Culture of Korea

change and sharing to construct a society where everyday communication is based on justice, understanding, acceptance, diversity, celebration and peace-making. Jay (2011) stated that Multiculturalism is directly connected to global movements of power, culture and population in the era of globalization and post-colonialism. For example, countries like New Zealand and Australia experienced an influx of immigration by people with different…

Over the context of this paper, I will observe and implement my own culture through a magnifying glass to get a perspective of an outsider, and I will compare an aspect of another culture from an insider’s perspective in order to become more aware with the motivations behind the practice. Specifically, I will discuss the condition of higher education in America, contrasted with the practice of polygyny among African families to show how Sub-Saharan Africans view as “normal” in a larger context,…

capital. From the realism of material production activities to do with a mechanism unique to the region of relatively independent cultural production activities, meaning the necessary means. Money, economic capital and correlated with the dominant culture as contrasting concepts, such as the rules of the language products, knowledge and symbolic systems, incident or behavior type, value, and to refer to the aesthetic tastes, inclinations, etc. (P. Bourdieu) uses this concept to investigate the…

communication and intermingling with other cultures. Despite the world’s advancements in technology that allows people from all over the globe to communicate freely with one another any time of the day through cyberspace, this separation from many years ago caused a “cultural unconscious” in individuals that still affect how people interact with each other from different backgrounds even today in 2015. Therefore, people who submerge themselves in only one culture are blind to, and sometimes even…

particular communities. We’ve cultivated a society who is ignorant to the truths of a different cultures, and live off preconcived sterotypes from film and shows. We dehumanize others simply because we lack the initative to listen to the experiences of others, which creates a futher divide. So what happens when we spend time to gain a deeper understanding of…

and the need for male protection. The gendered image of females in the media embodies the notion that young women are expected to portray themselves to their male counterparts as fragile and helpless. The aegyo behavior that South Korean popular culture portrays perpetuates the sexualisation of young girls. Groups such as Lovelyz and GFRIEND have music videos—both of which have more than three million views on YouTube--that are filmed in schools and are dressed in school uniforms. Their attire…

North Korea is not a place that most people really know about; they are a very closed-off country and are very secretive. Up until recently, many people didn’t even know of what North Korea is capable of. Recently, the production of the movie “The Interview”, has sparked much conflict between the company Sony and North Korea. The country is of violence, neglect, and power-hungry dictators. No one really knows the truth about North Korea, but what they do know is that North Korea is a country…

Japan’s occupation of Korea in the 1900s? → First, the U.S. had no vital military and diplomatic interests in Korea at that time. Even in the aspect of economics and commerce, Korea was not important compare to China and Japan. (p.15) Second, the U.S. disappointed with the deterioration situation in Korea, such as corrupt and incompetent bureaucrats, and even believed Koreans could not govern themselves. The U.S. hoped that Japan would remove corruption and guarantee order in Korea. (p. 15)…

After the end of the Cold War, many counties in Asia have become independent from its colonization. Until now, there has no major war occurred in this region. During this period of peacetime, Asian countries have enjoyed the growing of economic and global influence. Russia, China, and India these newly advanced economy countries started undermining the U.S. influence in Asia. In order to remain its economic interests and political power in Asia, the U.S. has adjusted its global strategy. The…

North Korea has been in several tense situations with the worlds superpower’s specifically the United States. They arrested two United States journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, while filming a documentary on trafficking of women at the North Korea border. North Korea has launched several long range ballistic missiles and they have openly stated that they intended to plan out a nuclear…