Questions

So I still have some lingering, albeit rather small, questions that I would like to get answered. The main one being where can I find japchae (Korean noodles stir fried with vegetables)?? I really like Korean food and have been doing my best to try as many different kinds of food as I can, but I have yet to find japchae, which is one of the foods I was really looking forward to trying before the trip even began. If anyone out there knows a place close to SNU that serves japchae, I would love to hear from you!

The other question that I am very curious about is the fascination with paler skin that is prominent in eastern asian countries, South Korea included. In the U.S. we tend to want to have darker skin, which has resulted in a huge business for tanning salons and tanning lotions. The reason for this is that darker skin makes people look slimmer, evens out skin tone, clears up skin, and also makes bags under your eyes much less visible than whiter skin. However, in South Korea it seems to be the exact opposite. There are skin whitening creams and lotions everywhere and I have yet to see a single tanning salon. So I am curious why this is so? I hope to find the answer before the end of the trip, so if anyone could should some light on the matter, it would be greatly appreciated!