![]() One of them states that eating sticky foods, such as toffee and yeot (traditional Korean taffy) will help the knowledge obtained from studying stick in the students mind. Taffy makes it stick Its no surprise that education-obsessed Korea has plenty of superstitions surrounding test taking. ![]() Nevertheless, stories surrounding fan death continue to regularly crop up in the South Korean media, especially in the summer months. Some suggest the fan death myth was even promulgated by the government to limit the use of electricity during the 1970s energy crisis. S eonpoonggi samangseol (fan death) is believed to be an actual cause of death, not just superstition.įears about electric fans in Korea date back to 1927, when a story was published in a national newspaper warning readers that the new technology came with medical risks such as nausea, facial paralysis, and even asphyxiation the theory being that the fans circulation of stale air causes its user to choke on their own carbon dioxide. ![]() ![]() Superstition states that presenting a lover with a pair of shoes will make him or her run away most likely in the same pair of shoes Subin Yang Culture Trip Fans can kill you Death from sleeping with an active fan in a closed room may seem like the stuff of fiction, but its no joke in South Korea. ![]()
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