Korean art

country, and hardly any coming in. It is a homogenous country as well, with relatively all North Koreans being of the ethnic group Korean. The Middle East as a whole on the other hand, is a region housing many ethnic groups, languages, and traditions. Depending on where in the region, freedoms and liberties vary according to the different countries and semi-autonomous regions. Recently, the North Korean president, Kim Jung Un, and the president of the United States, Donald Trump, have had a series

who comes from China and Hana Yamata who comes from Japan, and both of them are big fans of Korean culture. In order to present their experiences of Korean Wave, this paper will be divided into four sections. The first section will describe demographic characteristics of the Korean Wave group in Asia. The second section is a literature review refering to the cultural background of Korean Wave including Korean pop music, drama, food and so

To do my journal assignment for cross-cultural learning class I met my Korean friend Hyung Jun. We met in Gilgal café after we had our lunch, so since it was the peak hour for Gilgal café we have moved to the 2nd floor where it is little quitter, while I have treated my friend with a drink. I started the conversation with question that I really was interested in Korea and told the fact that I am planning on studying my graduate degree in Korea. So I have put my big question on the start: Me: “Hyung

northern half of the Korean peninsula. North Korea is a young state, and little is known about the nation in the United States, or in the world. So little in fact, that most Western Media depicts North Korea with negative connotations. North Korea has a closed-country policy, which hides its culture, history, and the daily lives of civilians in the nation from the rest of the world. Not many foreigners have visited the People’s Republic of Korea, and not many North Koreans have traveled to the

K-Pop: The Raise of Art Performances Music has become a daily consumption of modern society; Either the high or the bottom class, everybody loves music. Among all music genre, pop music dominates the playlists of music lovers. The Instruments that are widely used in pop music is familiar, so that the melody, rhythm, and the beat producedcan be easily accepted by the public. Coupled with simple yet “eye-catching” lyric, also easily to memorize, give another value to the pop music genre. However, there

Do-Ho Suh’s art work relates back a lot to his life in Korea, though he does express that being able to live in two different cultures has helped him in his art creativity throughout his career. The book touches on this a bit, yet the video allows Shu to really place emphasis on the importance of his inspiration. In the video Suh is able to talk more about his life in Korea including his father already being an accomplished artist, school, and the military. He also discusses that personal and individual

The origins of the Korean War (War) are still a subject of research for many political scientists and historians who claim various reasons are responsible for the outbreak. It can be concluded that Kim Il-Sung is responsible for the start of the War as he commanded the invasion across the 38th parallel on June 25th, 1950. Interestingly in North Korea today students are taught that the War was started with the South invading the North. The roles of foreign players such as the China, Japan, the U.S

Korea used to be united as one, however since the Korean war the country has been divided into two parts North & South. In the war North Korea showed it’s heavy military power and took over the South. South Korea couldn’t deal with the pressure and requested help from America & other countries. In the end South Korea prevailed and kicked the North Korean force out. Today Korea is divided into North & South with the South having democratic values and the North falling under dictatorship of the Kim’s

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other East and Southeast Asian countries. This growing popularity of pop-cultural exports has proved to be a tool in constructing a contemporary national image and encouraged the emergence of the ‘Korean Wave’. According to Huang (2009) ‘Hallyu’ or the ‘Korean Wave’ refers to the “...popularity of South Korean culture in other Asian countries” however, with the increased availability of digital media and the increase of social networking, the definition of Hallyu has grown to include Western Societies