👏TKL #145, Korea: Claps or Slaps? Money, Jobs & Student Life with Udip & Ujwal

Episode Notes

🎙️ This Korean Life – Episode with Udip & Ujwal 🎓

What does it actually cost—financially and personally—to leave Nepal and build a student life in South Korea?

In this episode of This Korean Life, we sit down with Udip and Ujwal, two Nepalese students who have spent the past three years studying at Ulsan College. We go beyond the usual study-abroad success stories to talk about the everyday reality of being an international student in Korea: tuition, living expenses, part-time jobs, language barriers, balancing work with classes, and the pressure to make it all financially sustainable. 💰📚

We start back in Nepal, exploring their childhoods, education, and the decisions that eventually brought them to Ulsan. They share their first impressions of Korea, the culture shocks they encountered, and how their expectations compared with the reality of actually living here. ✈️🌏

We also explore life on campus and their involvement in the Nepalese student community, including cultural events, fundraisers, student activities, and the challenges—and occasional funny moments—that come with navigating a Korean college as a foreign student. 🤝

The conversation also turns back toward Nepal and what it feels like to watch major events and youth-led political change unfold in your home country while living thousands of kilometers away.

Most importantly, Udip and Ujwal give us an honest look at “the hustle” behind studying abroad. We talk about finding part-time work, communicating on the job, managing money, studying Global Business and IT, and the sacrifices international students sometimes make to keep their Korean dream moving forward.

After three years in Korea, we ask the bigger question: Was it worth it? And what would they tell another young person in Nepal considering the same journey?

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