I first watched boys over flowers,then baecame huge fan of korean dramas.Then one day looked up what korean food and culture was liked and from there intrested me so much i just had to go to seoul.coming from england there not many korea towns here there are a couple in london.i spent 3 weeks in seoul and the people were so helpful and nice,as i could not speak a word of korean but i mannaged.the sights lanscape were so pretty and temples that i am going again this september and i cant wait :).my wife now cooks korean food and enjoys it so much as do i.i sometimes pop to london to go korea town to get korean shopping for ingridients and korean buffet they have there which is allways nice.
i got interested because of Manhwa and web comics.............
just like how manga got me interested in japan and 
Manhua into china
you can see a reoccurring theme here