New Korean tour company offers cute ‘oppas’ for hire

Rather than dream of meeting an “oppa” in South Korea, you can now hire one as your personal tour guide.

Popularised by the K-wave, the term “oppa” is used by Korean women to address older family members or friends, or romantic interests.

Inviting tourists to “rent a Korean oppa for a dating tour” on Facebook, the Oh My Oppa platform did a test run of its service in February and is now accepting online reservations ahead of an official launch in April.

“We thought we would present these tourists with men we can be proud of. Although it was a joke at first, we followed up with an actual website and the social media reaction has been beyond our expectations,” Lee Joon-woo, CEO of Winwincook, the software company behind the tour service, was quoted as saying in an article from The Korea Herald.

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