SOUTH KOREA NATIONAL IDENTITY

Ana Roldán

How would you describe South Korea?

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

• Location• Capital: Seoul• 2018 Winter Olympics• Well-known brands

CIA. The World Factbook. (2016). South Korea. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html

• War China, Japan, North Korea

• Seoul #39 Quality of life index ranking

NUMBEO. (2016.). Quality of Life Index Rate. Retrieved from http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_current.jsp

SUMMER

• Traditional family• National Identity:

-traditions-food-language-culture

• Take off shoes• Recipes with Mexican ingredients• Speak Korean with her family

• K-dramas• Koreans:

-Attitude (learning/improving)-Discipline and perseverance-Considerate

• X religion

Language

• Sounds softer• Intonation patterns• Conversation: keep distance• Right to the point

• New Year’s Day• Traditional food• First day of lunar Korean calendar

Office Holidays. (n.s.). Korean New Year. Retrieved from http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/south_korea/lunar_new_year.php

Shocking

• Girls painting nails prostitutes• Only one relationship• Girls don’t go out

GRACE

• Koreans:-Organized, studious-Eating Kimchi-hanbok

-talking straightforward-patterns

-symbolism of colors• Yellow

• Black

• White

• Green/Blue

• Red Japan visitor. (s.f.). Traditional Korean Patterns and Symbols. Retrieved from

http://www.japanvisitor.com/korea/korea-culture/korea-trad-pattern

• Green

• Red

• Yellow

• White

• Black

-Extremely proud-Reciprocating

TRAVELLING

• BUSINESS ETIQUETTE-slight bow and handshake-address by title-business card

MatadorNetwork. (2009). 10 Korean customs to know before you visit Korea. Retrieved from http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/10-korean-customs-to-know-before-you-visit-korea/

Kwintessential. (n.r.). Doing business in South Korea. Retrieved from http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/etiquette/doing-business-southkorea.html

-Gift exchanging-Punctuality-Senior at the middle

KOREAN STEREOTYPES VIDEO

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