What and where is Korea?

My last weekend going out and about in Korea. I wanted to make it damn good so I invited my bros.
We swam in arguably "The best swimming ever experienced," climbed some rocks, hiked in the forests, and drank a bunch of shitty beer.

This photograph really depicts these guys really well:

Here I go from left to right - like you are reading this:
Ryan: Seems normal but then he shows faces like this and you wonder what's under the skin....
Kim Lee: Calm and collected and likes the word monochromatic but does not like to dress monochromatically.
Paul: From some sticks in Canada and super eccentric. That thing on his head, that's the sleeve of his shirt that he cut off last night and put it on his head proclaiming "I love these things!" He wore it ever since.
Dave: All-American intelligently sly
Me: Confused

And Eric who is taking the picture.. ya he's new to Korea so who cares about him. That's right. I said it! You are a bastard! Think you can win this photo contest with the theme being Westernism,
Well you can go to hell!
Ahh the internet! The best way to be completely passive and directly aggressive at the same time. I mean when I see Eric I'll be super nice although I'm telling the WORLD how much I want him dead!