why are South Koreans so tall?

Your not 6'1

I'm 5'7 (half Greek/half Australian) and work in SK and it's the only place I don't feel like a manlet.

>>37998969 notwithstanding, South Koreans are bigger than most Asians. Good public health, Bergmann's rule, and they eat more meat than the Japs.

>>37999000
nice numbers

>>37998969
Where in SK are you working? I'm at Gangnam and people here are pretty tall

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Avg height of south koreans

You're not 6'1 OP

>>37998969
You're pretty short for a greek australian mix.
I genuinely feel sorry for you

>>37999029
average height doesnt factor in that most of the adults and old people were malnurished as fuark and had stunted growth because of it.
younger SKs are much taller than their parents

>>37999061
This. The old people here are pretty short.

>>37999017
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_average_human_height_worldwide (there's one Chinese sample taller than the South Korean samples, but the average across samples is higher for the South Koreans)

This list says that they consume quite a bit more meat than Japan, but quite a bit less than China, which strikes me as unlikely desu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption
But there it is, for what it's worth.

>>37999042
My mum is like 5'0 and my dad is 5'9

>>37999089

Chinese meat consumption is apparently extremely variable based on class and location. The rural poor don't eat a huge amount but the urban middle class diet has become increasingly westernised and meat heavy.

>>37999000
Checked your dub trips, baby

South korean here

Gramps was 6 3
Dad was 6 2
I'm 6 2

God tier height genetics run in south koreans

>>37998963
You're not tall.

I lived in Korea for a year. I'm 188cm. I felt like a giant. In a crowd I'd be head and shoulders above everyone.

Koreans asked me for pictures. Most said it was my height. But some said theyd never seen blue eyes IRL and wanted a pic.