Episode 023 When I Was an Editor in Korea (Part 1): Soy-Marinated Crab, Typhoons, and the Many Ways to Live Across Cultures (Chinese)

As President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea visits China, Chinese-Korean relations have once again become a hot topic. At this moment, my friend from my time studying in Korea and I would rather talk about the specific people and concrete experiences. In this episode of the podcast, we are honored to invite PD Wanzi, the former Chinese-language editor-in-chief of the benchmark cultural magazine Jeju Weekly in Jeju Island. We ask her to share her genuine experiences as a young Chinese person in Korea from three dimensions: student life, workplace culture, and media observations. The content of this episode includes but is not limited to:From Seoul to Jeju Island: Real-life survival stories of renting, job interviews, and eating marinated crabServing as editor-in-chief in a multicultural team: How did a local media outlet become a window for Sino-Korean exchange?Typhoon nights, phone guarantors, the uncle who slipped us money… Those small yet timeless acts of kindnessThis is not just a story of personal growth but also a vivid slice of grassroots exchanges between China and South Korea.If you are also interested in cultural collisions, overseas survival, and personal choices in the context of our times, tune in to this episode now!Timeline:00:00 Reunion with an old friend: Memories of studying in Korea twenty years ago03:17 From classmates to "southern drift comrades": Supporting each other in Korea's southernmost cities09:39 A taste of homesickness and friendship: Marinated crab in Yeosu and traveling across the sea to visit13:01 Behind the decision to study abroad: Career planning and "landing with trust"27:13 Fear and warmth on a typhoon night: Human kindness during natural disasters35:57 Holidays in a foreign land and kindness from strangers: Chuseok and the story of "50,000 won"44:34 A career as a multicultural editor-in-chief: Practicing and reflecting on Chinese media in Jeju Island58:52 Observations on workplace culture and closing thoughts: Experiencing hierarchy versus relative equality