Korea Froze My Face and Melted My Mind

Welcome to Broad Abroad: the travel podcast that explores the world with curiosity. 🌍

✈️ In Season 2, I flew across the world in the dead of winter to uncover the real South Korea—from K-beauty to the DMZ, street food to K-pop, and everything in between.

🎧 Episode 2: Korean Beauty & Military Service – Glowing Up and More
Summary:
From $60 Botox to K-pop controversies, this episode of Broad Abroad is more than skin deep. I’m Katie, and I let Korea freeze my face and melt my double chin (for science and for content). Then I sat down with Koreans to ask why looking good is mandatory—and so is the military. We talk BTS enlistment, Yoo Seung-jun’s dramatic downfall, and how beauty standards shape identity. Plus, co-host Grace helps me unpack viral scalp facials, snail slime serums, and a love letter to Olive Young.

Highlights:
💉 Get $60 Botox in Korea (and freeze your forehead at 30)
🔬 Experience a Korean skin analysis, redness therapy, and viral scalp facial
🔥 Try a fat-zapping “InMode” treatment and debate salmon DNA injections
🧴 Haul the best K-beauty at Olive Young (snail mucin, birch juice, and more)
🛍️ Discover why Korean shirts say “Michigan” instead of Hangul
🎤 Dive into K-pop culture, BTS enlistment, and Singles Inferno
🪖 Explore South Korea’s mandatory military service—and Yoo Seung-jun’s downfall
💬 Chat with Korean-American creator Bryan Jun about identity, fame, and controversy

🎙️ Featuring: ⁨@TheBryanJun⁩
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👇 CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Botox in Korea: $60 and Frozen at 30
03:00 - Full Rundown: Facials, Lifting, Fat-Melting Tech
07:00 - What Is InMode? And Is It Worth It?
10:00 - Salmon DNA, Glass Skin & Korean Beauty Standards
13:05 - Budget Beauty Travel Tips
14:43 - Viral Scalp Therapy & Olive Young Haul
18:40 - Snail Mucin, Birch Juice & More
19:52 - Korean Shopping Culture (Wallace & Gromit??)
22:00 - K-pop Fame & Public Scrutiny
26:12 - Military Service: Law, Loyalty, & the K-pop Dilemma
33:00 - Will BTS Reunite?
35:10 - Sneak Peek: Korean History with Prof. Lee
35:45 - Credits & Gratitude

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💬 Say hi in the comments! Have you tried Korean skincare? Do you think celebrities should be exempt from military service?

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