At Korean saunas, strangers become friends through sweat and soaking

Jeong, a 34-year-old office worker living in Seoul's Nonhyeon-dong, has been bathing with strangers every two weeks for the past three months. She found her bathing mates, all women in their 20s and 30s living nearby, on the app Karrot, forming what she calls a “sauna crew.” “There are five of us, including me. We usually go together on weekends, but during the week, we split into smaller groups of two or three depending on who is free at the time," she told The Korea Herald. "Since we all live

By The Korea Herald