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An Interview With a Korean-American on Cultural Differences Essay

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An Interview With a Korean-American on Cultural Differences

In this interview Ben Bagley asks Theresa Han about the difference between Korean and American culture. Theresa is a teenager who recently moved to the United States so she has an excellent perspective for understanding the differences and similarities between these countries.

[BAGLEY] This is Ben Bagley, and I'm going to interview Theresa Han about Korea. Could you introduce yourself?

[HAN] My name is Theresa Han, I'm from South Korea, I'm 18 years old, and I'm a freshman in College.

[BAGLEY] How long have you lived in America?

[HAN] I think a little bit less than 3 years.

[BAGLEY] Where did you live in Korea?

[HAN] I lived in Pyoung Tek, It's …show more content…

[BAGLEY] What are the popular music stars like?

[HAN] Usually groups. Like ?N-Sync?Eor ?Back Street Boys?Eyou know, like boys groups or girls groups, those kind of idols. Like young, teen stars I think. Yeah, they are popular.

[BAGLEY] So a lot of big singing groups?

[HAN] Yeah, the problem, like, difference, is American groups can really sing?EThe Korean groups, I think they select members by their face or appearance because some of them can?t sing at all.

[BAGLEY] Is American music available in Korean?

[HAN] Yeah, like they have cable, unfortunately I didn?t have it, but on cable they show American music, you know, music videos, So people know like what ?N-sync?Eis and ?Back Street Boys?Eso, yeah a lot of people like pop music.

[BAGLEY] Are video games popular in Korea?

[HAN] I think more likely internet games or computer games. Because they don?t have all of those video game machines, you know like Sony Playstation or other stuff.

[BAGLEY] So it?s mostly on the computer?

[HAN] Yeah.

[BAGLEY] Do you think computer games are more popular in Korea?

[HAN] Yeah, there are places called like ?PC Room?Elike a PC place, and there are computers. You pay like a dollar per hour and use a computer. When I went there I saw all a whole bunch if people just playing games, like mostly ?Starcraft.?E

[BAGLEY] Are they connected to

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