Screenshot, from a campaign video produced by the health ministry, shows a family dancing at home. The video was taken down after it triggered a slate of angry comments from people who claimed it could wrongly encourage people to disturb their neighbors
SEOUL: Annoying neighbors are a universal issue.
But in South Korea, where 80 percent of all homes are apartments or villas, where several families live in individual flats in a shared building, having a noisy neighbor can be more painful than you think.
For Kim Ha-jung, things began when her new neighbors at a Seoul apartment building moved in half a year ago.
Noisy neighbors a growing headache for people who stay home amid pandemic
Posted : 2021-01-28 11:16
Annoying neighbors are a universal issue.
But in South Korea, where 80 percent of all homes are apartments or villas, where several families live in individual flats in a shared building, having a noisy neighbor can be more painful than you think.
For Kim Ha-jung, things began when her new neighbors at a Seoul apartment building moved in half a year ago. I started to hear little kids stomping and jumping or someone moving heavy objects even late at night, after around 10 p.m., she said, Sometimes they even run the vacuum. It s really annoying when I hear those sounds when I m going to bed.