Korean children are hands down, the cutest things ever. Unlike in the US, where parents try to keep their children from imposing on other people (generally that is), in Korea they're pretty much allowed to run free doing whatever they please.
This unbelievably darling little tot waddled up to me and my friend in a restaurant. Her parents barely took notice as she rummaged through my friend's purse, fetched out her water bottle, and had a sip. Nor did they seem at all creeped out when I picked her up for a photo session!
I love it every time a child wants to come say "hello!" to the foreigner, but not everyone appreciates invasions of personal space. Once, I was sitting in silence in a cold room in a bath house when two children came in and started screaming and throwing ice at each other. After a minute, the old man next to me grabbed one of them by the back of the shirt, pulled down his pants, slapped ice into his crack, and told him to leave. No hard feelings. The kids bounced out laughing. I, too, found this hilarious, but I can't even begin to imagine the kind of harassment suits this man would face in the US!
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