Posting my reply to an answer as an answer per request. With some edits.
i go to south korea every winter of every year since 2016.
1. They are totally dressing up according to the majority. Long wool coats and
long, black, padded thermal coats. You could tell if somebody is a foreigner by
their outfit during winter. For example, south east asians touring in korea wear
colorful padded thermal jackets that are of the normal length, earmuffs
(sometimes even if it's just 15C with no snow), beanie hats, Ugg boots. They are
"funny" looking as they do not dress like the majority. Japanese women pretty
much dress the same as the koreans, they also wear a lot of frilly fur and thigh
high boots. Whenever i visit korea, i opt to dress like the koreans so as not to
stand out as a foreigner as well. (i am asian by the way)
2. older koreans tend to be rude/give orders to younger koreans, while the
younger ones tolerate this and follow the older koreans because it is being
"respectful" and is tradition. One time i was enjoying my solo time in myeongdong
when a french guy set up a mic and speaker. He started singing lovely "coffee
shop" songs in french, english, korean, while playing the guitar. An old woman
stormed at him and started speaking loudly in korean about "being too loud" and
making him stop. The french guy kept saying 괜찮아요 (it's ok) to calm the woman
down but she wouldn't bulge. She started grabbing the stand mic and acting as if
she will throw it on the ground. Eventually the guy stopped singing. His friend
went to him to ask what happened and then they both looked distraught. I felt
really bad for him.
3. on a busy weekday, many girls at the subway on their way to work/school are
wearing a curler on their bangs. Almost every women either dye their hair or curl
the ends everyday. even the highschoolers pay a lot of attention to their hair.
Appearance and style is very important in korea
4. there are children below 11yrs old who've had their hair dyed. Parents like to
put makeup on their children or dye their hair so they look "ulzzang" (meaning:
great/pretty face).
5. plastic surgery ads on the subways, bus stops, magazines..
6. you could see girls with bandages (plastic surgery) walking at the streets like it
was nothing. Though I noticed koreans still point these people out and eye them.
It is normal to see someone who recently had their nose done (with bandage) eat
in a restaurant like it was nothing
7. almost all houses use keypad locking system instead of key. I think this is weird
because it's easier for a thief to break in. However i think there are few crimes as
such because there are many cctv in korea. It's everywhere.
8. It's ok to wear super short mini skirts while showing cleavage is frowned upoN
9. edit (add): tissue rolls never run out in public toilets. Also, most of the time there
are no bins inside toilet cubicles. If there is, usually it’s for used feminine pads and
they look like metal pockets on the wall. You're expected and encouraged to flush
tissues in the toilet. (Maybe tissues in korea break down easily?)
but overall i love this country and everything odd about it keeps life interesting
