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North Korean’s Table Manners and
Dining Ethics
Politeness
is very important to Koreans
and there is a lot of emphasis placed on sharing meals and drinks. Although
some of the older traditions have relaxed in recent years, this list of Korean
table manners includes etiquette still in use today:
1. Wait to be seated
Wait for the oldest person/people
to sit down first before you take a seat at the table.
2. Before you begin
Before you eat, especially at
someone's home, it's polite to say that you are looking forward to the meal. In
Korean, people say Jalmukesumneda (I will eat well).
3. Beginning the meal
Wait
for the oldest person/people to lift their spoon or chopsticks first before you
start eating.
4. During the meal
Don't blow your nose at the table. Ever.
5. Don't rush or linger
Try to eat at the same pace as
everyone else, especially
the elders.
6. Soup and rice bowls
During the meal, don't hold the bowl
of soup or rice (as you might do in other Asian countries like China or Japan).
7. Double dipping
Korean meals have many communal side
dishes, so don't dig into the bowls and touch a lot of the other food while
you're taking your own.
8. Refilling your glass
Always pour drinks
for others first, especially for those senior to you.
9. Offers of alcohol
It's not considered polite to refuse
an alcoholic drink offered to you, especially from an elder.
10. Accepting dishes or drinks
When
someone senior pours a drink for you, hold out your cup with both hands to
accept (this also holds true for someone
passing you a side dish or something else at the table).
11. Pouring drinks
When you pour for someone senior to
you, place your other hand lightly under your pouring hand or under your
opposite elbow.
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12. Placement of utensils on table
Don't stick your chopsticks straight
up into your bowl because that resembles traditional Korean ancestor ceremonies.
When you're done, utensils go back on the table.
13. Don't waste food
Don't take so much food that you can't finish, as that is
considered wasteful.
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14. Acknowledging your hosts
If someone has hosted you in their
home or treated you to a meal out, it is customary to acknowledge your thanks
after the meal. In Korean, people say masegaemugusuyo (I ate well).
Dinning
with elderly people
1. The space farthest away from the
entrance door is the best spot, so reserve it for the elderly.
2. When having a meal with the elderly,
wait for the elders to hold their spoon first and keep pace with them.
3. Sit with your body in an upright,
straight position.
4. When the elderly person is getting
up after finishing the meal, get up together.
5. If you finished the meal before the
elderly, place the spoon in the rice bowl or sungnyung bowl and when the
elderly person has finished the meal, place it on the table.
è Cultural Dimensions’ Analysis
In North Korean’s
Table Manners and Dinning Ethics, we can see on some sentences with the yellow
highlighting that it has Low Power Distance cultural dimension in which Koreans
really respect the elder people or the seniors, they accept the unequal level
and there was a gap between the superiors and inferiors. Like many Koreans let
the elder or senior to do anything on the table firstly and they must accept
everything on the table that given by the elder and senior.
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