Your Korean Gym Membership Costs More to Quit Than to Join

Foreign woman standing outside a Korean fitness center at dusk before signing a korean gym membership contract

Signing up at a Korean gym takes about four minutes. A staff member points at a laminated price sheet, you tap a card, and someone hands you a locker key before you’ve finished asking what the monthly rate covers. What almost nobody explains at that counter is that a Korean gym membership is treated as … Read more