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True but let me clarify: Koreans are clingy to the point it's simply not healthy. Both men and women will get angry if their boyfriend/girlfriend doesn't constantly update them about their whereabouts or who they're with. Having friends of the opposite sex induces extreme jealousy. Having friends period sometimes does that. It even happens with purely platonic friendships a lot. Like your dude friends will ask you to grab dinner in a very clingy way and they get passive aggressive about their disappointment if you say you're busy or you don't text back a lot. Pretty common with Korean guys which is why I don't have a lot of Korean guy friends. I started hanging out with this one dude who I thought was cool but then when I talked about one of my best friends and he got jealous. I don't hang out with him anymore.
Sounds like they're just very new to having larger social circles and have only had a few very close friends in their lives. You've lived a much different life by moving around and living in a largely extroverted western country as well.
Eventually most people will realize that some people will be in and out of their lives and you'll hold varying levels of importance to the people around you and that's ok; but it takes time and experience. Don't give up.