CNN Travel has ranked South Koreans as the world’s sixth coolest nationality out of 14 nationalities.
 
CNN International's travel Web site said South Koreans may be the best drinking buddies in the world, describing them as reigning leaders of nearly all current Asian pop culture trends -- in music, fashion, film.
 
As icon of cool, CNN Travel picked film director, Park Chan-wook, saying his twisted visions freak out fellow countrymen, but have achieved cult status among emo film majors worldwide.
 
The Web site cited “kimchi breath” as “not so cool.”
 
CNN Travel picked Brazilians as the coolest nationality in the world. The other nationalities that made the ranking were Singaporeans, Jamaicans, Mongolians, Americans, Spanish, Japanese, Botswana, Chinese, Australians, Nepalese, Belgians and Turks.