Why are Korean girls camera shy?

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It varies :-)

Your approach may need work.
This young lady is Korean (travelling in Malaysia).
(Or you may be substantially younger than me and so appear more threatening :-) ).

Collapsed tripod with camera at 90 degree pointing down legs used as train "selfie stick" - set timer to 2 seconds, adjust focus manually, press shutter release and swing camera out away from train. Watch for posts and bridge abutments :-(.

Here (my "Old Grey Guy" album) are 100+ people - many are Asians in Asia, who don't seem to mind too much. Not too many Koreans there, but those I have meet did not seem to behave too dissimilarly

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The photos below were largely taken in Asia.
Apart from having me in them, the common theme is that that was the first and only time I met these people - I was 'just another guy with a camera'. If you can achieve that degree of empathy with people, a few photos of them by themselves, if that's what you want, is often achievable.
I biased this selection towards those with women in, as that seemed relevant to your question - and it's EASIER to persuade women to have their photos taken than men, fwiw. In the ones where people seem to be standing a bit closer than you may expect - that was their choice - I'm VERY careful not to get myself misunderstood (or, no more so than waving a camera achieves by itself :-) ).

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