At the fountain in front of General Yi statue on Sejongno, on election day (Wednesday, a public holiday).
A lovely pair of mum and daughter.
They knew I was snapping photos of them :p
I never took the show of affection among the Korean families seriously, until a fellow Anthropologist-Sociologist friend tells me about it. After some observation, I realized their public display of affection (PDA) is truly more apparent than other Northeast Asian countries.
Korean couple
Korean couple 2
Korean couples have never been shy of showing their affections and intimacy in the public. When they walk on the street you will always see one of the guy's arms around their girl friend's shoulder or waist and another vacant one holding each other's hand, or the girl clinging or leaning on the boyfie/fiance/hubby's arm. And when they're not walking (i.e. waiting for the traffic lights; resting under a tree, hanging out in a park etc), they will hold/stroke each other's face, patting on the head, kissing, and display their lovey-dovey publicly. I only show the moderate ones here because on ethical ground it's better for me to mosaic the intimate couples' faces but I'm lazy to do that. And yeah, I've been shamelessly photographing couples, with hope to get some nice love-themed photographs... without permission.
It's surprised to find how mushy the guys are :)
Including this lovely ajossi who fanned his lovely wife at Jogyesa during the Buddha's birthday celebration :)
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