What would you do if you lost your shoes at the Korean restaurant in Korea?

In South Korea, there are many Korean style restaurants where you should leave your shoes by the door area to go to a table for food and service.

Usually the system is not a problem but when there are crowded, some bad incidents are happened.

What is the events? LOSING SHOES.

It happened barely. When bad luck hits you, it can be you and your shoes can be disappeared without any clue.

What if your shoes are disappeared at that kind of Korean restaurant?

What will you do? What should you do?

Maybe the owner of the restaurant can say that he has no responsibility for your shoes. Or  there can be the board on the door or on the wall near the counter that says 'Keep your shoes by yourself to prevent loss and stolen'.

And possibly if the owner is kind and you are lucky enough, he will provide you a pair of slipper(slip-on shoes) for free so you can leave the restaurant.

Do you think the slipper is the best happy ending you can have?

I don't think so.

In Korea, there are laws to protect consumers. In this kind of case, there is Commercial Act about hospitality business.

The hospitality business is in the business of making transactions by theaters, hotels, restaurants, or other facilities used by the public. And anyone who engages in this business is called a hospitality service provider.

The Commercial Act regulates the liability of hospitality service providers.

Commercial Act Article 152 (Liability of Hospitality Service Providers)
(1) Unless a hospitality service provider proves that he/she has not been negligent in giving due care in the custody of articles deposited from his/her guests to him/her or his/her employee, the hospitality service provider shall be liable for damage resulting from the loss of or damage to the articles kept in his/her custody.
(2) A hospitality service provider shall be liable for damage for the loss of or damage to portable goods brought into his/her establishments, even if not particularly deposited by the guest, when it is due to the lack of due care of the business entity or any of his/her employees.
(3) No hospitality service provider shall be exonerated from liability under paragraphs (1) and (2), even if he/she has informed that he/she is not liable for the loss of or damage to the portable goods of guests.

Yes, it says the hospitality service providers shall be liable for the loss of or damage to the articles kept in his/her custody.

So when you take off your shoes and put them at the door and go to a table, it is thought that you and the owner of the restaurant make a contract containing that the owner keeps your belongs(shoes).

Even though the owner notices to the customers that no responsibility for loss and stolen, the owner's liability is not waived.

Now you know your right, and you can say to the owner like that

"Please, take your responsibility that is gave by Commercial Act Article 152. And give me back my shoes or show me the money!"

Of course, there is the statute of limitation for period for the liability. The period is 6 months.

Which means you should act for your right in 6 month after the incident.

And this law can be applied on car damage/stolen at parking lot where the owner controls.

119 & 112 Emergency Telephone Numbers of South Korea

119 and 112 are South Korean emergency telephone numbers. Such as emergency numbers around the world, this numbers are intended for use in emergency circumstances only, and using it for any other purpose can be a crime.

119 is for any disaster situation such as injury, fire, flood, landslide and etc. And if you use Korean cell phone, when you make a call for 119, they can trace your location for the emergency purpose. And they will show up to rescue and solve the situation.

112 is for any crime situation such as theft, assault, verbal abuse, trespassing and etc. When you call 112, you need to tell them where you are or where the crime happens at for fast response. The police will come as soon as possible if you call 112 anyway.

And here's a tip for Korean life. Actually 119 and 112 are almost the same. The emergency calling systems are integrated, so 119 can be connected 112 and 112 can be connected 119. But I recommend you to call 119 because as I mentioned they can have your location information from your call.

Daegu Original Hyeonpung Park-soseon Halmaejib Gomtang, Menu & Price

Wonjo(Original) Hyeonpung Park-soseon Halmaejib Gomtang is one of the famous Gomtang restaurants in Daegu, South Korea.

The name is quite long, so let us translate it.
Wonjo means first-made(Original), many people use this word:Wonjo for naming things like this and it means there is hardly Wonjo stuff. And Hyeonpung is the name of its location, Park-soseon is the name of the founder. Halmaejib means Grandma's house. So its meaning is kind of original Gomtang made by Park-soseon at Hyeonpung.

Additionally GomTang(GomKuk) is one of the traditional Korean dishes and GomTang is a soup but it is more like beef stock(bone broth) made with some beef parts such as bones, and head.

Interior

The interior is typical Korean style restaurant. Nothing special.

They serves Gomtang and some side dishes. Taste good.

Actually because Gomtang is common Korean cuishin, it is always good to have.
And it is believed like stamina food. And the meat(beef) in the Gomtang is very smooth and odorless.

Menu & Price

The price is quite expensive. And lunch time, there are so many people so if you don't like to wait the queue, go there before lunch time(usually before 12 o'clock).

Business Card

Map and Address

Korean Version of this post: 대구본점 원조 현풍 박소선 할매집곰탕 솔직후기와 메뉴&가격

Address: 56-1, Hyeonpungjungang-ro, Hyeonpung-myeon, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Phone: 053-615-1122

Visit to Bugaedong Children's Library in Incheon city

Nowadays when it's dusty in the air, I look for somewhere where my kid can have fun.

This time I went to Bugaedong children's library in Incheon, South Korea.

The library is a municipal facility operated by Bupyeong-gu, so it's free to use.

The library is 3rd and 4th floor and the entrance is on 3rd floor.

There is a air purifier and a water purifier. The air conditioner and the heater is always on against the weather. So it provides good environment for kid to read a book. 

<Toilet on 4th floor>

On 3rd floor, there is books for preschooler, and on 4th floor you can find books for elementary students and parents.
For parents there are books on topics such as economics, child care and creative work, so parents seemed to be able to spend time with their children while reading at the library.

<Introduce newly arrival books>

There is a thinking tree(생각 나무), unlike its name it's a place for breastfeeding and changing a diaper.

The computers are for registering membership(to borrow a book) and book searching.

And there is a room(see the photo above) where you can read books for your kid or kids.

And there is English books for kids also.

Information of Bugaedong Children's Library

Business hour
Weekdays: 09:00 ~ 18:00
Saturday & Sunday: 09:00 to 18:00

Closing day
Mondays, National holidays

Phone Number
032-505-1131

Address
166 Dongsu-ro, Bugae-dong, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, South Korea*Parking place is existed but parking is almost not possible.

Link: Korean Version of "Visit to Bugaedong Children's Library in Incheon city"