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Mexicans dancing and singing Gangnam Style with Koreans after South Korea's victory in the World Cup
by /u/MuttonBiryaniEnjoyer | 112 comments | 2026-06-12T23:18:43+00:00 Central
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| /u/Leumas_ Man, the Mexico/Korea bromance is the World Cup story I didn't know I needed. |
| /u/Zech08 wait till you hear they like watching each other's shows. |
| /u/Barton2800 Korean/Mexican fusion food is also great. Seoul Taco in St. Louis and Chicago is tasty. |
| /u/NormalComputer There's an Asian/Mexican fusion place I go to every now and then that does a Sambal Queso. Indonesian spice in a white cheese blend. It's so fucking good dude |
| /u/PM_asian_girl_smiles There was a place in SF called Tacorea which had some bomb-ass bulgogi burritos. But I think they were the victim of the pandemic. |
| /u/GloomyIndividual3965 You just reminded me of a place in Portland I went to years ago that was also probably a victim of the pandemic. Short ribs that were braised overnight so the little bones all fell out. Made into street tacos with diced onion and spicy pickled bean sprouts. |
| /u/mrvarmint Spicy pickled bean sprouts is something I didn't know I needed |
| /u/Rapph Roy Choi's place Best Friend in Vegas was very good too. |
| /u/ProjectDv2 You should hit up Bobcha then. Their burrito with the bulgogi beef is amazing, and their bulgogi kimchi tots are fantastic, too. https://bobchasf.com/ |
| /u/universalaxolotl Yep LA is just...Korean/Mexican fusion, but at scale. |
| /u/twoinvenice What's funny is people think that's just exaggeration, but LA is just through and through Mexican, even in the parts that don't seem Mexican...there's an undercurrent of Mexican culture. Then in the middle of all that is Koreatown that is not just a couple Korean restaurants, but a large chunk of the city where if you are Korean, you can get by with not really speaking English. To the east there's not a Chinatown but entire Chinese cities (the thung called chinatown by downtown is a just tourist thing now). LA is a really weird, insanely populous region that spreads over an area that is the size of like Rhode Island, but all developed urbanization. Or to mangle Douglas Adams, "LA is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to LA." |
| /u/universalaxolotl LA has more Mexicans and more Koreans living outside of their respective home countries than anywhere else in the world. |
| /u/AppMtb Not just big- but it may take you 2 hours to go 15 miles......against traffic |
| /u/LastoftheMocheekans I went to an Episcopal Church as a youth in Korean Town in LA, whose congregation was half Belizean (my family included) and Half Korean (very little English speakers in the group). It was such an odd , awesome mix. The peace- be -with- yous felt authentic. I still think about that place sometimes. |
| /u/Kids_see_ghosts There used to be a Korean Mexican food trailer where I lived long ago called Takorea and I always loved that clever name so much. |
| /u/masterhoots Seoul Taco! I misssss that plaaaace - the burritooos, core food memory unlocked |
| /u/HighMarshalSigismund We got Koi Fusion here in Portland or we used to. Down to one location and it's in the burbs...damn. |
| /u/ModishShrink Korean Twist at Hawthorne Asylum is still bumpin', and they're pretty cheap too. |
| /u/Punt_Again_Bob Seoul Taco mentioned in r/sports?! |
| /u/Koh4991 One thing I did not expect there visiting Seoul earlier this year was finding two Mexican casual eateries near my hostel. I was surprised to find that the spices were on point and not watered down or altered to accommodate a different country's palate. I indulged in something called birria soup with rice which is a dream for me since I love the broth so much but I can only get them with tacos 😍 I plan to go back to that area of Seoul and dine there again! |
| /u/AppMtb Koreans don't play with spices either. When I studied in hangzhou there was a Mexican place an American opened near campus. Was it authentic? No but that pico and guac hit the spot once every few weeks |
| /u/GlutenFreeFratBoy Man you just unlocked a memory I forgot I had. The Seoul Taco / Clark Street Ale House combo was elite |
| /u/Groundbreaking_Ebb_5 Ayyy fellow Stl mate! |
| /u/Olivetax228 We need to get a love triangle going on and introduce Mexico to Thailand. Can you imagine that fusion food? We need to make it happen |
| /u/twoinvenice Would need to be more regional to make that work, specifically Yucatán cuisine would fit very very nicely with Thai influences |
| /u/HighlyOffensive10 And eating each other's food. Never meet a Mexican that doesn't like Korean food. Koreans how do you feel about Mexican food? |
| /u/CluckCluckChickenNug Broooo don't even get my started!! Me encanta la comida mexicana!! Puedo comer todos los dias cabrones!! |
| /u/PM_asian_girl_smiles El queso esta viejo y podrido. ¿Donde esta el sanitario? |
| /u/rydenified i f w mexican food heavy. all the soups like caldo de res and posole are 🔥. You can never go wrong w tacos too. Mexicans also love cow tongue and so do we. |
| /u/GloomyIndividual3965 Mexicans also love cow tongue and so do we. I didn't know I needed lengua bibimbap in my life until right now. |
| /u/rydenified Honestly sounds so good. Let's start something 🤣 |
| /u/verbutten My cousin visited us here in the US from Seoul and one of her first requests was to find a hole-in-the-wall to grab pozole haha. We did just that and it was fucking delicious |
| /u/ScrofessorLongHair Lol. Everybody likes Mexican food. Especially real Mexican food. |
| /u/Fleur-deNuit I live in Korea and can confirm it's easily one of the more common foreign cuisines, with its own category on all the delivery apps. Whether or not it is good Mexican food is another matter. |
| /u/Aaronnm i'm korean and Mexican cuisine is one of my favorites. |
| /u/Zech08 Good overlap, probably why fusion dishes between the 2 also work well. Theres a different take of menudo on the Korean side (but tbf most cultures have the same types of dishes). and its hard to not like Mexican food, or good food in general. Neither culture has an inherent "dont eat this" either... also both sides arent too great on dairy lol. |
| /u/Nightriser Looove it! And I'm not the only one! https://youtu.be/XbM2zv1ixGU?is=hOHB796Kov2wGwIi |
| /u/AndySocial88 Novellas sprinted so K dramas could catch the relay fr |
| /u/Nightriser I learned more Korean from my Mexican friend who loved K-dramas than my own Korean mother. Also, K-dramas are usually extremely sentimental and dramatic, so I suppose there's some overlap there. |
| /u/Leaningthemoon Wait till you hear about their fusion cuisine! |
| /u/Ohmec Did you forget the last world cup? When korea defeated an opponent that kept Mexico in the world cup there was a 3 day block party in front of the Korean embassy where people were chanting "Korea! Hermana! Tu Eres Mexicana!" |
| /u/Agent_Burrito That was 2018 but yes, Koreans have been homies for a while now. |
| /u/rawrasaurgr Shit homie time flies |
| /u/Licklack Just wait till the brovalry on Thursday. It'll be heated. |
| /u/International-Mud91 Love to see it as a Korean Am guy married to a Mexican Am guy 💕 |
| /u/mikeru22 Korean-Mexican fusion food is legit too. There's a place in DC called TaKorean 😋 |
| /u/kayyxelle Heated Rivalry sequel fr |
| /u/1Denali I was living in Koreatown in LA when Korea knocked out Germany last time and it was the most wholesome moment in my 31 years as an Angelino. Hopefully they both advance this year together. |
| /u/profnachos Salsa 🤝 Kimchi. The Korean-Mexican fusion is the best. |
| /u/counteroffer19 Damn. The event really brings cultures together in a positive way. Love to see it. |
| /u/TWVer Well, this is what a World Cup should be all about. It arguably isn't these days, but this is a small but meaningful example of what it should aspire to always. |
| /u/RaisedByCakes Well tbf no-one really doubted Mexico as a host nation. I've been to different parts of Mexico multiple times (CDMX is one of my favorite cities globally) and the people are amazing. They know how to enjoy football and celebrate life. |
| /u/yanansawelder It arguably isn't these days I mean the football world cup has literally always been about nations coming together and having fun even moreso over the past 12 years. |
| /u/frazbox These are the things smartphones and social media were made for! |
| /u/Responsible-Sound253 Its these kinds of experiences the reason why most countries don't care how corrupt the host country is. Lots of those countries have their own problems, and the world cup is an occasion every 4 years where they get a moment of reprieve, anybody who tells them to boycott the world cup is wasting their time. Trump is awful? Not my problem, I just want to enjoy the moment I've been waiting for 4 years. |
| /u/RoostasTowel The other stuff gets all the attention until the actual start of the games. Then its just the people enjoying it once it starts. |
| /u/GallaeciCastrejo Well.. sometimes... the opposite happens. |
| /u/frogdamn Sports bringing people together. |
| /u/Boltentoke The NBA finals would like a word. |
| /u/TummyStickers I mean it's bringing people together, just in a different way. |
| /u/Boltentoke Gang + 'nam style, but not the fun one like from this video |
| /u/terdferguson It's the world cup. I got to experience it in 94. Its a mostly joyous event of melding cultures over love of a game. |
| /u/Jscapistm Hey now its united fans the world over in anger over officiating. |
| /u/shinobi-dragonninja I wonder what will happen after June 18 when it is Korea vs Mexico in the world cup. Will they still be friends? |
| /u/EatYourVegetal They will draw 1-1, both qualify for the knockout stage and then sleep together |
| /u/spitzr2 Get the dancing out of the way first before the rioting starts! |
| /u/orundarkes If they're both in positions to make it out of the group, the love in will continue. If somehow Korea knocks Mexico out at group stage, hide the Koreans the cartels are coming! |
| /u/ATLfalcons27 The world cup is completely different. I was in South Africa and Brazil following the US and everyone absolutely loved each other during this time. It didn't matter which countries we were interacting with whether it was just being out and around town, at fan events, or at matches |
| /u/GODDAMNFOOL This is what globalism should be. Willful and free sharing of fun culture. Nobody should be restricted from this celebration, but unfortunately the US has other ideas |
| /u/SpeaksSouthern Michael Moore made a movie about this. How we as Americans should go around and do the good things other countries do and take credit for them being our original idea. It was a solid plan we didn't take |
| /u/newtybar US has been one of the most globalist countries for a long time. It's also one of the least homogenous and a melting pot. Don't get suckered into social media echo chambers. |
| /u/urban_meyers_cyst Man this looks like a fun time and I don't like soccer (meaning I don't know it). |
| /u/tinyE1138 I guess Gloria Estefan was right; one day the rhythm is gonna get you. |
| /u/5HITCOMBO 8 years of Mexican Korean relations still going strong I was wearing my SK jersey in Las Vegas that day and some Mexican dude walking past me just looked at me and yelled LOS COREANOOOOOOOS |
| /u/rankinfile Goes deeper than 8 years in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Have met Korean immigrants that learned Spanish before English from living and working together in the same neighborhoods. |
| /u/5HITCOMBO I agree, but 2018 world cup SK beating Germany to tiebreak Mexico in was definitely an event in Mexico SK relations |
| /u/PMmeURSSN That was so legendary |
| /u/pizzabel I'll never forget everyone outside corean embassy in MX singing "coreano, hermano, ya eres mexicano" (corean brother, you're now Mexican). just amazzing |
| /u/jaron_b Mexico to South Korea "did we just become best friends?!" |
| /u/PhotochadA2358 I think they've been friends since the last World Cup. IIRC South Korea eliminated an opponent on the last day that sent Mexico through to the next round. |
| /u/Ace_TE 2018 WC in Russia, they beat Germany in a game that didn't mean anything to them which helped Mexico advance out of groups. |
| /u/ImJ2001 Thank you. Been wondering what the connection was since the first video dropped. |
| /u/eddievf7 By that point, there was also already a big Korean community in the Monterrey Metro Area when a big KIA plant opened in the region, so there was already plenty of goodwill in this area as well. |
| /u/PMmeURSSN Yes. The place is called Pesquería but unofficial known as Peskorea. Lots of Koreans live there supporting the plants. A hotel I stayed at there even had two buffets for breakfast. One side with Mexican food and the other with Korean food. |
| /u/Baccon_437 nah pretty sure SK had to win by 2 goals and have mexico beat sweden to advance. One of those happened and the other didn't but yk best friends forever 😃 |
| /u/Naustis That was 8 years ago 💀 |
| /u/peanutjamz A passionate fan base never forgets (Source - bills fan. Cc: Andy dalton & bengals ... although it has since soured a bit 😅) |
| /u/n8meeR 8 years is nothing in football years. Fans will bring up 20-year-old moments like yesterday |
| /u/Mcoov 28-3 just makes Atlanta fans sad 7-1 makes Brazilians angry |
| /u/Academic_Flatworm752 Nolan Ryan fistfight fan right here lol |
| /u/yesrushgenesis2112 It has soured a bit. On field deaths and blowouts and pick sixes will do that. Still, we both love Andy Dalton. |
| /u/choonghuh I talked to a Mexican coworker today and he remembers it better than I do lol |
| /u/pyrojackelope I was just talking to a Mexican and South African fan in a 711 earlier today. Trust me. These people remember everything. |
| /u/_Lucille_ Some memories just don't go away, just like Brazil and 7:1. |
| /u/Cebuanolearner Teaching Brazilian student you can spell Brazil as BRA71L gave him sad face |
| /u/Coyote275 Bro, you just made my day 🤣🤣🤣 |
| /u/PhotochadA2358 No it wasn't that was just back in 20...damn. |
| /u/msp2081 That was only 2 World Cups ago. |
| /u/OfficeMagic1 Gangnam Style was 15 years ago |
| /u/aegee14 And, Mexico LOVES Kpop, BTS. |
| /u/jb-schitz-ki When this happened, people in Mexico City went to celebrate outside the Korean embassy. I live in a small city in northern Mexico, we don't have a Korean embassy, so we all went to the KIA dealership. |
| /u/nievesolarbol That's hilarious as and wholesome 🤣 |
| /u/Frodojj Heck I remember Mexican footballers chanting outside the South Korean Embassy, "¡Coreano, hermano, ya eres mexicano!" |
| /u/MarlaHoooooch Also, South Korean businesses have been investing in Mexico and many have migrated to Mexico. There's even a town in Northern Mexico nicknamed "Pescorea", because of the population increase. |
| /u/lo0ilo0ilo0i IIRC the SK ambassador partied with the local Mexicans and they chanted like, Koreanos, Koreanos, son hermanos |
| /u/jaron_b I forgot that all went down last World Cup. It was like a meaningless game for Korea too? They were already in or out regardless. Love how fans never forget. |
| /u/CrazedRaven01 It wasn't Qatar, but in Russia when S Korea saved Mexico from elimination |
| /u/kemicalkontact Backstory is that in 2018 World Cup Mexico was doing well in the group stage but lost 0-3 against Sweden. South Korea was in the same group but wasn't going to make it out but they still beat Germany 2-0 which allowed Mexico to advance. Since that day Mexican football ⚽ fans (the majority of the population) root for South Korea in international events. Just so happened that South Korea played their first match to the "home" crowd. |
| /u/Ronin607 Hopefully the good will remains after they play each other next week. |
| /u/TheG8Uniter Move over Vietnam. Mexipho time is over the era of Mexigogi beg8ns! |
| /u/ace260 People from Mexico also love to party so this was a win-win |
| /u/choonghuh I went to Dick's today looking for a Korean jersey and they didn't bother having any. I got mad and bought a Mexican jersey for $130 and fucking love it. Yes I'm aware we play each other next. Idk what I'm gonna wear lol |