Korean language

Korean traditional dress named Hanbok was used to distinguish upper class from lower class in the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). People at that time showed their social class by using different colors and embellishments of Hanbok to separate each other. Korean perspective of wearing Hanbok was not changed much even though Korea’s industrialization was quickly advanced in a short period of time. Intentional or not, people wearing different clothes distinguished between upper class and lower class.…

“Benefit all mankind” is South Korea motto. It means which is a selfless motto for a people who had suffered from being under a communism no less than 60 years ago. Once the cease fire cleared somewhat between North and South Korea they began to rise from their situation with nothing and became the proud country that it is today. With its fast growing economy and large technology industries throughout Asia it’s one of the few Asian countries predominate countries that is developed and stable. It…

North Korean Government North Korea is located within the continent of Asia, and is viewed as the 99th largest nation in the world as it stands at a staggering 120,408 kilometers of land. The traditional religious views in North Korea are made up of Buddhism and Confucianism. North Korea is also known to practice that of Christianity. The language of North Korean is Korean, and is shared with that of South Korea. North Korean government is very patriarchal as the regime goes about creating and…

and lastly three years of high school. Nine basic subjects are taught: moral education, Korean language, math, science, physical education, music, fine arts, and practical language (Diem, Levy and VanSickle). In 2013 the graduation rate in South Korea was 94% (Lepi). Education is looked at very differently being very important and determines social status and even who one will marry (Dalporto). South Koreans put education first and they believe that education has an “underlying moral purpose”…

Black Happiness: Colorism and Body Image K-pop and Korean Society Have you ever looked in the mirror and found things you are not happy about within your appearance? Now imagine you are a celebrity in South Korea and every one of your imperfections are pointed out by the public. Often times the pressure to fit the standard ‘westernized ' look becomes too much and idols cave and undergo the knife to look youthful and western with milky skin, double eyelids, and a sharp jawline. However, Korea…

attempted to bring new ideas allowing for the assimilation of western technology under eastern ideals; but the conservative nature of Confucianism prevented sudden, large changes. In 1876 merchants from Japan began trading in Busan, and forced the Koreans to sign a treaty of trade and friendship; despite the fact the treaty considered Japan and Korea independent from each other, Japan was obviously the one in control. In 1882 Korea and the SA signed a similar treaty, with treaties for Britain,…

which is developing the ideology of feminism, sometimes struggle because of the double burden, which is the heavy work as a worker and wife/mother. In North Korea, women also have rights as same as American women and both America women’s and North Korean women’s roles in a society are similar; however, American people still have a conventional wisdom that North Korea does not have the ideology of feminism. Even though Americans think that North Korea is not feminist country, it can be clearly…

South Korea is a nice country, but the food was not really good because Korean food basically including vegetables in their ingredient where I do not like vegetables. Just like South Korean, China was a really great place too. I was so surprise to know that Chinese people are actually very friendly as they known to be very rude and easy to be mad. The most thing that my friends and…

not only study Korean but also to spend six months studying abroad in Seoul. Before studying Korean, Korea has always peaked my interest as it was a country that not many people in my life knew about in great detail, making it quite exotic. My goals for my exchange was not only about studying abroad in one of Seoul’s top universities, Yonsei University, but also to actively interact in Korean society. Whether that was through traveling throughout the country or interacting with Korean students…

for most Koreans it was a time of national subjugation shame and betrayal, political authoritarianism and violence, and profound human suffering (Schoppa 269). Japanese colonizers in Korea operate different technique to make Koreans more like Japanese by forcing them speak Japanese, take away their identity, and help them in the war against western powers. Japanese want to unify all East Asian countries under their empire. But all this method and others was really effective to make Koreans like…