Why Koreans rarely hit the beach without a rash guard

Park, an office worker in her 30s based in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, bought a new rash guard for her vacation to Bali last week. A fan of water sports who enjoys beaches and hotel pools, she said she already owns several rash guards and swimsuits, but is eager to add more to her collection. At the beach in Bali, filled with sunbathers from around the world, she realized that every time she heard Korean spoken, those beachgoers were clad in long-sleeved rash guards. “You could almost identify Koreans just by their rash guards,” she said, “Having traveled to beaches around the world, I’ve noticed that Koreans seem to be the only ones who regularly wear rash guards in the water. I have bikinis and other more revealing swimwear, but still prefer to wear rash guards,” she said. As Park noted, from Southeast Asia to Europe, Koreans are often easy to spot on beaches with their matching, brightly colored rash guards. While rash guards are common among surfers worldwide, Korea is the only country where nonsurfers routinely wear them for aesthetic and practical reasons. Posts on Reddit anWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times