http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/10/07/south-korea-government-says-to-walk-on-the-right-side/
So I'm living in Korea and the government have started pushing its new policy, walking on the right hand side.
After generations of doing the opposite, South Koreans will be directed to walk, go up and down stairs, and use escalators on the right-hand side beginning Oct. 1. Entrance signs will be flipped at airports and transit stations; newly installed arrows will guide the wayward.
South Korea has been a right-hand-drive nation since its first president, Syngman Rhee, ordered his people to do the opposite of their former colonizers, the Japanese.
But walking on the left is something that Koreans have done since before they can remember – for the simple reason it was what they were taught. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs says it’s trying to bring the country in line with “global walking culture” as Korea endeavors to become an international business hub. But not all residents are so sure about the decision.
“It won’t be easy,” says Lee Pil-young, a parking lot attendant, adding that people will probably go up and down stairs whichever way they please. “I don’t think it’s helpful.”
The ministry is confident that walking on the right will bring an estimated increase in walking speed of 1.2- to 1.7-fold (in a land where “quickly, quickly!” is a mantra), and a 13 to 18 percent reduction of walkers’ “mental burdens.”
So on the advertisements on TV etc it says that Korea must start doing what the rest of the world does, i.e > Walk on the right hand side. :pac:
They are telling people here that walking on the right hand side and walking clockwise is the 'global' standard and walking on the right will make people happy.
Maybe big Brian should try this at home and make people happy ?
