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    you might understand you do not belong to yourself. You belong to the Japanese people. Our future depends on you.” This propaganda is an attempt for the Japanese government to advertise as national goal the assimilation of Koreans into the Japanese state. The Japanese wanted Koreans to accepted their leadership and ideology. Therefore, the film continually emphasizes its message of serving and having allegiance to the Japanese government. In the film, Won-jin betrays the Japanese government by disclosing

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    From reviewing Green’s fictional case study, (Green, 2011), the author acknowledges some good points for consideration when one has to determine how much a culture and environment will affect institutions and their management. In this review, Green explores the challenges faced by Ms. Linda Myers when she accepted a job as a VP in a Seoul, South Korea with SK Telecom. Ms. Myers had what seemed to be all of the right credentials on paper that would make her the ideal candidate for a foreign assignment

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    sure that whatever company is offering the certificate is located in an English country. However, having any four year degree will open doors to much better jobs and salaries than simply holding an online certificate. While at home the English literature or English degree might seem virtually useless, it will give the job hunter an advantage over many of the other liberal arts degree holders. Salary Korea The salaries in Korea are generally generic. Teachers will generally earn between 1.9-2

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    During 1992 in South Central Los Angeles, a riot started after the news of four white Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney King was published on TV. It became daily news. The riot caused many crimes to occur; participants of the riot burned down business stores, destroyed properties, and some activities involved guns that have led to many deaths. Many South Central residents were unsatisfied with police brutality and the way their community were being treated. Although the riot only lasted

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    Thomas Henderson Dr. Victoir East Asian History 11/15/14 Lost Names “Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood”, is an extremely valuable novel. The novel, written by Richard E. Kim, focuses on a young Korean boy who lives during the Japanese colonization before World War II. Korea itself was under Japanese rule from 1910 until Japan surrendered in August of 1945. The way the Japanese colonized the Koreans was ruthless; not only did they drive fear into their hearts through physical threats, they also

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    Transcultural Analysis of Korean Culture, Children and Families Issues Healthcare systems and healthcare providers need to respond to patients’ diverse perspec-tives, values, and behaviors about health and well-being, as the United States becomes a more eth-nically and racially diverse nation. Failure to understand and manage social and cultural differences may have significant health consequences for minority groups in particular. As health care provid-ers, we can easily recognize the physical

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    “Korea Boo” may look familiar or unfamiliar to some people, but the word itself is hurtful. So, to put it simply, A Korea boo is a person who is not Korean, obsessed with Korean culture, pretend that they are Korean by using Korean words and acting as if they are Korean when in reality, they are not. The shortest definition would be “Want to Be Korean”. This might not sound like a huge deal to some people, but these so called “Korea Boos” take their obsession too far. To start off, people throw around

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    density of the country proves ROK can’t produce enough to sustain its self, especially in the agriculture sector (Australia Unlimited, 2017). Australia currently only has 1% of all exports for vegetable and fruit products to ROK which suggests that Koreans haven’t experienced fresh Australian produce. Throughout Asia, Australia has a reputation of producing clean and green quality food products (AusTrade,2017). The current lack of Australian companies exporting vegetable and fruit products suggests

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    disharmony and then family can’t fulfill the fuction of family. In the aspect of children, they are hard to develop their emotions, For example, Yonhap News on January 8, 2012. A boy from a multicultural family, with a father from Bangladesh and a Korean mother, often told his parents that he wanted to commit suicide(qtd. in Choi Yu-hyun). This child’s emotion is too insrable and depressed because he got lots of unfair treatment and

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    the ideology. Among all, South Korea is one that still follows Confucianism, and the society is still strongly influenced by this philosophy. According to the Chair of Sungkyunkwan, one of the top institute in South Korea, “over eighty percent of Koreans follow Confucianism” (Choi). The number is even higher than its origin country, China. Even though the country is very modernized with western philosophy, religion, and advanced technology, the people of South Korea are still living a lifestyle that

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