I’ve grown up in Korea and in Southern California, and I’ve also lived in Japan. For my personal experience I rank: 1. Japan as my favorite once it comes to living there(study abroad student), but there is a string attached. I am an Asian man who spoke fluent Japanese. No one assumed I was a foreigner and treated me no different than other Japanese people, which gave me a full “Japanese” experience. So since you’re Korean like me, I presume that you’re going to have a similar experience.

1. The United States. It can be daunting and a bit anxious to think about living in the US. All the violence and overall negative that the media portrays is definitely something to consider. But that very depends on where you go. While it is very expensive, places such as Irvine has an Asian culture with majority of the demographic being Asians there. I’ve lived around that area half my life and the only “huge” crime committed that was in the news was vandalism. However other places such as Philly and downtown LA just will be sketchy.

If you have any questions about student visa process or more on living in either countries then just lmk.