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\" data-img-id=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--PE9CIp00--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/19\/6._park_and_his_south_korean_friends_enjoying_a_spread_of_korean_and_indian_food._1.jpg?itok=ZT9FOffR\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">\n      Park (right) and his South Korean friends enjoying a spread of Korean and Indian food.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>Similarly, Kim and her friends once cooked chapattis, tteokbokki (rice cake) and gimbap (seaweed rice rolls) together for a house party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really fun,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI thought foreigners couldn\u2019t eat (tteokbokki) because of the texture, but they said the rice cakes were delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Um\u2019s 40th birthday celebration this year also brought both worlds together: South Korean friends, Indian friends and the family she built around herself in Chennai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it\u2019d be a good (opportunity) to celebrate my birthday and to get along with everyone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"figure block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\" data-img-id=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--gKd8QfIl--\/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/19\/8._jung_celebrating_her_40th_birthday_with_indian_and_south_korean_friends.jpg?itok=EstHYG6-\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">\n      Um celebrating her 40th birthday with Indian and South Korean friends.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>Across Chennai, that same exchange has also taken shape in the form of the Indo-Korean Cultural and Information Centre, which was established in 2006 to strengthen ties between India and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Through language classes, cultural programmes and performances, it serves as a meeting point for locals and expatriates.<\/p>\n<p>Rathi Jafer, the centre\u2019s director, said its goal was to promote \u201ca meaningful dialogue\u201d between two cultures that may appear different but share many similarities.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean community has become Chennai\u2019s largest expatriate community, with its own shops, restaurants and support networks, she pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur job, I think, is to make them feel as comfortable as possible, as integrated as possible \u2014 making \u2026 lasting friendships between people here and those from Korea who are now pretty much residents of Chennai.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"figure block block- block--view-mode-default clearfix\" data-img-id=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--MqPisMl2--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/19\/7._rathi_jafer_director_of_the_inko_centre_in_chennai._1.jpg?itok=n2gySvMz\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">\n      Rathi Jafer, director of the Indo-Korean Cultural and Information Centre in Chennai.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>For Um, Park and Kim, those connections have helped turn the city into home. Um still misses her family during holidays such as Pongal and Deepavali, but her friends in Chennai have made the distance feel smaller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friends here are so nice to me. Many people love us,\u201d she said. \u201cThus, I feel like I\u2019m in my second home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Park\u2019s local friends even joke about how much he has adapted. \u201cMy Indian friends always tell me, \u2018You\u2019re Indian, you\u2019re not Korean. We have to check your passport,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His sense of belonging is, in fact, strongest whenever he returns from South Korea. \u201c(At the) Chennai arrival hall, there\u2019s a welcoming board: \u2018Welcome (to) Chennai,\u2019\u201d he highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>And each time, the thought comes naturally: \u201cOh God, I\u2019m home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch this episode of <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WguNHfY78p8\"><strong>The New Locals here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"referenced-card\">\n<h4 class=\"h4 h4--related-block\">\n<div>You may wish to also read:<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/cna-insider\/seoul-south-korea-losing-rich-millionaires-wealth-drain-singapore-5403716\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--c1TQESBh--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/10\/16\/insight-ep16_nca0014456-why-seoul-no-longer-attracts-the-rich_.00_03_16_00.still028.jpg?itok=8QtjNC4e\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/cna-insider\/seoul-south-korea-losing-rich-millionaires-wealth-drain-singapore-5403716\"><br \/>\n      <span>From Seoul to Singapore and beyond: The flight of South Korea\u2019s wealthy and what\u2019s at stake<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/today\/ground-up\/singaporeans-in-africa-live-work-abroad-culture-shock-south-africa-rwanda-guinea-ghana-5986501\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--GOiJm3CW--\/c_crop,h_759,w_1350,x_0,y_134\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/03\/12\/nathan_ong5_4.png?itok=vfZ0mfPD\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/today\/ground-up\/singaporeans-in-africa-live-work-abroad-culture-shock-south-africa-rwanda-guinea-ghana-5986501\"><br \/>\n      <span>These Singaporeans moved to Africa for work. 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