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Why Does Everyone in Korea Ask Your MBTI? (Blood Type, MBTI, and Now ‘Teto’)

July 16, 2026 by S.H. Kim
Coworkers laughing around a table at a Korean office team-building workshop with a whiteboard of sticky notes behind them; magazine-style cover reading 'Why Koreans Ask Your MBTI'.

Why do Koreans ask your MBTI? It’s friendly small talk, not a screening — from blood type to MBTI to ‘teto/egen,’ and how to answer politely.

Categories Culture & Society Tags 16Personalities, blood type personality, expat life in Korea, gunghap, korean culture, Korean dating, MBTI, MBTI Korea, personality test, small talk in Korea, sogaeting, teto egen Leave a comment
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