Societal Differences between South Korea and the United States
thepack.unm.eduMay 02, 2017 · One big difference is that South Korea is considered a high-context society, whereas the US is a low-context society. This means that in South Korea, the way you say something is just as important as what is said in terms of understanding meaning, but in the US, we can usually get the same meaning from something whether it is texted, said over the phone or in-person.