- What can often happens, then people expect to be followed - What people think best, but rarely seen in Korea - What is often seen actually in Korea Can you agree with me that it’s hard for Koreans to say I’m sorry? Of course, it’s an issue about the lacking of consideration to others and weak respect to other personality. There are a few reasons why many Koreans have had this trait. I think, first reason is the excessive competition with others, which has been spread widely on Korean’s core mentality. For many Korean, except their family, their friends, and their acquaintances, the others are often regarded as potential rivals, or uninterested objects unless as far as they don’t have possibility to have any relationship. I guess carefully that such an egocentric mentality has been accelerated through the Korean War and the fast urbanization of Korea.