You may notice quite a few homeless people around Seoul Station. A lot of visitors ask me, “Why are there so many homeless people here?” One of the biggest reasons goes back to 1997, during the Asian Financial Crisis. In Korea, we usually call it the IMF Crisis . A lot of companies went bankrupt, unemployment rose very quickly, and many people suddenly lost their jobs and income. Some people eventually lost their homes as well. And many of them came to Seoul Station . Why here? Because this was one of the main places to find day labor and temporary jobs , and it was also the main railway station if they wanted to go back to their hometowns. But some had no money left and nowhere else to go, so they stayed around the station. That is one reason Seoul Station became one of the main gathering places for homeless people after the 1997 crisis. Then another thing happened. Once many homeless people were here, churches, charities, NGOs, and the government started providing help here. Th...
Hollywood stars who love cupping. Recently, a photo of Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson undergoing cupping therapy for the first time in his life, was released on SNS and received great attention. Unlike the appearance of his health, he had several major surgeries for a herniated disc, muscle rupture, Achilles tendon rupture, etc.,and many fans were sorry for revealing that his body had been completely damaged after that. He announced that he got cupping therapy for the first time for the treatment of the back and back muscles. Also, Michael Phelps, who participated in the Olympics after receiving cupping therapy at the last Rio Olympics, became a hot topic. This is because there were many people around the world who wondered what the purple mark on his body was. This mark on the body is a cupping mark, which is very familiar to Asians, but it seems that it was not to other people. This is a treatment he has been receiving for years to help relax his muscles and ease soreness. ...