The Culture And Geography Of The Korean Culture

Cultures around the world are divide by their distinctive characteristic of people, and how people interact within their society. Most cultures are driven by the way their environment has been set for them. Many of cultures have to adapt to the way their environment are due to the conditions that are set for them and the amount of resources that they are provided. The biggest drive for culture are the historical custom. Most countries continue to carry their ancestor custom so that the tradition may stay with them throughout their years, in which making other countries distinctive from one another. One of the particular country that will be discuss in this report is North Korea. In this report, I will be discussing the North Korean culture, with describing their living condition in the country, common issues that they face with on a daily bases, and common threat that they pose on other countries.

Korea’s geography greatly impacts how the people live. It affects where they live and how they live. In Korea, there are many mountains, such as Hallasan and Taebaeksan. These mountains came be home of terrace farming. This is where the crops are grown on the side of the mountain that has been partially flattened to where crops can grow on them. Not only does this affect the farming and food source, but it can also affect the population density. Where there are mountains, people can not build houses to live. The lack of space causes many people to live in cities such as Busan, Daegu, and Incheon, which all have over 2 million people living in each of the cities. This population density causes people to be very grouped up and live closer together,

Colonization is the action or process of a foreign culture “settling among and establishing control” over a native culture of a particular geographical location. This is a simplistic and perhaps innocuous description of the colonization process. In fact, all colonization has some aspect of physical coercion as part of its methodology, practice, and progression. The exertion of physical force by one culture upon another may be sufficient to establish initial or sporadic control by the colonizing entity. However, the constant use of physical force as a measure of control is arduous and maybe impossible to sustain long term. Therefore, a successful colonization must be achieved not just by the implementation of physical coercion, but by fundamentally changing aspects of the native culture. In other words, although brute force may be used at the inception or during the process of colonization, for it to be successful, colonizers must effect changes within the native culture that will lead its members to acquiesce, support and aid in their own colonization. A strong historical example of this was Japan’s colonization of Korea. Although aspects of Japan’s colonization of Korea was militaristic in nature, its eventual success was possible through psychological, educational and cultural means of control.

Ancient korea differs from the modern koreas, in that it was separated into four kingdoms, and half of it was located not on the korean peninsula, but in modern day china and russia. As stated before, ancient Korea was separated into four kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Kaya. Goguryeo, the largest, was mostly located in modern china, russia, and north Korea, while the others were squished in the southern half of south Korea.

Topic: Discuss the history of Korea and its impact on Korea’s culture, politics and business.

There are many Korean dynasties; one is as old as 2,333 B.C. Dynasties from thousands of years ago like Gojoseon, some dynasties like Goguryao Kingdom survived between both B.C and B.C.E other Dynasties like the Joseon Dynasty survived in B.C.E only. This is a document of the history of how Korean dynasties began, their beliefs, and the remains of the dynasties today. Korean dynasties have information that varies from different topics.

In 1392 when Choson replaced Koryo from the Korean peninsula, many differences occurred. Since Choson was successor of Koryo, Koryo could have been seen similar to its predecessor in a certain extent, but Choson was a whole new country. Foreign relations, military, society, and religion had all changed especially the religion. The founding of Choson can be interpreted as a religious revolution because reform-minded Confucian scholars wanted to a change.

Culture today is not like the culture in ancient times, but some of the things they had back then are still around today. Culture includes all aspects of daily life, including: religion, art, entertainment, music, food, traditions, and social expectations. The cultures in ancient Rome and ancient Korea were vastly different from one another. This was due to the fact that both Rome and Korea are in different parts of the world, and as a result their food, traditions, and celebrations were unique to each civilization.

Korea’s ancient history revolves around The Three Kingdoms of Korea. These Three Kingdoms of Korea included the states of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. These three kingdoms unified under Silla in 676, which led to the North-South States Period and relative peace. This period of peace however was broken under internal strife and this state surrendered to Goryeo and unified together renamed Joseon under King Taejo of Goryeo. This empire was relatively peaceful at the beginning until the invasion of the Japanese. After these wars and a series of wars against Manchuria, the empire of Joseon was in a state of peace for about 200 years.

South Korea is a place one would be proud to call their home. The welcoming nature one feels upon moving to Korea is a warmth that this essay has tried to portray. This author could go on and on about why South Korea is so fabulous but that can only go so far. So, in conclusion, one should visit South Korea for themselves. They will not regret it! Though South Korea may be a small country, the style of cuisine, community culture, and generosity are just a few uniquenesses that outshine its stature.

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South Korea appears in the first quadrant of Figure 2.2 in which states that the country has a culture with relatively larger power distance and lower individualism. South Korea has a relatively large power distance due to the country’s strong emphasis in respecting for one’s elders and superiors. This cultural belief is deeply

Manners represent an individual by the way they dress, behave, communicate, and their etiquette, while customs refer to the traditional way that a culture is practice individually, or by a group of people. Workers are expected to bow to their seniors when they greet them, and to use only formal language to their seniors, as it is rude to speak informally to someone of higher rank. In Korean businesses, meetings are often held in evenings at a restaurant or bar. Drinking is part of the Korean culture, as Koreans believe that drinking helps to bond colleagues in the company, and an offered drink must never be refused as it is considered to be rude. Along with drinking, Karaoke is a popular activity after meetings. People who attend the meeting are usually expected to sing a solo song.

On March 1 2013, in the apartment of my older brother, in small town in the north of Kazakhstan, everything was prepared for the celebration of my niece’s first-year birthday that Koreans usually call tol’. Small low wooden table was covered with different subjects symbolizing various good wishes for our little girl’s future: a spool of thread for long life, a book for knowledge, bowl of rice for prosperity, money for richness and others. My niece was wearing special Korean dress hanbok that was brought from Korea and was handed over among my relatives whenever they have their own tol’. The tradition of first-year birthday has been always kept in my family as a reminiscence of our ethnic belonging. Currently in Kazakhstan live about one hundred thousands ethnic Koreans whose families were deported to the Soviet Kazakhstan almost eighty years ago from the Far East. Stalin’s repression politics regarding ethnic minorities who were living next to the borders has significantly transformed identities of the deported people. How do Koreans in Kazakhstan experience their ethnic and national identities in the context of multi-ethnic state? Living all my life in Kazakhstan and being a third generation of ethnic Koreans living outside the place of ethnic origin, I have never questioned my identities and have never thought how important it can be. In order to investigate my own “quest for identity” in this

My return to Korea in the summer of 2001 was nothing short of a culture shock. I was in a country I thought I had learned by heart. It was the country I always rooted my identity and pride from. I wasn’t ready for the shock. I