This dissertation wants to introduce to the reader the culture specifics of South Korea and their influence on communication with Czech who live in Korea. The reader can find here a basic data about South Korea. Next part introduce some elementary differences in thinking between people from western and eastern civilization circles. There are also mentioned problems which are problems in communication. Last part of the work is focused on Czech Buddhist monks in Korean temples. In order to fully understand this part, it comes with a documentary film which looks differently on this issue