According to my korean tutoring student, Korean is a much easier language
From non-Koreans, I've heard mixed opinions. From Koreans, I am told on a daily basis how their language, their medicine, their food, their technology, the beauty of their women, their beaches, their mountains, their weather, their music, their movies, their fashion, etc., etc., etc., are unmatched in the world. Some are quite shocked and insulted to hear a contrary opinion. Their education system, their families, and their media have them convinced that they are a superior race living in a superior society. So I've learned to take such opinions with a grain of salt, and simply nod and agree.
This is a harsh and unfair stereotype. To be fair, there are plenty of Koreans who have traveled abroad or are otherwise much more open-minded, and I am ashamed to admit that the average American (some of my good friends and family included) is just as ethnocentric and ignorant of the outside world.